Archive for the 'Carbon Intensity' Category
Gasland Ain’t So Green After All
1 Comment Published by Andy Rowell April 9th, 2010 in Carbon Intensity, Climate Change, Gas, Shale GasFinally people are waking up to the concept that the fossil fuel industry’s supposedly wonder transition fuel – gas – may not be so green after all.
It’s a subject I have covered on this blog before, notably questioning just how green shale gas is, but now the idea is getting some serious traction.
Peter Voser Has A Gas Problem
0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell March 9th, 2010 in Australia, Carbon Intensity, Climate Change, Coalbed Methane, Gas, oil industry outlookPardon the title, but the Wall Street Journal has an extremely interesting interview with the top dog at Shell, Peter Voser.
He admits that Shell is fast becoming a gas company rather than an oil company. “Shell started quite a while back, actually, to put a lot of emphasis on gas” says Voser. “And by 2012, [...]
Shell tries to buy Oz company; but just how clean is it?
0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell March 8th, 2010 in Australia, Carbon Intensity, China, Coalbed MethaneThe oil and gas industry likes you to think that, compared to oil, gas is a cleaner, greener alternative – a great bridging fuel between the hydrocarbon age and the renewable age.
Compared to oil, this may be so – if and it is a big if, the gas is normal conventional gas. However, as traditional [...]
Shell: World’s Most Carbon Intensive Oil Company
10 Comments Published by Andy Rowell May 19th, 2009 in Carbon Intensity, Climate Change, Gas flaring, Iraq, LNG, financial risk of climate change, oil industry outlook, oil sands, tar sandsOf all the oil majors, Shell prides itself on undertaking cutting edge energy forecasting, that not only inform the group’s thinking but also dove-tail into policy making by decision makers across the energy spectrum.
It is one of the few companies to get out its crystal-ball and try and predict what the energy future will look [...]
