Charles Kennedy

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• Despite Major Discovery By Statoil, East-African Oil Faces Obstacles

  Published 01 April 2015 | viewed 9,340 times

  East Africa holds out a lot of promise for oil and gas exploration, but its ultimate emergence as an energy player remains in doubt. Statoil,…

• Wind Could Meet 20% Of U.S. Electricity By 2030

  Published 30 March 2015 | viewed 9,756 times

  Wind power may soon be coming to a field near you. The Department of Energy (DOE) published a major report looking at the viability of…

• Good News At Last For Petrobras

  Published 26 March 2015 | viewed 6,441 times

  Petrobras announced on March 24 that it has discovered a significant deposit of oil just of the coast of Rio de Janeiro. The company says…

• Weak Chinese Demand Could Undermine Entire Coal Market

  Published 25 March 2015 | viewed 12,809 times

  China imported coal at the slowest rate in almost four years, sending coal markets into a tailspin. For the month of February, China imported 5.86…

• Three Triggers That Will Send Oil Crashing Again

  Published 24 March 2015 | viewed 30,871 times

  Oil prices bounced back on March 24 on a sliding U.S. Dollar, but the pain may not be over yet. Oil storage capacity continues to…

• How Much Gas Will Flow Out Of The Marcellus Shale?

  Published 23 March 2015 | viewed 8,962 times

  A relatively high-profile natural gas pipeline cleared a key legal hurdle just as another saw increasing opposition from affected landowners.The shale gas revolution has brought…

• British Gov. Puts North Sea Oil On Life Support

  Published 19 March 2015 | viewed 9,500 times

  The United Kingdom is moving quickly to resuscitate its dying oil and gas sector, slashing taxes on the industry in order to make the UK…

• Is US Oil Production Finally About To Fall?

  Published 18 March 2015 | viewed 10,767 times

  Could a decline in U.S. oil production finally be here? After months of substantial declines in the number of active rig counts in the oil…

• Blame Game Starts Over Recent Oil Train Spills

  Published 17 March 2015 | viewed 6,220 times

  The string of oil train derailments is sparking infighting between the various industry players moving oil around the country. An oil refining trade group is…

• Venezuela’s State Oil Company Undergoes Reforms

  Published 16 March 2015 | viewed 6,973 times

  The relationship between the U.S. and Venezuela – which has been an icy one for years – took a hit after the Obama administration passed…

• Barrage Of Lobbying On New Oil Train Rules

  Published 11 March 2015 | viewed 5,122 times

  After a slew of oil train derailments over the past month, the Obama administration is under assault…from lobbyists that is. A barrage of lobbying has…

• Fracking Industry Conspiring To Cover Up Oklahoma Earthquake Evidence?

  Published 10 March 2015 | viewed 9,220 times

  Are seismologists in Oklahoma being pressured to play down the connection between fracking and the state's recent uptick in earthquakes? All of a sudden Oklahoma…

• Two Trains Carrying Crude Derailed, Exploded, In The Past Week

  Published 09 March 2015 | viewed 7,945 times

  Another day, another oil train derailment. This time a train derailed in Northern Ontario on March 7 and caught fire, spilling crude into a nearby…

• Asia at Risk of Oil Supply Disruption

  Published 10 May 2014 | viewed 6,073 times

  Asia is more at risk from a disruption in oil supplies than either Europe or the United States. That is according to a new report…

• More U.S. Coal Being Exported to Europe

  Published 08 May 2014 | viewed 11,794 times

  The United States is moving away from coal as it seeks to clean up its generation profile, but U.S. coal continues to expand into markets…

• Stanford University To Divest From Coal

  Published 07 May 2014 | viewed 5,495 times

  In the biggest achievement yet for the fledgling fossil fuel divestment campaign, Stanford University pledged on May 6 to divest its $18.7 billion endowment of…

• New U.S. Report Says Climate Change Already Having Impact

  Published 06 May 2014 | viewed 5,256 times

  The U.S. Global Change Research Program released a landmark report on climate change on May 6, put together by over 300 experts across multiple government…

• Investors Hold Positions In Coal Plants

  Published 05 May 2014 | viewed 4,462 times

  Investors have not yet abandoned coal-fired power plants despite new environmental regulations and a series of legal setbacks, according to Bloomberg BNA. Instead, they appear…

• Oil Price Slide Comes To A Halt Amid Jobs Data, Ukraine Tension

  Published 03 May 2014 | viewed 5,116 times

  Prices for WTI and Brent oil reversed declines as positive employment numbers and geopolitical tension put upward pressure on prices. For June delivery, WTI was…

• Oil Train Derails, Explodes In Virginia

  Published 01 May 2014 | viewed 4,912 times

  A train carrying crude oil derailed in downtown Lynchburg, Virginia, population 77,000, triggering a huge blaze and spilling thousands of gallons of oil. Between 12…