ExxonMobil’s ‘eco-friendly’ natural gas ad banned
Following on from slapping down Shell over a newspaper advert about sustainability claims the advertising watchdog has now banned a TV ad for ExxonMobil over claims that natural is “one of the world’s...
View ArticleNew catalyst could make it easier to tap world’s methane
While the world has 60 years’ worth of recoverable natural gas resources, it doesn’t tap that energy source as much as it could, largely because methane requires either costly pipelines to transport as...
View Article$900m gas power plant wows investors
Gas-fired power continues to expand as the technology for getting energy from natural gas keeps improving and growing “cleaner.” One of the latest projects to enter the pipeline in the US is...
View ArticleMobile gas power plants head to energy-hungry Bolivia
How do you get large amounts of stable power to regions facing an energy crunch fast? Bolivia has found an answer in mobile power plants. Two GE aeroderivative gas power plants are on their way to the...
View ArticleCan wasteful gas flaring be stopped?
We mentioned in an earlier post that the size of the global gas-flaring problem is massive – 150 billion cubic meters per year of flared gas is roughly equivalent to gas use in all US residences for a...
View ArticleHow much natural gas is left?
In his most recent State of the Union address, President Barack Obama laid out an all-energy-sources-go strategy for boosting the country’s energy security. That strategy, he added, was bolstered by...
View ArticleNatural gas boom: A deal ‘getting worse all the time’?
Could the natural gas “boom” end up being the Darth Vader to Lando Calrissian … as in, “This deal is getting worse all the time”? It seems as though the uncertainties surrounding the safety,...
View Article10 facts about the natural gas ‘boom’
In the US and elsewhere, a lot of news coverage lately has focused on the vast new supplies of natural gas that can be unlocked from unconventional sources like shale and coalbeds. “Are we entering a...
View Article‘Golden age’ of natural gas could bring more earthquakes
The world might be on the brink of a “golden age of gas,” as the International Energy Agency (IEA) puts it, but there’s one more reason to question how easily that energy wealth can be tapped: an...
View Article7 reasons why the ‘golden age of gas’ is a trap
Let’s get a few potential objections out of the way up front: Yes, natural gas is cleaner than coal. Yes, strategies like hydrofracturing have unlocked large new sources of natural gas we previously...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....