CNG Association Rejects GST Hike On CNG
ISLAMABAD: The All Pakistan CNG Association (APCNGA) has rejected the government's decision to jack up General Sales Tax (GST) on sale of Compressed Natural Gas ( CNG ) by nine per cent, describing it...
View ArticleCalgary Railway Bridge Buckles Amid Recovery From Flood
A Canadian Pacific (CP) Railway Ltd. bridge in central Calgary buckled today, threatening to drop train cars loaded with petroleum products into the Bow River, days after flooding inundated the city.
View ArticleCanadian Company Gets Federal Funding For Cellulosic Demo Plant
"We are grateful to the government of Canada and [the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern] Ontario for the strong level of support represented by the funding," Greg Nuttall, president and...
View ArticleIntegrys Plans To Add CNG Stations
The abundance of natural gas and its clean burning nature are making it increasingly popular as a transportation fuel . CNG is cost-effective and more eco-friendly than diesel....
View ArticleDOE To Invest $3.5mn In Advanced Nuclear Reactor Projects
The Department of Energy announced $3.5 million for four advanced nuclear reactor projects that go beyond traditional light water designs, according to Electric Light & Power/POWERGRID...
View ArticleEnergy Companies Pull A Blackwater
Norwegian energy company Statoil said last week it was forming a special operations division to handle emergency operations in response to a terrorist attack on a natural gas facility in Algeria.
View ArticleChile Expands Wind Power Resources
Chile has set sights on expanding wind power generation as President Sebastian Pinera's government battles environmental controversies over multibillion dollar mining and hydrocarbon projects ....
View ArticleBreaking Down Cellulosic Biofuel By The Numbers
The plant will burn through about 590,000 bales in a year to produce 30 million gallons of ethanol . Cost of the plant is about $200 million, or about $7 per gallon - though that's not the cost of...
View ArticleCommittee Passes Resolution On Pipeline
The Township Committee followed through with its promise and passed a resolution last week, requesting that natural gas company Transco do an environmental impact study and uphold its restoration...
View ArticleMpumalanga Coal Industry Still Going Strong
The coal mining industry in South Africa has experienced substantial developments over the last two decades, particularly in Mpumalanga, which boasts some of the largest coalfields in Southern Africa....
View ArticleNicaragua Canal Company Banking On US Shale Gas Exports
The chairman of the Hong Kong-based Chinese firm that won a concession to design, build and manage a canal in Nicaragua to match the Panama Canal revealed to local media his vision for the project....
View ArticleJust How Much Shale Gas Does The UK Have?
The entire gas production of the EU in 2012 was 149 BCM. Total EU gas consumption 2012: 443 BCM. Total UK North Sea gas production from the start 1970 through 2012: 2423 BCM. World's largest gas...
View ArticleNew Equipment Coming To West Chester Park
Years ago, a coal gasification plant occupied the area and the hydrocarbons from that operation filled the soils. The borough had the land cleaned and freed of toxins for the establishment of a park....
View ArticlePandora's Empty Promise Pro-Nuclear Power Film Obscures As Much As It Reveals
You've got to give the producers of Pandora's Promise credit for gumption. It takes a lot of chutzpah to release a pro-nuclear polemic in the wake of the triple meltdown in Fukushima, Japan.
View ArticleHow Shale Gas Development Can Go Wrong
Optimism about Poland's gas potential was initially fueled by data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, which estimated in 2011 that the country had potential reserves of 5.3 trillion cubic...
View ArticleObama Launching A War On Coal? We Can Only Hope
President Barack Obama's opponents have derisively called his plans announced last week to combat climate change a "war on coal." It won't be clear for months or years if that's true, but Americans...
View ArticleNatural Gas Boom Cools Nuclear Prospects - For Now
Cheap natural gas, high construction costs and a disaster in Japan have combined to dim prospects for a resurgence in nuclear power -- especially in Texas' unregulated market where utility companies...
View ArticleSmaller But Safe Nuclear Power Plants Needed In Bangladesh
Bangladesh is a country technologically undeveloped. We are not aware of ways to contain nuclear radiation from a conventional U236 nuclear power plant we propose to buy from Russia and install it at...
View ArticleObama State Dept. Leaving Citizens In The Dark About Exact Keystone XL...
Believe it or not, the precise route of TransCanada's Keystone XL tar sands pipeline remains shrouded in mystery ....
View Article4 Of The Best Investments In Refining
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners operates 46,000 miles of pipelines and 180 terminals that transport not just crude oil, but also natural gas, refined products, ethanol, biodiesel, and carbon dioxide....
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