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Archive for March, 2010

Kids today…building cars that get more than 2,000 mpg

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 Posted in Innovation, North America, environment | Comments Off

By Nina Rach College and high school teams from the US, Canada, and Italy racked up amazing mileage using conventional and alternative fuels at Shell Eco-Marathon Americas, held in Houston, ... Read more..

ANGA follows Clean Skies

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 Posted in Canada, Gulf of Mexico, North America, Policy, Professional organization, environment, shale | Comments Off

Chesapeake CEO Aubrey K. McClendon and Anadarko CEO James T. Hackett are two among several energy executives who help direct two relatively new industry organizations promoting the development of natural gas. ANGA Chesapeake ... Read more..

Letter from Canada: Alberta rolls back royalty rates

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 Posted in Canada, North America, Policy | Comments Off

Last week, Alberta’s provincial government announced they would repeal the royalty increases levied on oil and natural gas produced within the province. The announcement coincided with my arrival in Calgary ... Read more..

Single Point of Failure in Chile?

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 Posted in Conference, Latin America | Comments Off

Very little commentary has appeared on the effects of the recent Chilean earthquake on the country’s oil and gas industry. The magnitude 8.8 (moment magnitude scale) earthquake occurred at ... Read more..

API deepens grass-roots effort

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 Posted in Climate change, North America, Policy, environment | Comments Off

The American Petroleum Institute plans to deepen its grass-roots campaigning, with a new manager to "coordinate the association’s efforts to develop, mobilize and sustain a political infrastructure of individuals, groups, and ... Read more..