News release: “An open access special issue of the International Journal of Global Warming brings together, for the first time, empirical evidence of loss and damage from the perspective of affected people in nine vulnerable countries. The articles in this special issue show how climatic stressors affect communities, what measures households take to prevent loss… Continue Reading
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Oman is largest oil and natural gas producer in Middle East not a member of OPEC
EIA full Backgrounder Report on Oman: “Located on the Arabian Peninsula, Oman’s proximity to the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, and Persian Gulf grant it access to some of the most important energy corridors in the world, enhancing Oman’s position in the global supply chain. Oman plans to capitalize on this strategic location by constructing… Continue Reading
EIA to release new Drilling Productivity Report
“In the past few years, the United States has experienced a rapid increase in natural gas production from shale resources and oil production from shale and other tight resources. This game-changing development has resulted in a significant reduction in the price of natural gas in the United States, both in absolute terms and compared with… Continue Reading
Electricity use by machine drives varies significantly by manufacturing industry
U.S. Energy Information Administration: “Machine drives, which are primarily electric motors, pumps, and fans, account for about half of the manufacturing sector’s delivered electricity use and 8% of the sector’s total fuel consumption. Their wide use across many industries results in a substantial impact on the demand placed on power grids. EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2013 (AEO2013)… Continue Reading
Poll – The New American Center
“An exclusive Esquire-NBC News survey [rendered in a series of infographics that accompany the data for each respective question/answer] shows us that everything we are told about politics in America today—that there is no middle ground between left and right, blue and red, us and them—is wrong. The data, compiled by the Benenson Strategy Group… Continue Reading
EIA – Libya Country Analysis Brief
Libya is a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, the holder of Africa’s largest proved oil reserves, and an important contributor to the global supply of light, sweet crude oil. “Libya joined the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in 1962, a year after it began to produce oil. Libya now… Continue Reading
Ethanol blending provides another proxy for gasoline demand
Energy Information Administration – October 7, 2013 “Measuring current U.S. gasoline demand can be difficult, as there are 160,000 retail gasoline stations and more than 250 million vehicles in the country. EIA traditionally used average daily product supplied (the dark blue line in the accompanying graph), calculated from weekly and monthly data on refinery operations… Continue Reading
Backgrounder – Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking)
Sergie, Mohammed Aly. Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking). Oct 2013. Council on Foreign Relations. “Geologists have known about vast reservoirs of natural gas and oil trapped in shale formations across the United States for decades, but extraction techniques weren’t available and the resources remained untapped. Shale didn’t factor into most serious analyses of U.S. energy prospects until the… Continue Reading
Lower railroad energy consumption reflects improved efficiency, reduced tonnage
EIA: “Diesel fuel consumption by Class I railroads represented 12% of all diesel fuel demand in the transportation sector in the United States in 2012. Diesel fuel consumption in 2012 was higher than the low of 3.2 billion gallons used during the 2009 economic recession, but still 14% below the 2006 peak of 4.2 billion… Continue Reading
Short-Term Energy Outlook
U.S. Energy Information Administration: Short-Term Energy Outlook September 10, 2013 “Monthly average crude oil prices increased for the fourth consecutive month in August 2013, as supply disruptions in Libya increased and concerns over the conflict in Syria intensified. The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) forecast for Brent crude oil spot price, which averaged $108 per barrel during… Continue Reading
EPA Proposes Carbon Pollution Standards for New Power Plants
Agency takes important step to reduce carbon pollution from power plants as part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan: “he U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed Clean Air Act standards to cut carbon pollution from new power plants in order to combat climate change and improve public health. In addition, EPA has initiated broad-based… Continue Reading
Report Ranks U.S. Cities’ Efforts to Save Energy
News release: “The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) today released the 2013 City Energy Efficiency Scorecard, a report that ranks 34 of the most populous U.S. cities on policies to advance energy efficiency. The report includes recommendations and strategies for all cities to lower energy use. ACEEE also launched a new interactive infographic… Continue Reading
