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Natural Gas to become world’s second main fuel
According to a new research made by ExxonMobil, the world’s largest oil and gas firm, in about eleven years gas will be the world’s second main fuel on an energy-equivalent basis, only behind oil. Natural gas will surpass coal as a global energy source in part because of the green benefits it offers.
read more... 13/12/2013
Daily: British gas prices increased due to reduced supplies from Norway
Brent crude stay above $109 a barrel on Tuesday ahead of economic data from China, which may confirm signs of stabilizing growth and fuel demand in the world's second largest oil consumer. Brent crude for January increased 14 cents to $109.53 per barrel by 03:15 GMT, while the U.S. crude futures for January delivery increased 18 cents to $97.52 per barrel. Brent's premium to WTI lessened about $7 in almost two weeks as TransCanada Corp has begun filling a 700,000 barrel-per-day pipeline, which will transport crude oil from Cushing to Gulf Coast refiners.
read more... 11/12/2013
UK’s biggest biomass plant has opened
Britain’s largest coal-fired power station has begun its conversion to become Britain’s largest renewable electricity producer as well as one of Europe’s largest renewable electricity generators. The project will see the coal station turn to wood pellets for fuel rather than coal, a move which aims to slash carbon emissions by more than 80%. One of the generating units has been converted to biomass while the other two will be using biomass by 2016.
read more... 10/12/2013
Shale gas production in China reached 143 million cubic meters
The National Energy Administration has announced that China's shale gas production has reached 143 million cubic meters. The country's largest refiner Sinopec Co has drilled nearly 30 pilot shale gas wells in the Fuling area of Chongqing municipality in southwest China, part of the Sichuan basin, one of the most promising geological zones for the unconventional fuel. Six of the wells are pumping about 1.06 million cubic meters of gas, or an average of nearly 180,000 cubic meters per well.
read more... 06/12/2013
CO2 emissions at their highest level ever in 2012
According to a new research made by Global Carbon Project, a group of international scientists from the UK, Norway and Germany, global greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels reached the highest levels in human history last year and are likely to grow even further this year.
read more... 25/11/2013