The US Geological Survey has released a new estimate of the amount of undiscovered natural gas in the Marcellus shale deposit. The original USGS estimate, made in 2002, projected a total of 2 trillion…
Executives at companies may sell shares of their company for a myriad of reasons, but generally when they buy shares it means that they think the stock is going to ultimately go much higher…
One of the reasons that the Bakken shale deposits in North Dakota and Montana get relatively little attention is that none of the big integrated oil companies have much presence there. There are some…
The fund set aside for claims related to the Deepwater Horizon incident has paid out $5.551 billion to settle 359,441 claims paid to 204,434 claimants. The figures were issued as part of a report…
In 2007 a Russian submarine planted a flag on the sea floor underneath the North Pole, and the country claimed the North Pole as Russian territory. Now Denmark/Greenland is preparing its own claim. Five…
Two of the world’s largest car makers have announced a development project that could lead to a gasoline/electric hybrid drive train for light trucks and SUVs by the end of the decade. Ford Motor…
After weeks of bad news have sent solar stocks further and further into a dark pit, a couple of earnings reports from Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP) and Yingli Green Energy Holding…
Well, it looks like the Gadhafi family has all but lost Libya to the rebels. Earlier this year when the actions were intensifying, even before the unified strikes against the leadership there, many companies…
What will happen to ethanol makers when the US subsidy ends in December, as appears increasingly likely? Bunge Ltd. (NYSE: BG) apparently believes that demand will continue strong, at least in Brazil and maybe…
This morning’s downgrade by Morgan Stanley of global growth prospects has started the market off on the wrong foot, sending equities down about -3% in the first half hour of trading. Solar shares are…
General Motors (NYSE: GM) will build a Cadillac fueled by electricity. And it will be added to a long line of new electric-powered models that are unlikely to have many buyers. The world’s largest…
After markets closed yesterday, First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) announced the resignation of Jens Meyerhoff, president of its utility systems business group, effective September 30th. Meyerhoff joined First Solar in May 2006 as CFO…
Last Wednesday morning, August 10, two Enerfin Resources employees discovered a suspicious parcel attached to an the company’s natural gas pipeline near the intersection of Oklahoma Highway 27 and a county road near Okemah…
Sometimes having the first-mover advantage doesn’t pay off. If Evergreen Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: ESLR) was not the first pure-play solar stock in America, it was among the first. Now it is filing for Chapter…
ReneSola Ltd (NYSE: SOL) admitted on the earnings call that both shipments and realized prices for silicon wafer and modules fell faster than expected in quarter-ending June 30. Contrary to company optimism, gross margin…