Solar is back, partly, or at least the news indicates this on some of the players. Energy Conversion Devices Inc. (NASDAQ:ENER) is a US maker of a flexible, thin-film solar PV panel that hit…
There has been a great deal of concern that the oil slick created by 5,000 barrels a day from the wrecked Deepwater Horizon would hit beaches in Louisiana. Alabama, and perhaps Florida. In each…
“The experimental containment dome was successfully positioned over the leaking riser pipe last night, but then had to be removed after a large volume of ice-like methane hydrate crystals accumulated inside of the structure.…
BP plc (NYSE: BP) has so far not been successful this weekend in its attempts to contain the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The containment dome which was to help contain and trap the…
The US pure-play liquefied natural gas (LNG) companies, Cheniere Energy, Inc. (AMEX:LNG) and Cheniere Energy Partners LP (AMEX:CQP), reported earnings this morning, and one is headed up and the other is headed down. This…
The rig count from Baker Huges Inc. (NYSE:BHI) is out for April and the recent trends continue. The US count is up, the Canadian count is down, and the international rig count is flat.…
If nothing else, the big oil companies are audacious. Just as thousand of barrels of oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf, Shell Oil is in the final stages of getting court…
It is one thing to make a mistake and another to be unprepared to fix it. That is particularly true with the means of correction are at hand. BP plc (NYSE: BP), Transocean (NYSE: RIG), and…
NOAA is restricting fishing for a minimum of 10 days in federal waters most affected by the BP oil spill, largely between Louisiana state waters at the mouth of the Mississippi River and waters…
The US Energy Information Administration has just released its review of CO2 emissions in the US for 2009. That year’s report shows the largest ever absolute drop and percentage drop in CO2 emissions since…
Executives at Devon Energy Corp. (NYSE:DVN) are probably congratulating themselves on their foresight this week. The company has spent the last year divesting itself of virtually all its assets in the Gulf of Mexico…
It may seem impossible to believe, particularly after two days of a bad broad tape, but investors and traders alike are treating BP plc (NYSE: BP) as if the worst of the oil spill…
BP plc (NYSE: BP) will benefit from a law passed after the Exxon Valdez incident which capped the liability for oil spills at $75 million. BP says it will still bear the costs of the…
The recovering US economy is fueling demand for crude oil, and the demand for crude oil is boosting demand for ethanol. Corn prices, which had been low for months, have recently risen sharply on…
The American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 included plans on how to pay for the cost of electricity transmission from projected wind farms in remote parts of the US to consumers who would…