Pa. To Study Air Quality At Shale Sites
Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:30:26 CDT post-gazette.com
State environmental regulators announced Monday they're beginning a study of air quality near Marcellus Shale sites in Washington County.
Energy News Archives
for Monday, 23 July, 2012
SAN ONOFRE: State May Investigate Who Pays For Outage, Repairs At Nuclear Plant
Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:00:00 CDT nctimes.com
California's utility regulator may investigate how much the outage at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station is going to cost electricity customers.
Nexen US$15.1bil Deal Should Get Approved By Canada
Mon, 23 Jul 2012 21:07:52 CDT com.my
OTTAWA: A friendly US$15.1 billion Chinese bid for a big Canadian energy company gels with government pleas for foreign money to develop the costly oil sands of northern Alberta - a possible sign that the deal could win Ottawa's approval.
Coal Mine To Double In Size
Mon, 23 Jul 2012 21:02:12 CDT com.au
LAKE Vermont coal mine near Dysart will double in size over the next six years, with contract mine firm Thiess given the $2.3 billion contract.
Nuclear Plant Still Looms Large In Duke-Progress Merger
Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:57:28 CDT tampabay.com
By Ivan Penn, Times Staff Writer Monday, July 23, 2012 The nation's new utility titan, Duke Energy, largely blamed the broken Crystal River nuclear plant for troubles in its recent mega merger with Progress Energy. That was the utility's defense against a barrage of questions during hearings last week in North Carolina. But while regulators in that state have the power to rescind the merger or
The Hunt To Unlock Oil Sands
Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:15:32 CDT wsj.com
Oil companies in Canada are experimenting with technologies that could unlock even more reserves from what is some of the world's heaviest and stickiest petroleum.
B.C. Premier Sets Conditions For Tar Sands Pipelines
Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:13:31 CDT ens-newswire.com
B.C. Premier Christy Clark, right, and Environment Minister Terry Lake explain the provincial government's position on the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline, July 23, 2012 (Photo courtesy Govt. of B.C.
For Cnooc, Achieving Confidence Led To Deal
Mon, 23 Jul 2012 18:43:00 CDT wsj.com
In an interview at the Calgary offices of Cnooc's public-relations firm, Fang Zhi, president of Cnooc's international division and Li Fanrong, Cnooc's CEO, discussed the proposed purchase of Canada's Nexen.
Tech, Partners Break Ground On Scaled Wind Farm Technology
Mon, 23 Jul 2012 18:20:09 CDT dailytoreador.com
Texas Tech is on its way to becoming a leading institute of wind energy research and is one step closer after breaking ground on its new testing facility.
Nixon: Reactor Project Could Help Define Missouri
Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:18:42 CDT yahoo.com
The technology is unproven, the financing undetermined and the market prospects unclear. But those uncertainties aren't preventing a phalanx of Missouri business and political heavyweights from lining up behind a next-generation nuclear energy project that Gov. Jay Nixon hopes will help define the Show-Me State much like the American auto industry helped elevate Detroit.