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Archive for June, 2008

Judge Says No To Plans For Coal-Burning Power Plant In Georgia

Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Dynegy and LS Power Group got a shot to the chin recently as a judge said no to their $2-billion plan to build Georgia's first coal-fueled generating plant in ... Read more..

Britain Takes The Lead In Commercial Quest To Capture Carbon

Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Four companies have been placed on a very exclusive and very short list. BP Alternative Energy International., E.ON UK, Peel Power and Scottish Power Generation have found themselves in this after ... Read more..

Gas Pipeline Gets Warm Welcome In Arkansas

Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Location, location, location. It's the mantra for the real estate industry and so it might seem, for the natural gas pipeline industry as well. Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe was on hand ... Read more..

Weaver’s Cove LNG Runs Into Opposition At R.I. Public Hearing

Friday, June 27th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

The LNG industry took it on the chin again recently. On paper, the plan by Weaver Cove Energy sounds simple: A 1,200-foot berth would be located in Mount Hope Bay ... Read more..

Things Are Heating Up At The North Pole

Friday, June 27th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Look for some interesting developments very quickly at the top of the world. For the first time in recorded history, Arctic sea ice will be completely broken up this summer--in short, ... Read more..

SP Report: Biofuels in the Food vs. Fuel Debate

Friday, June 27th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The views from across the globe on world biofuel production are mixed despite some growth, according to Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services’ report Global Ethanol Production: Rising Output, High Capital ... Read more..

Duo Gets Ferc Nod For Review Of Second Alaskan Gas Pipeline

Thursday, June 26th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

BP and ConocoPhillips have gotten a favorable ruling from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on the duo's request for an early review of their $30-billion plan for a gas pipeline ... Read more..

Ruby Pipeline Project Takes Another Step Forward

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

After getting more than 1 billion cubic feet per day of binding customer commitments with 10- to 15-year contracts, Ruby Pipeline LLC is moving forward with the Ruby pipeline, a ... Read more..

Canada Adding Military Muscle to its Arctic Claims

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

This hasn't gotten a lot of attention in the Lower 48 and it might come as a shock to some, but Canada is militarizing its Arctic frontier. In early May the ... Read more..

Perdido Spar At Texas Shipyard; Next Stop Deepwater Gulf of Mexico

Monday, June 23rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The hull of the world's largest spar production facility, the Perdido Regional Development, has made its way to a Texas shipyard and soon, it will be enroute to Alaminos Canyon ... Read more..