The Netherlands announced that it will curb gas production from the Groningen gas field by 15% to 20% per year amid concerns of local residents about earth tremors.
read more... 21/01/2014
A new report from National Journal, said that some countries of Eastern Europe intend to reduce dependence on Russian energy, while forming a group to lobby Washington to ease export restrictions, in a move which will allow them to acquire the fuel from the United States.
read more... 20/01/2014
European utilities are progressively giving up on gas power generation and have shelved or closed more than 21 gigawatts (GW) of capacity last year, worth an estimated €6bn, according to a research showed on Friday, following the impact of weak coal prices and slowed economies.
read more... 17/01/2014
Italian energy firm Eni intends to abandon its shale gas projects in Poland due to unclear regulation and difficult geology, the same concerns that have already pushed other foreign firms as Marathon Oil, Talisman Energy and Exxon Mobil, to quit Polish shale. If Eni will leave as well, Chevron and ConocoPhillips would be the last two companies committed to a shale gas industry in Poland.
read more... 15/01/2014
Since the combustion of fossil fuel is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, changes in emissions from fossil fuel combustion have historically been the dominant factor affecting total U.S. emission trends.
read more... 15/01/2014