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California considers tripling number of refinery inspectorsSan Francisco — California would nearly triple the number of oil refinery safety inspectors under a proposal on the governor’s desk that backers say would help close regulatory gaps that federal investigators found ... Fuel FixAuthor: Jaxon Van Derbeken
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Jun 19, 2013
Alternative Energy
Mitsubishi Selected to Provide Water Jet Peening Services at the Callaway and Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Plants
Mitsubishi Nuclear Energy Systems, Inc. (MNES) has been awarded contracts at two nuclear power plants to provide its state-of-the-art water jet peening (WJP) services. The service will be provided to Wolf Creek ... Global Energy Watch
Author: Global Energy Watch
Air Liquide, a partner in the HYCARUS project
HYdrogenCells for AiRborne Usage - is an R&D project that aims to demonstrate the potential of hydrogen fuel cells to supply electrical power for auxiliary applications on board aircraft (galleys, lavatory, ... Global Energy Watch
Author: Global Energy Watch
Statkraft to build hydropower plants in Albania
Statkraft has decided to start the construction of the Devoll hydropower project in Albania. Initially, it's decided to build the two hydropower plants Banjë and Moglicë with a combined capacity of 243 MW and an ... Global Energy Watch
Author: Global Energy Watch
Energy News - China, Korea
CNPC Starts Building First Shale-Gas Pipeline in Sichuan
China National Petroleum Corp., the country's largest natural gas producer, has started building its first pipeline dedicated to shale-gas distribution in southwest Sichuan province, it said Wednesday. China's ... Rigzone
Author: Dow Jones Newswires
Energy News - Europe, UK
Oil & Gas UK lauds final approval of EU directive on offshore safety
Oil & Gas UK commended the European Parliament for working together to achieve the EU Council of Ministers’ June 10 final adoption of the EU directive on offshore safety. Robert Paterson, Oil & Gas UK’s health, ... Oil and Gas Journal
Author: Oil and Gas Journal
Energy News - India
Siemens delivers gas turbine packages for the Ashuganj plants in Bangladesh
Siemens' scope of delivery for the Ashuganj 225-MW power unit consists of an SGT5-PAC 2000E package comprising an SGT5-2000E gas turbine, an SST5-600 steam turbine, and two SGen5-100A generators. For the Ashuganj ... Global Energy Watch
Author: Global Energy Watch
Energy News - North America
Statoil Strikes Oil Offshore Newfoundland
Statoil reported Wednesday it has discovered light, high-quality oil in the Harpoon prospect in the Flemish Pass Basin offshore Newfoundland and Labrador in eastern Canada. The company drilled the well in exploration ... Rigzone
Author: Karen Boman
Granite Wash Shale in the US, 2013 - Oil Shale Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2020
Stiles Ranch (Granite Wash Cons) was the Leading Production Field in Granite Wash for 2012. In 2012, 81 fields in the Granite Wash play produced approximately 64.8 mmboe of oil, casinghead gas, natural gas and ... Global Energy Watch
Author: Global Energy Watch
Schlumberger Acquires Gushor Inc.
Schlumberger announced today that it has acquired Gushor Inc., a Canadian-based petroleum geochemistry and fluid analysis company that provides innovative production and exploration solutions in the heavy oil and ... Global Energy Watch
Author: Global Energy Watch
Energy People
Texas chemical engineers banking $140,000, as salaries rise
Chemical engineers in the United States are pulling a median salary of $120,000, a 9 percent hike since 2011, according to the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. And unemployment in the field has dropped to 2.... Fuel Fix
Author: Simone Sebastian
Environment (HSE)
Fed: fracking study won’t be done until 2016
CLEVELAND — A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official tells an Ohio fracking conference that a study of the threat to drinking water from the shale-drilling process won’t be completed until 2016... Fuel Fix
Author: Associated Press
Top White House adviser: Meaningful climate action coming soon
While the Obama administration won’t put its weight behind a carbon tax, it is preparing to “take meaningful action” to prevent a warming planet, the top White House energy adviser said Wednesday. Heather Zichal, the ... Fuel Fix
Author: Jennifer Dlouhy
LED lights saved $675M in energy costs in 2012
The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) did a study of how much electricity was saved last year thanks to the use of LED in nine kinds of applications (various kinds of indoor lights, streetlights, etc). The numbers are ... Mother Nature Network
Author: Michael Graham Richard
Health, Safety, Environment (HSE)
California considers tripling number of refinery inspectors
San Francisco — California would nearly triple the number of oil refinery safety inspectors under a proposal on the governor’s desk that backers say would help close regulatory gaps that federal investigators found ... Fuel Fix
Author: Jaxon Van Derbeken
Solar Energy
Bosch presents powerful new modules with new frame concept and innovative safety solution
Bosch is to present a wealth of innovations at Intersolar Europe 2013 from June 19 to 21 including powerful modules with a new frame concept and the intelligent automatic switch-off concept for photovoltaic modules. ... Global Energy Watch
Author: Global Energy Watch
SunDrum Solar Hybrid PVT System delivers record peak 86% of suns energy to Massachusetts home
SunDrum Solar LLC has achieved a solar industry one hour peak delivery record of 86% for a hybrid solar system, which generates both photovoltaic and thermal (PVT) solar energy. This record was achieved on April 24, ... Global Energy Watch
Author: Global Energy Watch
PROINSO delivers 145kW for two self-consumption solar PV projects in Namibia and South Africa
The multinational company PROINSO, an international leader in the distribution of solar PV materials, in collaboration with African Solar Power, Proinso’s exclusive partner for South Africa, has recently supplied ... Global Energy Watch
Author: Global Energy Watch
Jun 12, 2013
Alternative Energy
Novel Enzyme from Tiny Gribble Could Prove a Boon for Biofuels Research
Researchers from the United Kingdom, the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and the University of Kentucky have recently published a paper describing a novel cellulose-degrading enzyme ... Global Energy Watch
Author: Global Energy Watch
Energy News - Australia, NZ
Statoil assumes operatorship for Australian onshore licenses
Statoil and PetroFrontier Corp (PFC) have agreed that Statoil shall acquire 80% of PFC's working interest in the four exploration permits and two exploration permit applications in the Southern Georgina play in ... Global Energy Watch
Author: Global Energy Watch
Energy News - Middle East
Leni Reports Record Production
Junior explorer Leni Gas and Oil reported Wednesday that production from its fields in Spain and Trinidad recently hit 450 barrels of oil per day – a new record for the company. In northern Spain, the firm's field at ... Rigzone
Author: Rigzone
Iraq to Increase Production in 2014
Iraq will ramp up oil production to 4.5 million barrels per day by year-end in 2014, an increase of about 1.6 million that the country currently produces, an Iraqi senior official announced, reported the Associated ... Rigzone
Author: Robin Dupre
Energy News - OPEC
Global Oil and Gas Survey 2013-2014: Market Trends, Buyer Spend and Procurement Strategies in the Global Oil and Gas Industry
The global oil and gas industry is feeling a swell of optimism thanks to increasing demand from developing nations such as India, Bangladesh, Burma and Nigeria, and the discovery of new shale gas reserves: 60% of ... Global Energy Watch
Author: Global Energy Watch
Environment (HSE)
Edmonton Journal presents 22nd Annual Emerald Awards Alberta Emerald Foundation About Finalists Video Young researcher courted by oil industry
A lone dandelion poking up through a pavement crack in Kelcie Miller-Anderson’s back alley three years ago is where it all began. The Calgary girl, then 15, was stumped by the yellow bloom. To most people, it was a ... Edmonton Journal
Author: Elizabeth Withey
Washington summit to focus on the US oil boom’s global implications
The United States’ advantage in unearthing oil and gas from dense rock formations — and the prospect for exporting some of that bounty — will be the focus of discussion during a summit Wednesday in the shadow of ... Fuel Fix
Author: Jennifer Dlouhy
Health, Safety, Environment (HSE)
Oil spill response exercise planned for Valdez
An oil spill response exercise is planned this week in Valdez to test government and industry capabilities. The U.S. Coast Guard, state Department of Environmental Conservation and city of Valdez plan to participate ... Dayton Daily News
Author: Associated Press
Pipeline News
Piedmont completes Sutton Pipeline Project
Piedmont Natural Gas has completed its Sutton Pipeline Project, which will provide natural gas delivery service to a new combined cycle power generation facility near Wilmington, North Carolina, US. The pipeline ... Pipelines International
Author: Pipelines International
Planes, Trains, & Automobiles
Regular-service operation with Mercedes-Benz fuel-cell buses
A secured hydrogen infrastructure is a prerequisite for the successful launch of environment- and resource-friendly fuel-cell technology in mobile use. The commissioning of the hydrogen filling station by the ... Global Energy Watch
Author: Global Energy Watch
Energy Department Announces $9 Million to Advance Cost-Effective Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies
In support of the Obama Administration's all-of-the-above energy strategy, the Energy Department today announced up to $9 million in new funding to accelerate the development of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies for... Global Energy Watch
Author: Global Energy Watch
Safety (HSE)
Electrical Safety Growing Focus for Oil, Gas Industry
Arc flash, a release of heat energy that includes molten metals, hot metallic oxides and toxic burning smoke, is often violent, resulting in serious injury and sometimes death, according to GE's Industrial Solutions ... Rigzone
Author: Karen Boman
Solar Energy
Centrosolar introduces its third solar power storage system, the CENPAC Storage DC
Building upon the wave of new storage products introduced in March, Centrosolar will now be launching a third system for solar power storage. CENPAC Storage DC, based on tried and tested lead gel technology, is ... Global Energy Watch
Author: Global Energy Watch
U.S. Installs 723 MW of Solar PV in Q1 2013
GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association® (SEIA®) today release U.S. Solar Market Insight: 1st Quarter 2013, the definitive analysis of solar power markets in the U.S., with strategic state-specific ... Global Energy Watch
Author: Global Energy Watch
Electrical disconnection for solar modules during installation and in case of emergencies like fire and flood
This year's Intersolar sees Bosch Solar Energy showcasing a new automatic switch-off concept for solar modules. The system consists of module electronics in specially optimized module junction boxes and control units ... Global Energy Watch
Author: Global Energy Watch
World Energy Reports, Discussions, & Predictions
Waterjetting 10b - Introduction to Abrasive use
In recent articles in this series I have written about the processes that occur as a high-pressure waterjet impacts on a surface and then begins to penetrate and cut into it. However, as I noted in the last post, one ... Bit Tooth Energy
Author: Heading Out (David (Dave) Summers)