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Back TO HOMEGlobal Energy Demand to Grow 47% by 2050, with Oil Still Top Source: US EIA
by Meghan Gordon and Maya Weber (S&P Global) ...EIA expects global energy demand to increase 47% in the next 30
October 07, 2021 Read Full Article
California Spill Triggers New Calls against Drilling
by Matthew Choi (Politico's Morning Energy) ... The California oil spill is drawing scrutiny in Washington, with the White House
October 05, 2021 Read Full Article
Transport Energy & Renewables in the EU – What the Latest Commission Data Tells Us
by James Cogan (Ethanol Europe/Biofuels Digest) ... Oil maintains an overwhelming grip on the sector with a steady 94% share.
April 07, 2021 Read Full Article
Aemetis India Renewable Fuels Plant Selected for $3 Million Per Month Supply of Biodiesel to Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport
(Aemetis/Globe Newswire) Expected 10 million gallons per year is approximately 20% of biodiesel plant capacity -- Aemetis, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMTX) announced today that
March 17, 2021 Read Full Article
Coronavirus Will Hasten ‘Peak Oil’ by Three Years, Says Research Firm
by Myles McCormick (Financial Times) Rystad Energy says its estimate of recoverable barrels of crude has dropped by 282bn --
June 22, 2020 Read Full Article
Coronavirus Stimulus Money Will Be Wasted on Fossil Fuels
by David Roberts (Vox) Oil and gas companies were already facing structural problems before Covid-19 and are in long-term decline.
April 21, 2020 Read Full Article
Shell Is Looking Forward: The Fossil-Fuel Companies Expect to Profit from Climate Change. I Went to a Private Planning Meeting and Took Notes.
by Malcolm Harris (Vox Media Intelligencer/New York Magazine) ... I asked Fries (Steven Fries, Shell’s chief economist) if Shell is
March 04, 2020 Read Full Article
Oil and Gas Firms 'Have Had Far Worse Climate Impact than Thought'
by Jonathan Watts (The Guardian) Study indicates human fossil methane emissions have been underestimated by up to 40% -- ... Although
February 20, 2020 Read Full Article
Growing Demand from the Biofuel Industry to Drive the Industrial Oils Market
(MarketsandMarkets/Globe Newswire) According to the research report "Industrial Oils Market by Source (Soybean, Rapeseed, Sunflower, Cottonseed, Corn, Palm), Type (Grade
October 03, 2019 Read Full Article
USWTE Green Industrial Fund Launches Seeking Ozone Investors to Establish Waste to Energy Facilities in the Qualified Opportunity Zones Throughout the United States
(USWTE Green Industrial Fund/PR Newswire) USWTE Green Industrial Fund launches, seeking Ozone investors to establish Waste to Energy (WTE) projects with a
September 18, 2019 Read Full Article
Fact Sheet: Fossil Fuel Subsidies: A Closer Look at Tax Breaks and Societal Costs
by Clayton Coleman and Emma Dietz (Environmental and Energy Study Institute) A recent analysis published in Nature Energy found that continuing current fossil fuel
August 02, 2019 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to the Energy Outlook through 2040
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The BP Energy Outlook explores the forces shaping the global energy transition out to 2040 and
November 02, 2018 Read Full Article
Orange, Tea Tree and Eucalyptus Oils Sweeten Diesel Fumes
(Science Daily/Queensland University of Technology) Waste oil from orange, tea tree and eucalyptus essential oil production mixed with diesel provides a
June 19, 2018 Read Full Article
Large U.S. Refiner Marathon Seeks Biofuel Hardship Waiver - Sources
by Jarrett Renshaw and Chris Prentice (Reuters/Daily Mail) Marathon Petroleum Corp, the second-biggest refining company in the United States, has asked
May 23, 2018 Read Full Article
'Keep It In The Ground' Activists Optimistic Despite Oil Boom
by Jeff Brady (National Public Radio) The United States oil business is booming and the country could soon be the largest
March 16, 2018 Read Full Article
Search for Sustainable Fuels Drives Researchers at UI's New Bioenergy Center
byJulie Wurth (News Gazette) A Midwest crop of the future: grasses and other plants that produce their own oils to be
February 01, 2018 Read Full Article
New Report: California Oil Among World's Dirtiest -- Rampant Oil Production Undermines State's Climate Leadership
(Center for Biological Diversity) Three-quarters of California’s oil is as climate-damaging as Canadian tar sands crude, according to a Center for
November 10, 2017 Read Full Article
The United States of Oil and Gas
by Tim Meko and Laris Karklis (The Washington Post) There are more than 900,000 active oil and gas wells in the
February 15, 2017 Read Full Article
MIT Engineers Program Yeast to Convert Plant Sugars into Oils
by Anne Trafton (MIT/Biomass Magazine) MIT engineers have genetically reprogrammed a strain of yeast so that it converts sugars to
January 20, 2017 Read Full Article
Exxon’s 2040 Outlook: Fossil Fuels Aren’t Going Anywhere
(Oil & Gas 360/OilPrice.com) The global energy mix will not look that much different for oil and gas in 2040,
January 04, 2017 Read Full Article
Oil Demand Won't Peak before 2040, Despite Paris Deal: IEA
by Amanda Cooper (Reuters) The International Energy Agency expects global oil consumption to peak no sooner than 2040, leaving its long-term
November 18, 2016 Read Full Article
Derisking: A Strategy for Growing the Biobased Economy
by Neil A. Belson (LeafPro Bioproducts/Biofuels Digest) ... Despite its potential benefits and some very real achievements, the biobased economy has overall
October 28, 2016 Read Full Article
Oil Bankruptcies Leave Lenders With ‘Catastrophic’ Recovery Rate
by Rebecca Penty (Bloomberg) Rate of 21% in 2015 compares to average of 59% previously; Bankruptcies so far this year are
September 14, 2016 Read Full Article
Oil Industry Faces Huge Worker Shortage
by Nick Cunningham (OilPrice.com) ... one reason that U.S. shale production won’t necessarily spring into action in short order is because
July 15, 2016 Read Full Article
'Threat Map' Aims to Highlight the Worst of Oil and Gas Air Pollution
by Zahra Hirji (Inside Climate News) Two activist groups used government data to show 12.4 million people in the U.S.
June 22, 2016 Read Full Article
'Status Quo': Shell Spews Nearly 90,000 Gallons of Oil into Gulf of Mexico in Latest Spill
by Nika Knight (CommonDreams.org) 'This spill shows why there is a new and vibrant movement in the Gulf of Mexico
May 16, 2016 Read Full Article
U.S. Shale Oil Firms Feel Credit Squeeze as Banks Grow Cautious
by Swetha Gopinath and David Henry (Reuters) Nearly two years into an epic oil rout, U.S. shale drillers that have
April 12, 2016 Read Full Article
More unused oil, gas wells linger without permanent seals increasing risk
by Jeff Donn (Associated Press/Los Angeles Daily News) Five years after the Obama administration promised to move swiftly to permanently
July 20, 2015 Read Full Article
U.S. Oil Glut An EIA Invention?
by Leonard Brecken (OilPrice.com) In the latest weekly production data from the EIA, on the back of recent March revisions, the U.S.
June 29, 2015 Read Full Article
Know Your Oil: Creating a Global Oil-Climate Index
by Deborah Gordon, Adam Brandt, Joule Bergerson, Jonathan Koomey (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) Oil is changing. Conventional oil resources are
March 30, 2015 Read Full Article
Oklahoma Worries Over Swarm of Earthquakes and Connection to Oil Industry
by Lori Montgomery (The Washington Post) ... What to do about the plague of earthquakes is, however, very much an open question
February 06, 2015 Read Full Article
Jack Gerard Delivers 2015 State of American Energy Address
(American Petroleum Institute) ... As part of this event, we publish our report on the State of American Energy, but this
January 09, 2015 Read Full Article
The Myth and Reality of Biodiesel Feedstock Availability
by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine) Since its commercial inception in the 1990s, the biodiesel industry has faced obstacles from all sides.
June 17, 2014 Read Full Article
Why We Are Producing Biofuels
by Robert C. Brown and Tristan Brown (The Gazette) In the face of criticism about ethanol, delays in the commercialization of
March 04, 2014 Read Full Article
Colorado Governor Proposes Strict Limits on Greenhouse Gas Leaks From Drilling
by Michael Wines (The New York Times) Gov. John W. Hickenlooper of Colorado proposed on Monday tough new limits on
November 25, 2013 Read Full Article
Group Says U.S. Energy Policy ‘Like an Orchestra without a Conductor’
(Midwest Energy News) To achieve true energy security, the United States badly needs a single federal energy policy and a
March 08, 2013 Read Full Article
Solazyme: The Making Of A Specialty Oil Giant
by Kevin Quon (Seeking Alpha) When it comes to renewable oils company Solazyme (SZYM), it would be good to check your
November 05, 2012 Read Full Article
CBO: Increasing Domestic Oil Doesn’t Help Energy Security Much
by Simone Sebastian (FuelFix) Increasing domestic production of oil won’t significantly boost energy security in the United States, according to a report
May 30, 2012 Read Full Article
Editorial: Use of Advanced Biofuels Achieves Goal of Using Less Oil for Transportation Fuel
by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) In a recent editorial, What Keystone Won't Do, the Washington Post mused about “the
May 21, 2012 Read Full Article
IEA: Rising Demand and Declining Resources Confirms The End of Cheap Oil
(Global Renewable Fuels Alliance) Today’s release of the IEA’s annual World Energy Outlook in London has again confirmed the end