U.S. Protecting OPEC Shipments to China
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that China is poised to become the largest buyer of Middle Eastern oil. Do you want to guess who gets the job of defending those shipments? That’s right. The U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet. Just as Boone Pickens warned, your tax dollars are being spent to make sure that shipments Continue Reading
UPS to Expand Natural Gas Footprint
Earlier this week UPS announced it will invest $50 million to build nine new liquefied natural gas (LNG) refueling stations over the next year for a total of 13 new LNG refueling stations by the end of 2014. According to the company’s website, “the enhanced LNG fueling infrastructure will support the operation of approximately 1,000 Continue Reading
It’s time to discuss the future of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) was established 40 years ago to protect America from another OPEC oil embargo. With that in mind, the federal government pumped 750 million barrels of oil into salt caverns beneath Louisiana and Mississippi for safekeeping. But the truth is we have rarely tapped the SPR in the four decades it’s Continue Reading
Natural Gas a Renewable Energy?
That’s right. Cleaner burning natural gas is now being produced from decomposing organic matter. The New York Times reports that Clean Energy Fuels announced that it has started marketing a fuel called Redeem that is made from methane released by landfills and other waste sources. Redeem will be available at more than 40 Clean Energy Continue Reading
World's No. 1 Energy Producer? The U.S.A.!
American ingenuity, coupled with our country’s immense natural resources, have combined to elevate the U.S. to the top slot in global energy production, specifically, oil, natural gas and related fuels. According to the Wall Street Journal, if the U.S. hasn’t already surpassed the previous leader – Russia – it will do so any day. U.S. energy Continue Reading
Natural Gas Making Diesel Walk the Plank
The Wall Street Journal reports that cost savings and new regulations have combined to make cheaper, cleaner-burning natural gas a compelling fuel option for commercial marine operators. The loser? Imported diesel fuel. Ferries, tugboats, cruise ships and cargo vessels are mostly powered by diesel and marine oil, which have higher sulfur and nitrogen oxide emissions Continue Reading
Utica-Marcellus to Benefit Ohio, Pennsylvania
Ohio and Pennsylvania are on track to become the second-largest producer of natural gas in North America, according to Bentek Energy spokesman Justin Carlson. Speaking at the Think About Energy Summit sponsored by America’s Natural Gas Alliance, Carlson noted that the Utica and the Marcellus are currently behind only Texas and western Canada in overall production Continue Reading
New NG Refueling Stations in Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania’s natural gas refueling network is expanding in the heart of the Marcellus Shale as new compressed natural gas (CNG) infrastructure comes online at a GetGo convenience store in Cranberry Township. Like many other companies with trucking fleets, the owner of the GetGo’s parent company is converting many of its own heavy-duty trucks to run on natural gas. Continue Reading
Saudi oil is going to run out, and we need a plan before it does
Every day, Saudi Arabia exports 9.3 million barrels of oil. That makes the Saudis the largest oil exporter on earth. And they need to be. Why? Because the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a welfare state, a very wealthy welfare state. Seventy percent of the country is under 30, and 40 percent of those young Continue Reading
Shale Gas Cleaner Than Previously Reported
The New York Times reports that tapping America’s enormous reserves of shale gas “appears to cause smaller leaks of the greenhouse gas methane than the federal government had estimated.” The news was hailed by those keen on developing America’s abundant energy resources. According to The Times, the study “bolsters the contention by advocates of fracking — Continue Reading