The Crown Estate | British Geological Survey http://www.co2stored.co.uk/ [Business Green] Carbon capture and storage (CCS) developers can now access “world leading” information on how much captured CO2 geological sites around the UK could potentially hold. The new CO2 Stored website, launched today by The Crown Estate and the British Geological Survey, makes the UK the … Continue reading »
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Statistical Review of World Energy 2013
BP http://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/about-bp/statistical-review-of-world-energy-2013.html [From press release] The BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2013 – the 62nd annual report – is launched today, revealing that 2012 had the largest single-year increase in US oil production ever recorded, and new evidence of the flexibility of the world’s energy system in meeting rapid global change. The US recorded … Continue reading »
Billion-Dollar Weather/Climate Disasters
NOAA http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/ Found here are the weather/climate events that have had the greatest economic impact from 1980 to 2012. The U.S. has sustained 144 weather/climate disasters since 1980 where overall damages/costs reached or exceeded $1 billion (including CPI adjustment to 2013). The total cost of these 144 events exceeds $1 trillion. [H/T: Full Text Reports]
Technically Recoverable Shale Oil and Shale Gas Resources: An Assessment of 137 Shale Formations in 41 Countries Outside the United States
US Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Admin. http://www.eia.gov/analysis/studies/worldshalegas/ [Green Car Congress] The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released a new report that estimates that shale oil and shale gas resources in the United States and in 137 shale formations in 41 other countries represent 10% of the world’s crude oil and 32% of the … Continue reading »
Annual European Union Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990- 2011 and Inventory Report 2013
European Environment Agency http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/european-union-greenhouse-gas-inventory-2013 This report is the annual submission of the greenhouse gas inventory of the European Union to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol. It presents greenhouse gas emissions between 1990 and 2011 for EU-27, EU-15, individual Member States and economic sector.
State-Level Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 2000-2010
US Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Admin. http://www.eia.gov/environment/emissions/state/analysis/ Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions vary significantly across states. An analysis of state-level emissions data from 2000 through 2010 released today by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows that the overall size of a state, as well as the available fuels, types of businesses, climate, and population … Continue reading »
China — Bulletin of the First National Census for Water
Ministry of Water Resources | National Bureau of Statistics, P.R. China http://www.mwr.gov.cn/2013pcgb/merge1.pdf Includes: 1. Basic Conditions of River and Lakes 2. Basic Conditions of Water Structures 3. Water Use of the Economy and Society 4. Development and Harnessing of Rivers and Lakes 5. Soil and Water Conservation 6. Capacity Building in the Water Sector In … Continue reading »
Assessment of Undiscovered Oil Resources in the Bakken and Three Forks Formations, Williston Basin Province, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota, 2013
US Geological Survey http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2013/3013/ [From Press Release] The United States Geological Survey (USGS) today released an updated oil and gas resource assessment for the Bakken Formation and a new assessment for the Three Forks Formation in North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana. The assessments found that the formations contain an estimated mean of 7.4 billion … Continue reading »
U.S. EIA Suspends “Annual Energy Review”, but will provide more annual data through the “Monthly Energy Review”
Energy Information Admin., US Dept. of Energy [E-mail Press Release] Due to budget considerations, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) will not publish the Annual Energy Review (AER) or its companion publication, Energy Perspectives, in 2013 (for data year 2012). To meet the needs of its customers, EIA will expand the Monthly Energy Review (MER) … Continue reading »
Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2011
US EPA http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/usinventoryreport.html [Green Car Congress] The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 18th annual report of overall US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions showing a 1.6% decrease in 2011 from the previous year… GHG emissions in 2011 showed a 6.9% drop below 2005 levels. Total emissions of the six main greenhouse gases in 2011 were equivalent to 6,702 … Continue reading »
