The White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/nat_arctic_strategy.pdf [The White House blog] …Today, we are releasing the National Strategy for the Artic Region. Through this strategy, we are setting the United States Government’s strategic priorities for the Arctic region. These priorities are intended to position the United States to respond effectively to emerging opportunities – while simultaneously pursuing efforts … Continue reading »
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Oil Sands: Environmental Monitoring Information Portal
Government of Canada http://www.jointoilsandsmonitoring.ca/ [From a Greenwire article by Nick Juliano, sub. req'd] The Canadian government today is launching a new online information portal collecting data on air and water pollution associated with development of Alberta’s oil sands. The portal unveiled today by environmental regulators with the Canadian and Alberta governments shows a correlation between areas of … Continue reading »
At Cross-purposes: Subsidies and Climate Compatible Investment
Overseas Development Institute / by Shelagh Whitley http://bit.ly/10QDRmr [Website] …Though climate finance aims to enable climate compatible development (CCD), this paper points out that, within developing countries, subsidies to fossil fuels (alone) currently dwarf any efforts toward CCD through climate finance. For the 42 developing countries where data are available on either subsidies or climate … Continue reading »
Restoring a Degraded Gulf of Mexico: Wildlife and Wetlands Three Years After the Gulf Oil Disaster
National Wildlife Federation http://bit.ly/10tkrEg [From Press Release] …This report gives a snapshot view of six wildlife species that depend on a healthy Gulf and the coastal wetlands that are critical to the Gulf’s food web. It describes different sources of restoration funding and provides initial suggestions as to how this funding can be used to … Continue reading »
Lowering the Price of Russian Gas: A Challenge for European Energy Security
The Atlantic Council / by Adnan Vatansever and David Koranyi http://www.acus.org/files/publication_pdfs/403/eef130326russiangasprice.pdf [Oil and Gas Journal] Changing global natural gas markets may compel Russia’s state gas company Gazprom to dramatically change, two Washington observers suggested, but the changes won’t be easy, and will take time, they said during a seminar at the Atlantic Council. Gazprom will … Continue reading »
The Price of Oil – Will it Start Rising Again?
OECD / by Jean-Marc Fournier, Isabell Koske, Isabelle Wanner, Vera Zipperer http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/the-price-of-oil-will-it-start-rising-again_5k49q186vxnp-en Following a sharp drop amidst the global economic crisis and a subsequent recovery, the spot price of crude oil has been broadly stable for the past couple of years. This paper discusses the factors that drive oil demand and supply and, hence, the … Continue reading »
Outlook For Energy: A View To 2040
ExxonMobile http://www.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/Files/news_pub_eo2013.pdf [Green Car Congress] Diesel will surpass gasoline as the number one transportation fuel worldwide by 2020 and continue to increase its share through 2040, according to ExxonMobil’s recently published Outlook For Energy: A View To 2040. The relative shift away from motor gasoline to diesel is driven by improving light-duty vehicle fuel economy and … Continue reading »
U.S. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production in Federal and Non-Federal Areas
Congressional Research Service http://energycommerce.house.gov/sites/republicans.energycommerce.house.gov/files/20130228CRSreport.pdf [Oil and Gas Journal] While US oil and gas production has climbed to its highest level in 2 decades, all of the growth since 2007 has occurred outside federally controlled areas where production actually declined, a recent report from the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service found. “Private sector investment and new technologies are driving … Continue reading »
National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska: Integrated Activity Plan — Record of Decision
Dept. of the Interior https://www.blm.gov/epl-front-office/projects/nepa/5251/42462/45213/NPR-A_FINAL_ROD_2-21-13.pdf [Environment News Service] Exploration and development of lands containing about three-quarters of the economically recoverable oil in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska will be permitted, under a Record of Decision signed today by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar… At the same time, the decision protects natural resources in the 23-million-acre … Continue reading »
Arctic Oil and Gas
Ernst and Young http://bit.ly/12IGXgP [Oil and Gas Journal article by Glen Clock] The quest for Arctic oil and gas resources “is not for the faint of heart, nor for those with less-than-deep pockets,” Ernst & Young said in a special report, adding operators confront a harsh climate, limited infrastructure, exceptionally long lead times, and … Continue reading »
