09/13/2004
-- Energy fatigue With no big blackout or gasoline shortage to grab the electorate's attention, energy policy has languished on the sidelines of the US presidential election so far this year.
09/13/2004
-- UK considers new proposals to support renewable energy UK Energy Minister Stephen Timms has outlined proposals to encourage additional investment in renewable energy, including an extension of the Renewables Obligation beyond 2010-11 to 2015-16.
09/13/2004
-- France to request bids for four biofuels production units French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre-Raffarin plans to launch bids before Spring 2005 for construction of four 200,000-tonne biofuels production units to be built by 2007. They would treble France's annual biofuels production capacity to more than 1 billion tonnes, he said.
09/10/2004
-- OGJ200 US oil companies are ranked by assets, revenue, net income, and stockkholder equity.
09/10/2004
-- UK government grant promotes wave and tidal energy development Four organizations joined forces to develop wave and tidal renewable energy in response to a £50 million grant from the UK government, the UK Department of Trade and Industry reported.
09/10/2004
-- Talisman Energy planning to build pilot wind farm off Scotland Talisman Energy (UK) Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Talisman Energy Inc., Calgary, plans to construct a $58 million (Can.) deepwater wind farm demonstrator project adjacent to Beatrice field, 25 km off Scotland's east coast.
09/09/2004
-- MARKET WATCH Energy futures prices decline as Ivan's threat decreases Energy prices declined Wednesday, with the October natural gas contract hitting a new low for this year on the New York Mercantile Exchange, as Hurricane Ivan moved eastward away from the primary oil and gas production areas in the Gulf of Mexico.
09/09/2004
-- WEC: Algeria's Khelil reopens debate on OPEC's role as world's oil 'crisis manager' At the World Energy Congress in Sydney, Algerian Minister for Energy and Mines Chakib Khelil paved to way for the reopening of an old debate when he questioned the fairness of the world's continuing reliance on the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries as a "crisis manager" during times of high oil demand.
09/08/2004
-- Double Eagle hires chief operating officer Double Eagle Petroleum Co., Casper, Wyo., announced the appointment of Peter M. Mueller as chief operating officer.
09/08/2004
-- Texas Railroad Commission technical staff meets with Pemex representatives A delegation from Mexico's national oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) consisting of officials in the multiple service contract (MSC) division met recently with technical staff at the Texas Railroad Commission.
09/08/2004
-- MARKET WATCH Crude prices decline on NYMEX With no terrorist attacks on any oil facilities around the world over the long US Labor Day weekend and reassurances of supplies from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, crude prices continued to fall when the New York market reopened Tuesday.