Volume 108, Issue 41

Coalbed methane production from the Cherokee basin in southeast Kansas and northeast Oklahoma appears to be dropping from peaks in 2008 in Kansas and 2006 in Oklahoma.

The US Energy Department has awarded $20 million in grants to research, develop, and demonstrate cutting-edge geothermal technologies.

Henry Waxman, chairman of the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce, yearns for cooperation on energy legislation in the next session of Congress. Sure he does."Wrestling ...

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Jockeying seems to have resumed in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries over reserves estimates, reviving questions about what these numbers mean—and what they do...

by Sam Fletcher, Senior WriterOctober started with promise as the November crude contract climbed to a near 8-week high of $81.58/bbl Oct. 1 on the New York Mercantile Exchange...

ChristopHer E. SmithPipeline EditorOn the eve of Election Day 2010 in the US, much work needs to be done on a number of fronts, both regarding the energy industry and other issues...

Russia's state-owned East Siberia-Pacific Ocean oil pipeline received two boosts last week: oil discoveries in Eastern Siberia and a pirate attack on a tanker off Kenya's coast...

Other US Senate and House campaigns may have received more attention for their energy policy implications. But the contest in Connecticut to replace retiring US Sen. Christopher...

The US Geological Survey has sharply reduced its estimate of conventional, undiscovered oil in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska on Alaska's Central North Slope since the ...

Nick SnowWashington EditorPennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell signed an executive order halting further oil and gas development in state forests on Oct. 26. Rendell said he acted...

Member countries of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries are thriving on oil export revenue but, in many cases, eroding their export capacities by subsidizing domestic...

The US Department of State said it will closely monitor recent energy agreements between Venezuela and Iran to ensure that they do not violate international sanctions.

BP PLC Chief Executive Officer Bob Dudley, in a major speech before the Confederation of British Industry, admitted that the firm's "very existence" had been threatened as a terrible...

The UK group formed to improve the offshore producing industry's spill prevention and response has selected a concept for a modular well-capping device adapted to harsh weather...

The US natural gas market is in good shape, with production at levels not seen in more than 35 years, moderate prices, and storage about 90% full with about 3 weeks left in the...

With energy and climate legislation unlikely to pass during the 111th Congress, US House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry W. Waxman (D-Calif.) urged the US Chamber...