America’s oil imports are higher than you think
It seems like every day there’s a new headline about the dominance of America’s petroleum sector. Read more →
Electric vehicles begin to bite into oil demand
Projections have suggested that the advent of electric vehicles will have a dramatic impact on oil demand and now its starting to show. With China adding the equivalent of London’s bus fleet every 5 weeks, that’s 279,000 barrels of oil a day removed from demand.
Indonesia declares state of emergency as oil spill spreads
Indonesia has declared a state of emergency to help stop a deadly oil spill spreading off the coast of the island of Borneo.
Mexico’s drug cartels, now hooked on fuel, cripple the country’s refineries
Drug gangs pressure refinery workers to tap the lifeblood of Mexico’s oil industry. One former worker fled the country. One former gang member helps authorities understand the racket.
Delhi doctors declare pollution emergency as smog chokes city
Levels of airborne pollutants are off the scale in parts of India’s capital with effects likened to smoking 50 cigarettes a day.
A new approach to energy poverty
Energy poverty is a global crisis. Millions of people all over the world don’t have access to basic resources they need to survive, and what’s being done today to address it isn’t working. Read more →
Ethanol to gasoline switch raises nanoparticles in air
Using ethanol instead of gasoline as a car fuel can reduce emissions of ultrafine particles by a third, which benefits human health and the environment, according to a new study.
New battery technologies are getting a charge from venture investors
Venture capital investors once again are getting charged up over new battery technologies. The quest to build a better battery has occupied venture investors for nearly a decade, since the initial clean technology investment bubble of the mid-2000s.
Oil for U.S. hawked to others as storm snarls flows of crude
Sellers of crude to U.S. refineries that are still assessing the damage from Hurricane Harvey are seeking an alternative home for their supply.
A war with North Korea could send oil prices skyrocketing
An open military conflict in Northern Asia would disrupt more than a third of global seaborne crude oil trade, Wood Mackenzie warned last week amid yet another escalation between North Korea, its neighbors, and the U.S.
