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1. IER: Administration’s Assault on Energy Continues
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

WASHINGTON – In response to the U.S. Interior Department’s announcement that it will add even more red tape to the already lengthy permitting process for deepwater oil and gas production, Daniel Kish, ...

2. Energy Information Administration Forecasts Domestic Production Losses Because of Obama’s 6-Month Drilling Moratorium
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The Department of Energy’s independent statistical agency is forecasting that the Obama Administration’s drilling moratorium will reduce domestic oil production. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) ...

3. Policymakers recognise peak oil threat, now they need to deal with it
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

Two years ago, the British government was still confident that oil reserves were abundant enough to meet rising demand until at least 2030. However, ever since numerous academic studies and industry reports ...

4. BP well tests look good so far
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

BP Plc extended for another 24 hours a critical test of its blown-out Gulf of Mexico well that so far has shut off the huge oil leak, the top U.S. official overseeing the spill response said on Saturday.  ...

5. BP starts work to install new cap on gushing well
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

BP Plc removed a containment cap from its stricken Gulf of Mexico oil well on Saturday in the first step toward installing a bigger cap to contain all the crude gushing into the sea and fouling the coast.  ...

6. In 2009, U.S. Led the Rest of the World in Increases of Oil and Natural Gas Production; China Recorded the Greatest Increase in Energy Consumption and Emissions
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... report was overshadowed by BP’s struggle to stop the flow of oil from the Macondo well and to deal with [...] ...

7. Cyclone hits Oman, disrupting oil and gas infrastructure
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

Cyclone Phet, despite weakening to a Category 1 storm, pummeled Oman's coastline on Friday, killing two and halting the small oil-producing country's oil and gas production, officials and state media said.  ...

8. Forecasters Predict a Very Active Atlantic Hurricane Season
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

Both government and university researchers are predicting a very active hurricane season in the Atlantic this year, including 3-7 major hurricanes. The storms are very likely to disrupt oil and natural ...

9. Imminent Oil Shortages Ahead
(Feed Articles / NewsVine - Alternative Energy Feed)

United States Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) issued a dramatic warning in its 2010 Joint Operating Environment[1] report about an event that is likely to change the world we live in: By 2012, surplus oil ...

10. U.S. to halt 33 exploration rigs in deepwater review
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

The U.S. government ordered a temporary halt to drilling at 33 deepwater exploration rigs on Thursday, part of a broader response to the massive BP oil spill that threatens efforts to tap offshore fields ...

11. U.S. to halt 33 exploration rigs in deepwater review
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

The U.S. government ordered a temporary halt to drilling at 33 deepwater exploration rigs on Thursday, part of a broader response to the massive BP oil spill that threatens efforts to tap offshore fields ...

12. Categorically Excluding Domestic Energy Production
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

Recently, the Department of Interior finalized changes to its onshore oil and gas leasing program. These changes are designed to slow down leasing on federal lands. Clearly, these changes ignore federal ...

13. Energy answer: Blowing in the wind?
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... southern Connecticut. Yet because of civic politics, notes Siegert, “Wind plants are located further away from where the demand is.” People tend not to want windmills spoiling the view from their windows. ...

14. Media, public, governments unprepared for the End of the World (As We Know It)
(Feed Articles / NewsVine - Alternative Energy Feed)

Peak oil production coming sooner than expected Media, public, governments unprepared for the End of the World (As We Know It) A storm is quickly approaching, and the world is not ready for it. ...

15. Focus on Cleanup, Not Politics
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

The tragic Deepwater Horizon accident and the ensuing oil spill that has become the new rallying cry for opponents of increased domestic energy production, will undoubtedly change the debate in Washington. ...

16. The Peak Of Global Oil Production Was In 2008
(Feed Articles / NewsVine - Alternative Energy Feed)

When they took the IEA's data and imposed rational but nevertheless extremely optimistic limits on future production rates, they saw to their astonishment, that the maximum rate of oil production that ...

17. Oil spill trims U.S. offshore natural gas supply (Reuters)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

Reuters - The government on Saturday said two offshore production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico were shut as a safety precaution -- the first sign that the giant oil slick was affecting the region's ...

18. POET launches national television ad campaign
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

POET launched a national advertising campaign today aimed at highlighting the hard work done by Americans to wean our nation off foreign oil through the production of clean, homegrown ethanol. ...

19. Shell, Chevron hail start of Perdido production (AP)
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AP - Royal Dutch Shell PLC said its deepwater offshore drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico presented technical challenges unlike others it has seen, but oil and natural gas is now flowing from the  ...

20. Obama Energy Announcement: More Imported Oil, Less Domestic Production, Fewer Jobs
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

Photo: Eric Feferberg, AFP/Getty Images Washington, DC – Earlier this morning, President Obama delivered remarks at Andrews Air Force Base on offshore energy exploration and production, and what a scene ...

21. Charting a course toward cleaner cars
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... country. Without strong action, those numbers are expected to keep rising, but reducing the nation’s impact on global climate change and dependence on oil imports has presented a daunting task. Now, a ...

22. Virent starts biogasoline production with Big Oil support
(Feed Articles / CleanTech - Energy News Feed)

Building on a joint R&D effort first announced in 2008, the Wisconsin-based company and Shell are now producing biofuels for engine and fleet testing.

23. Where Has the Oil Gone?
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

Oil supply is not infinite. Sooner or later it will run out. The interesting speculation is when that will happen. In a recent ...

24. Action needed to save climate, create jobs
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... said, could come from improvements in energy efficiency, which could both produce a dramatic lowering of greenhouse emissions and oil imports, and at the same time create large numbers of long-term jobs. ...

25. Italian oil slick reaches key farm center of Parma (AP)
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AP - Sludge from an oil spill snaked down the Po River on Thursday to reach the province of Parma, raising fears that the home of Italy's famed prosciutto, parmesan cheese and other agricultural staples ...

26. Italian oil slick reaches key farm center of Parma (AP)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

AP - Sludge from an oil spill snaked down the Po River on Thursday to reach the province of Parma, raising fears that the home of Italy's famed prosciutto, parmesan cheese and other agricultural staples ...

27. Rare Earth Elements are Vulnerable to Supply Disruptions When China Controls 97% of the World’s Production
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

Source: USGS Some people argue that we must reduce our use of oil because some oil is produced by dictators and countries with interests contrary to the United States. They argue we need to switch to different ...

28. Drill Gate: Obama Administration Ignores American People, Enacts De-Facto Ban on New Offshore Energy Exploration and Production
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

... oil prices reaching $147 a barrel for President Bush to tear up the moratorium on offshore energy production, but at least when he [...] ...

29. Biodiesel as an Alternate Fuel
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

Biodiesel refers to a vegetable oil or animal fat based diesel fuel consisting of long chain alkyl is typically made by chemically these oils with an alcohol. Biodiesel is meant to be used in standard ...

30. 3 Questions: Steven Spear on Toyota’s troubles
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... System.” With Toyota in unprecedented turmoil, MIT News talked to Spear about the Japanese automaker’s problems — and potential solutions. Q. What went wrong with Toyota? A. What went wrong with Toyota ...