
Source: DefenseTech.org
From the article: The Defense Department buys more jet fuel than any other organization in the world. So the Pentagon's higher-ups are just as sick as the rest of us -- more so -- about sky-high fuel prices.

Source: blog.myarchive.us
Earlier this month Chevron invested in Galveston Bay Biodiesel and at a press event yesterday publicized their intentions and capacity by the end of the year.

Source: blog.myarchive.us
A quick review of fuel prices after the Memorial Day holiday weekend sees prices a bit lower across the country. The lowest prices are in the Gulf Coast states and highest in California.

The IAEA reported finding more highly-enriched uranium in Iran, this time at an Iranian defence facility. This is not the first time the IAEA has found traces of HEU where it should not have been in Iran.

Source: Financial Times / Mosnews
Venezuela, the world’s fifth-largest oil exporter, has struck a $2 billion deal to buy about 100,000 barrels a day of crude oil from Russia until the end of the year, the British Financial Times reported on Friday, April 28.

Source: boston.com
"The 3 million acres of federal land in the Arizona Strip have their remote geography to thank for preserving their spectacular red sandstone escarpments, slot canyons, rock art, and ruins of ancient pueblos.

Source: blog.myarchive.us
With oil hovering around $70 a barrel many investors, oil companies and those concerned with the health of the US (and world) economy, a look where the next barrel of oil is coming from makes sense. Here an interesting post that sheds light on non-traditional oil reserves ...

Source: seattletimes.nwsource.com
The entire feasibility of such an operation hinges on recovery costs versus the oil spot price. At north of USD 70 per barrell, shale oil makes perfect sense.

Source: businessweek.com
Amid the current panic about gas prices many people are embracing ethanol. But that's not such a good idea

Source: marketwatch.com

Source: Reason
Predictions of imminent catastrophic depletion are almost as old as the oil industry.

Source: blog.myarchive.us
Another looks at the run up in fuel prices that include opinions on the Bill O'Reilly and Mac Johnson conversation. Fear, Greed, Market Factors, Personal Choice ... or some combination. What's the real reason for the high price at the pump.

Then: September 21, 2000
The Strategic Reserve is an insurance policy meant for a sudden disruption of our energy supply or for war. Strategic Reserve should not be used as an attempt to drive down oil prices right before an election.

Source: telegraph.co.uk

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The Energy Information Administration released estimates for summer fuel prices this morning and its not good if you are a summer driver.
Gasoline to average $2.62 and same for diesel.

Source: BBC
German opposition politicians have called on former chancellor Schroeder to sever links with Gazprom, claiming his involvement is a conflict of interest. Before Mr Schroeder left office, his government agreed to underwrite a 1bn euros ($1.2bn; £698m) loan to Gazprom...

Source: Department of Enerry

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A friend of mine spotted this switch on one of the forums he visits, and I thought was worth a post.

Source: news.ft.com
ICE Futures, formerly the International Petroleum Exchange, says it has increased its share of the global energy futures market to about 40 per cent since it moved to full electronic trading last April. Cause and effect or mere correlation?

Source: blog.myarchive.us
It is interesting to realize that Citgo (PDV America, Inc) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., the national oil company of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ... the same country run by Hugo Chavez who states “Down with the U.S.

Source: nytimes.com
'The American Association of Petroleum Geologists...

Kevin G. Hall of Knight Ridder (and others) reports that cabinet members were scurrying on Wednesday to retract statements made by the president during the mostly milquetoast 2006 State of the Union address.

Situada no deserto da Austrália, esta usina de energia solar será a mais
alta construção do mundo e também a mais ambiciosa obra para gerar
eletricidade a partir de uma fonte não poluente.

Source: betterhumans.com
Fossil fuel may not require fossils, as the pressure of deep Earth has been found capable of creating hydrocarbons from inorganic matter.

Source: today.reuters.com
OPEC producer Kuwait's oil reserves are only half those officially stated, according to internal Kuwaiti records seen by industry newsletter Petroleum Intelligence Weekly (PIW).