Wednesday, January 22, 2025

ISIS Now Controls Six Syrian Oil and Gas Fields: CNN

CNN reported today that ISIS has taken over six Syrian oil and gas fields, as well as al-Omar, “Syria’s largest oil facility that can produce 75,000 barrels of oil a day.” Pakistan’s Dawn News reported that one of the oil fields taken over was Tanak, located in the Sheiytat desert area in the east of Deir Ezzour province, according to

European Shale: Total to Drill Test Wells in Denmark

The northern Denmark town of Frederikshavn has granted Total SA permits to drill the country’s first test wells for shale gas, according to a PetroGlobal News report. In 2013, Denmark produced less energy than it consumed for the first time since 1997, according to a June 26 Reuters report. In 2013 Denmark’s output of oil and gas fell by 13%

Is LNG the Answer for Hawaii?

Hawaii has a long list of issues whirling around its expensive energy situation. It stems from the fact that Hawaii is home to the U.S.’s most expensive electricity. Since the island state has no reserves of native fossil fuels that it can extract in order to fuel its electricity generation or to refine into ground transportation and jet fuel, it