The United States energy market has big decisions ahead of it: Do we export oil? How do we safely transport crude oil across our country? Should we build the Keystone pipeline? And perhaps more captivating is what the industry/country should do with the tremendous amounts of natural gas we’ve untapped. The natural gas landscape continues to make headlines by means
Royal Dutch Shell plc (ticker: RDS.B) is incorporated in England and Wales and serves as the parent company for Shell, a global group of energy and petrochemical companies. Shell has a global presence in both the upstream and downstream business with operations in more than 70 countries. The company sold 19.6 million tons of equity LNG during 2013 and is
Chevron (ticker: CVX) explores for and produces crude oil and natural gas around the world. In 2013, the company’s worldwide net oil production averaged 2.60 million barrels equivalent per day, with about 25% of the production coming from the United States and the rest from more than 20 other countries. The company is engaged in every aspect of the industry,
InterOil Corporation (ticker: IOC) is developing a vertically integrated energy business whose primary focus is Papua New Guinea. InterOil’s assets consist of petroleum licenses covering about 3.9 million acres, an oil refinery, and retail and commercial distribution facilities, all located in Papua New Guinea. On December 5, 2013, InterOil announced the sale of 61.3% gross interest in Petroleum Retention License
According to the Associated Press, The Department of Environmental Conservation has drafted regulations that will allow the buildout of LNG truck-fueling stations and other types of LNG storage plants. The agency expects the plans to be finalized by early next year and estimates about 21 fueling stations will be built over the next five years. LNG has become an increasingly
South Korea, Asia’s fourth-largest economy, is struggling with recurring energy supply shortages. Despite the issue, country officials pledged to drastically scale back nuclear power at the World Energy Congress meeting on October 13, 2013. Nuclear energy accounted for 26.4% of power generation capacity in 2012, and was expected to reach 41% by the year 2035. The revised plans, despite the
The impact of natural gas is making its mark on the transportation industry. OAG360 covered a recent $68 million investment by the United Parcel Service (ticker: UPS) for its liquefied natural gas (LNG) vehicles in 2013. Now, the railroad industry is embracing the idea. On March 6, 2013, BNSF, one of North America’s leading freight transportation companies, announced it will
Calcutta, India, a city of 14 million, has banned cyclists from 174 major roads effective August 2013. K. Hari Rajan, the assistant commissioner (traffic) of Calcutta police, said: “Cycling is banned on major thoroughfares of the city for two reasons: To ensure that traffic flow is not disturbed by the mix of fast-moving vehicles and cycles, as Calcutta has no
American Energy Partners, LP was founded by Aubrey K. McClendon in April 2013. The Oklahoma City-based company aims to capitalize on opportunities available in unconventional resource plays onshore in the United States. McClendon co-founded Chesapeake Energy (ticker: CHK) in 1983 and served as its CEO until April 2013. On October 9, 2013, American Energy – Utica, LLC (AEU), an affiliate
United Parcel Service Inc. (ticker: UPS) is the world’s largest package delivery company and a leading global provider of specialized transportation and logistics services. The company has invested in the emergence of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for its vehicles, and began adding LNG tractors to its fleet in 2002. UPS currently has more than 1,000 such tractors in service, and
The governments of Japan and India announced on September 9, 2013, a joint buyer’s group agreement to increase the importation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in an attempt to offset their rising energy prices. According to Mari Iwata’s report in The Wall Street Journal, the countries plan to ask fellow importers, such as South Korea and Singapore, to join the
UPS (ticker: UPS) plans to purchase approximately 700 liquefied natural gas (LNG) vehicles and build four refueling stations by the end of 2014. Upon completion, UPS says they will have the most extensive private LNG fleet in the U.S. The four fueling stations require an initial investment of more than $18 million and will be located in Knoxville, Nashville and
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