Hot Air About Natural Gas Exports
In his February 1 article on Reason.com, Ron Bailey writes, “To the extent we live in a ‘post-truth’ era” lobbying policy-makers “is in good measure because it pays so well to dissemble, exaggerate,...
View ArticleReporters flood week-long energy conference
Scores of reporters from as far as China are joining the crowds of executives and analysts as IHS CERAWeek gets underway in Houston.
View ArticleTalent gap seen in oil and gas industry workforce
The oil and gas industry is facing a talent gap just as a large number of older and more experienced employees is nearing retirement, a troubling trend that is especially acute in the United States and...
View ArticleUS shale revolution hinges on exports, execs say
The United States is uniquely positioned to harvest newly accessible natural gas reserves and sell the fossil fuel overseas -- but that hinges on the Energy Department's support for exports, executives...
View ArticleEnergy execs: Don’t eulogize coal yet
Coal-fired power may be on the wane in the United States, but reports of its death are greatly exaggerated, energy executives said Thursday. Also overblown: Predictions that natural gas will overtake...
View ArticleHurricanes are trial run for cyberattacks, energy leaders say
Power utilities are better prepared for cyberattacks aimed at energy companies and the electric grid because of their responses to hurricanes and other natural disasters, but better planning and...
View ArticleInvestor push to cut spending hindering M&A markets
Activist investors are pressuring energy companies to cut spending levels in the face of rising costs and lower returns, to the detriment of the deal market, panelists at IHS CERAWeek said Tuesday.
View ArticleCEO: Oil industry ‘no longer the deep pocket’ as costs soar
Oil industry costs are spiraling out of control, and it's time to rein them in, Total CEO Christophe de Margerie insisted during a colorful CERAWeek presentation.
View ArticleOil demand won’t peak for decades, Valero CEO says
growing need for transportation fuels in developing countries will stave off a peak in global oil demand over the next decade, despite shrinking oil use in the U.S. and other mature markets, panelists...
View ArticleOil exec: Decades of life left in Bakken Shale
Continental Resources President Rick Bott is bullish on the Bakken Formation and pushing back against critics who say the U.S. shale oil revolution will be short lived.
View ArticleNo energy policy not such a bad thing, experts suggest
For years, it has been a mantra in Washington: The absence of a broad U.S. energy policy is holding America back, keeping the nation from realizing its full potential.
View ArticleEPA chief: Power plant rules won’t ‘put the brakes on business’
Economic growth and reducing carbon pollution can go hand in hand, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy insisted Thursday.
View ArticleTurning hotel rooms into secured offices for the high-powered
To oil company executives and foreign ministers more accustomed to mahogany-enveloped surroundings, the temporary hotel-rooms-turned-offices at the Hilton Americas may not look like much.
View ArticleNew tech could make production spending more effective, expert says
Investing in technologies that improve initial production rates and the ultimate amount of oil that can be extracted from shale reservoirs can improve oil companies' haul in the face of rising costs,...
View ArticleHouston energy summit closes without a bang
IHS CERAWeek comes to a close on Friday, without splashy headlines or big pronouncements that have marked previous year's conferences.
View ArticleBernanke: Energy ‘a bright spot’ in recovering economy
The national oil and gas boom may have created a quarter of the jobs U.S. employers have added to payrolls since the economic downturn began six years ago, former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke...
View ArticleRyan Lance at CERAWeek: Production cuts now could lead to big price swings later
Oil prices may rebound, but volatility is here to stay, ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance predicted Monday.
View ArticleCERAWeek: U.S. and Wall Street take over OPEC’s role as global swing producer
Financial markets underpinning the U.S. shale boom have emerged as the world’s de facto regulator of global oil production, taking over from the Saudi Arabia-led cartel of crude exporting nations that...
View ArticleCERAWeek: Former diplomat says lifting Iranian sanctions won’t flood oil markets
Oil prices took a beating as traders placed bets that Iran would ramp up production and add more oil if international negotiators eased the limitations on its ability to export crude.
View ArticleCERAWeek Day Two: Rex Tillerson, Pemex, Total
Day Two of the annual conference will deal with issues in both the domestic and international oil and gas industries.
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