Energy and Capital Archives

Why Saudi Arabia Can't Produce Its Own Shale Gas

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted March 13, 2013

Saudi Arabia is the world's largest oil producer and has massive conventional gas reserves, but it may not be able to tap its even larger shale gas reserves...

Is This the Next Bakken?

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted March 13, 2013

Ohio's Utica Shale offers a lot of untapped shale oil and gas, and revised maps show it could extend further west than previously thought...

Clean Coal is Dead

Written by Jeff Siegel
Posted March 12, 2013

Despite investors jumping ship, the government continues to fund the FutureGen clean coal scam. But we still have nothing to show for it.

Nuclear is Dead

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted March 12, 2013

Nuclear power in the United States is being gradually taken over by wind power, and this could mean good things for the future of renewables...

Exxon (NYSE: XOM) Scores Major Gas Find in Malaysia

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted March 12, 2013

ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) is working with Malaysian company Petronas to extract gas from the offshore Telok field...

Why Goldman Sachs is Bullish on Oil and Copper

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted March 12, 2013

Goldman Sachs expects oil and copper to be good plays in the short term, and it puts a focus on China...

Talisman (NYSE: TLM) Unloading Shale Assets

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted March 12, 2013

Talisman Energy (NYSE: TLM) is looking to sell acreage worth an estimated $1.5 billion in the Montney Shale in an effort to cut costs and boost sales...

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Dominance Continues

Written by Jeff Siegel
Posted March 12, 2013

Elon Musk ups the ante, yet again, with a special feature of the Tesla Model S.

OPEC's Crisis of Confidence

Written by Keith Kohl
Posted March 11, 2013

Keith Kohl prepares to reveal a new drilling technology that is about to take the U.S. shale boom to record heights.

China Crushing the Solar Market

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted March 11, 2013

After struggling through months of some of the worst pollution ever, China is increasing its focus on renewables and solar power in particular...

Myanmar Oil Discovery Could Be Huge

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted March 11, 2013

Myanmar is finally opening its shale oil and gas blocks to foreign investment, and the nation also has a pipeline planned...

Exxon (NYSE: XOM) Bullish on Diesel

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted March 11, 2013

Exxon's (NYSE: XOM) "Outlook to 2040" expects diesel to be a dominant fuel in the transportation sector as renewables and natural gas combat gasoline...