Energy and Capital Archives

Saudi Shale Explosion

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted March 19, 2013

Saudi Arabian officials have announced the nation plans to drill seven test wells for shale gas this year in an effort to supply the increasing domestic demand...

UK Nuclear Power Boom

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted March 19, 2013

British energy minister Edward Davey approved a new UK power plant, and the plant could create as many as 25,000 jobs...

China Wind Power Growth

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted March 19, 2013

Is wind making a bigger impact than coal in China?

Williston Basin Oil

Written by Keith Kohl
Posted March 18, 2013

Keith Kohl shows investors why the Williston Basin is about to lead the United States in the next leg of its oil boom.

Russia Fracking Soviet Oil Fields

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted March 18, 2013

Russia has been using fracking for years, but by incorporating horizontal drilling, companies have realized they can draw more oil from old wells...

Bluegrass Natural Gas Pipeline Approved

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted March 18, 2013

Williams (NYSE: WMB) and Boardwalk Pipeline Partners (NYSE: BWP) are teaming up to build the Bluegrass Pipeline, which will stretch from the Marcellus shale to the Gulf Coast...

U.S. Natural Gas Heading to Japan

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted March 18, 2013

If Japan decides to join a Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, it could open up huge economic benefits...including easy access to U.S. LNG.

Enhanced Oil Recovery Market Booming

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted March 18, 2013

Enhanced oil recovery is gaining traction as a method of extraction even more oil from abandoned wells...

Eco-Friendly Oil Drilling

Written by Jeff Siegel
Posted March 17, 2013

Some of the very oil companies environmentalists are protesting are developing more responsible production technologies. Will this one new technology be the final blow to OPEC?

Coal Exports Booming

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted March 17, 2013

The U.S. may be increasingly moving to natural gas-fired power, but Asian nations are hungry for that excess coal...

U.S. Shale Stocks Falling Fast

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted March 17, 2013

Despite the hype surrounding U.S. shale gas, skeptics believe the estimates of recoverable shale gas are misleading...

Dominion (NYSE: D) Unloading Coal Assets

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted March 17, 2013

Coal-fired power plants may be on the decline in the United States, but that isn't true for the rest of the world...