Energy and Capital Archives

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...

Mexico's Coming Gas Crisis

Written by Keith Kohl
Posted March 14, 2013

Keith Kohl explains why Mexico is heading straight toward a natural as crisis, and how the U.S. might be their only saviour.

Why I'm Bullish Water Stocks

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted March 14, 2013

In the Asia-Pacific, 75% of nations do not have water security. And it's this that could give a number of water stocks a boost...

Another Way Ethanol is Screwing Taxpayers

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted March 14, 2013

Fuel refiners are struggling to meet the EPA's ethanol requirements, which means higher prices at the pump...

China's Building U.S. Natural Gas Infrastructure

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted March 14, 2013

Chinese companies are pushing their way into the U.S. shale boom, and one has laid out a plan to build natural gas fueling stations for trucks in the U.S...

California Fracking Boom

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted March 14, 2013

Long-time environmentalist Governor Jerry Brown has expressed his support for fracking, citing the economic benefits that California needs desperately...

Massachusetts Offshore Wind Investment

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted March 14, 2013

Massachusetts is hoping to be a hub for the offshore wind industry.

Discovered: 17 Bakkens Stacked On Top of One Another

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted March 13, 2013

Thanks to the revolution in hydraulic fracturing, the Permian Basin is expected to regain its stature in the global oil market. It is set to become the king. Brian Hicks explains...