“Maybe we’ll talk about shipping water by rail at the next Railway Age gathering in 2017,” is what several delegates said at the Energy by Rail conference in Arlington, Virginia in October.
(Thu, 10 Nov 2016) U.S. coal production dropped by more than 10% in 2015 to 897 million short tons (MMst), the lowest production level since 1986. Production in all three major coal-producing regions (the Appalachian, the Interior, and the Western) declined, as consumption of coal for electric power generation, industrial, and other uses fell by 13% to 798 MMst in 2015.
Voters in Monterey County passed a ballot initiative Tuesday to ban fracking in the county, and the state of Washington rejected a carbon tax proposal.
Before November 8, 2016, markets were concerned that a victory for Republican Donald Trump would result in major changes in US trade and economic policy. Today, with Trump now heading for the White House, those markets have reacted.
(Wed, 09 Nov 2016) EIA works with technology experts to project the cost and efficiency of future HVAC, lighting, and other major end-use equipment rather than developing residential and commercial technology projections in-house. These reports have always been available by request. By providing the reports online, EIA is increasing transparency for some of the most important assumptions used for our AEO projections of buildings energy demand.
(Wed, 09 Nov 2016) Total investment in oil and natural gas extraction in Norway was 21% lower in the first half of 2016 compared with the first half of 2015, a decline of about 20.9 billion Norwegian kroner (US $3.5 billion). However, investment cuts have affected some segments of the industry more than others.
It‘s hard to imagine metallurgical coal exerting much influence on other commodity markets. But when the price of a commodity quadruples in slightly over 10 months, its clout amplifies.
(Tue, 08 Nov 2016) Following an outage that began on October 31, Colonial Pipeline's Line 1 resumed shipping gasoline early Sunday morning. Line 1 carries gasoline from the Gulf Coast to as far east and north as North Carolina and is a key supply source for several states in between and beyond.
Election day in the United States is tomorrow, and we’re taking a closer look at how oil prices change right after a new American president is chosen.
An ambitious effort to collect “near miss” data from US offshore drillers has stalled, but regulators are working to get the program back in gear.
