Amid Transit Crisis, Cuomo Plans a Rare Visit to Washington
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is expected to ask the transportation secretary for federal funding to help fix New York City’s deteriorating transit infrastructure.
Rescue Plan to Improve Subways Includes Removing Seats
As part of the nearly $800 million plan, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has promised to repair outdated signals and overhaul trains.
Lawsuit Challenges Secrecy of White House Advisers on Infrastructure
In a complaint filed Tuesday, a nonprofit group accused the President Trump of a “pattern and practice” of creating secretive advisory groups.
Prelude: a new era for LNG?
Shell has sounded the trumpets and declared Prelude, the world's largest floating LNG vessel, as "a new era for the LNG industry." Ross McCracken blogs.
Unlikely humanitarians - shippers returning to Libya face a tough moral dilemma
Increasingly, Libyan shipowners are receiving calls to assist unseaworthy vessels carrying migrants heading for Europe, shipping sources say. Eklavya Gupte investigates.
For China’s Global Ambitions, ‘Iran Is at the Center of Everything’
Iran’s strategic location makes it a focus, and Chinese investments and entrepreneurs are pouring into the country.
U.S. crude oil production forecast expected to reach record high in 2018
(Tue, 25 Jul 2017) In EIAâs latest <em>Short-Term Energy Outlook</em> (STEO), total U.S. crude oil production is forecast to average 9.3 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2017, up 0.5 million b/d from 2016. In 2018, EIA expects crude oil production to reach an average of 9.9 million b/d, which would surpass the previous record of 9.6 million b/d set in 1970.
World Oil Transit Chokepoints
(Tue, 25 Jul 2017) World chokepoints for maritime transit of oil are a critical part of global energy security. About 61% of the world's petroleum and other liquids production moved on maritime routes in 2015. The Strait of Hormuz and the Strait of Malacca are the world's most important strategic chokepoints by volume of oil transit.
California wholesale electricity prices are higher at the beginning and end of the day
(Mon, 24 Jul 2017) Comparisons of January through June electricity prices over the past three years suggest a growing premium for day-ahead hourly prices in the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) energy market for certain morning and evening hours relative to prices for midday hours.
Who Should Pay for Public Works?
Public-private partnerships for infrastructure projects are not a simple solution, readers say.