Oil prices slipped but remained above $59 a barrel Thursday ahead of a U.S. government report that is expected to show crude oil inventories rose last week.
Traders were also watching developments in the Middle East, with the stage being set for a fresh showdown between Iran and Western powers over the nation’s nuclear program.
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Crude oil dropped on speculation that supplies from OPEC and other producers are sufficient to meet increased heating demand caused by a cold snap in the U.S.
Temperatures in the U.S. Northeast, where 80 percent of the nation’s heating oil is consumed, will be below normal through Feb. 21, the National Weather Service said. OPEC may [...]
The release of a federal study that could lead to drilling around the site of a 1969 underground nuclear blast in western Colorado has been delayed until late spring.
The computer-modeling study gauges whether radioactive byproducts have migrated from the blast site near Rulison and whether drilling in the area could affect the underground movement of [...]
President Bush’s proposed 2008 budget for the U.S. Department of Energy largely passes over “clean coal” projects in Wyoming and the West.
U.S. Sen. Craig Thomas, R-Wyo., grilled Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman last week for not following certain directives set forth in the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
Provisions such as a Western coal-gasification demonstration project are [...]
People living in Rifle and Silt saw a spectacular light show Monday. Problems at a natural gas processing plant west of Rifle caused EnCana to shut down its compressors and flare or burn about 10 million cubic feet of gas.
“EnCana’s West Rifle refrigeration plant experienced a freeze-up due to water in the … units on [...]
Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Rep. Nick Jo Rahall, D-W.Va., are among the sponsors of a bill that would promote the construction of factories that would turn coal into liquid fuels.
Capito said in a prepared statement, “As our country looks to wean ourselves from our dangerous addiction to foreign oil, it only makes sense [...]
A public meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Buffalo Civic Center to update residents on a proposal for FutureGen’s near-zero-emissions coal plant.
Area leaders have formed the Heart of Brazos Partnership and are proposing that the plant be built on 400 acres near Jewett in Leon County. The site is one of four [...]
APC Group Inc. said its wholly owned subsidiary, Aragon Coal Resources Inc. (ACRI), signed two coal operating contracts with the state-run Department of Energy.
In a statement, APC said ACRI’s first contract area in Masbate, central Philippines, covers two coal blocks, while the second contract area comprises three coal blocks in Isabela Province, northern Philippines.
Congressmen Nick Lampson and Ralph Hall confirmed that the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America or RPSEA has finalized and signed a 10-year, $375 million contract to manage research and development of new technology for natural gas and oil exploration and production.
RPSEA has been negotiating this contract with the U.S. Department of Energy since [...]
A Texas-based nonprofit consortium has been awarded a 375 (M) million dollar contract to manage research and technology for natural gas production and oil exploration and the development of new energy sources.
Officials said today that the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America will award contracts to universities, research institutions, national laboratories and industry partners.
The [...]
