As the tail end of Hurricane Isaac left the US Gulf Coast battered and sodden with floodwater, ExxonMobil announced a US$ 500 000 contribution to the disaster relief fund. It was a benevolent and under reported gesture from the world’s … Continue reading
Author Archives: Energy Global
Wielding welded technology
The Olympic rings have been taken down in London, and following a science-themed Paralympics opening ceremony, the Paralympics logo and athletes are now taking the stage. Science and technology was a fitting theme, highlighting both the possibilities and opportunities present … Continue reading
Get your fracs right
The October issue of Oilfield Technology has a feature on fracturing technology, and I have been commissioning companies to write about it. During this process one of my contacts called me up and agreed to provide an article on this … Continue reading
Some positive news from the coal industry
Some positive news for a change… Some positive noises have been emerging from the coal industry recently. CEO of Xstrata, the world’s largest exporter of thermal coal, went on record last week as believing the market had reached bottom. Commenting … Continue reading
LNG, Australia and the power of advertising
As a publisher of five industry leading international magazines targeted specifically at the global energy sector, we here at Palladian Publications are fully aware of the power of advertising. Australia’s burgeoning LNG industry is currently utilising this power, as the … Continue reading
Attacks on tax
In the Dallas, Texas suburbs, a man stands accused of trying to blow up a natural gas pipeline. Authorities say Anson Chi detonated a bomb at a natural gas regulator station last week: he was critically injured as a result; … Continue reading
ACHEMA 2012 review
Hydrocarbon Engineering recently attended ACHEMA 2012 held in Frankfurt, Germany. ACHEMA is held every three years and brings together around 4000 companies involved in every aspect of the process industry from oil and gas to pharmaceuticals. The event The event … Continue reading
UK’s fragile fuel supply
In the developed world, we tend to take the essentials – fuel and food – for granted. Ensconced in our routines, we forget that these items reach us at the end of a long supply chain, and that it is … Continue reading
US coal: unwanted and unloved
US coal producers must be feeling pretty unloved at the moment. Having seen domestic demand drop in the face of ultralow gas prices and increasingly stringent environmental regulations, US producers have been increasing the amount of coal exported to the … Continue reading
Blackpool Rocks!
As an Editor of a global energy publication, I offer support to the international oil and gas industries. Indeed, anyone who is employed within the industry hopes for the sector to remain healthy, and feels concern when negative news stories … Continue reading
