Oil & Gas

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Gulf Spill Charges, CARB Ruling, Palm Oil Biofuels, EU ETS

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Gulf Spill Charges, CARB Ruling, Palm Oil Biofuels, EU ETSHere's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 11 items. The Department of Justice has ...

April 25, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Chevron, Mexico Low-Carbon Bill, Oil Market Speculation

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Chevron, Mexico Low-Carbon Bill, Oil Market SpeculationHere's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 10 items. The new Brazilian prosecutor of the case ...

April 23, 2012

EnerNOC to Supply Gas Demand Response at 4,000 Commercial Sites

EnerNOC to Supply Gas Demand Response at 4,000 Commercial SitesUtility National Grid is to use demand response company EnerNOC's technology and services platform to manage natural gas consumption at about 4,000 commercial, institutional and ...

April 20, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Deepwater Horizon, Shell Oil Sheen, YPF Nationalization, Keystone XL, LNG Exports

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Deepwater Horizon, Shell Oil Sheen, YPF Nationalization, Keystone XL, LNG ExportsHere's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 18 items. A presidential commission investigating the 2010 Gulf ...

April 18, 2012

Battery Electrics Offer Best Savings; EV Emissions Beat Gas, Even in ‘Dirty Grid’ Regions

Battery Electrics Offer Best Savings; EV Emissions Beat Gas, Even in ‘Dirty Grid’ RegionsThe total cost of ownership (TCO) over the lifetime of an alternative fuel vehicle can be lower than a conventional internal combustion engine vehicle, despite ...

April 18, 2012

EL Pro Shell Sustainability Report: Waste Up 24%, Water Use Up 3%

Shell Sustainability Report: Waste Up 24%, Water Use Up 3%Royal Dutch Shell's waste production increased almost 24 percent year-on-year from 2 million metric tons in 2010 to 2.47 million metric tons in 2011, according ...

April 17, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Canada Vehicle Emissions, Natural Gas, TSCA, Petroleum Reserve

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Canada Vehicle Emissions, Natural Gas, TSCA, Petroleum ReserveHere's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 10 items. Canada issued greenhouse gas emissions rules that ...

April 16, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: EU Aviation Law, Carbon Permits, GHG Targets, Gulf Sheen

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: EU Aviation Law, Carbon Permits, GHG Targets, Gulf SheenHere's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 11 items. India's environment minister called the EU aviation ...

April 13, 2012

Oil Prices Fall on US Economy Concerns

Oil Prices Fall on US Economy ConcernsU.S. businesses may be waving goodbye to rising gas prices, according to figures from two surveys. The national average for a gallon of gasoline on Monday ...

April 11, 2012

Extending the Life of Oil Fields, Revitalizing Waterfloods Using Pulsed Injection

Extending the Life of Oil Fields, Revitalizing Waterfloods Using Pulsed InjectionIt is anticipated that the average price at the gas pump in the US may climb as high as $5 per gallon by ...

April 11, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Biofuels, Herbicide Ruling, MA Energy Bill

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Biofuels, Herbicide Ruling, MA Energy BillHere's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes eight items. Six biofuel trade associations filed a ...

April 11, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Calif. Chemicals, Refinery Agreement, Loan Program Revived

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Calif. Chemicals, Refinery Agreement, Loan Program RevivedHere's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 10 items. The California Department of Toxic Substance ...

April 9, 2012

Shell Oil Explores Hybrid Cloud IT Infrastructure to Lower Power Costs for Big Data

Shell Oil Explores Hybrid Cloud IT Infrastructure to Lower Power Costs for Big DataWhen Shell Oil's power requirements grew 3.6 MW in a nine-month period at its three global data centers and 400 regional sites, the company's IT ...

April 6, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: E15 Registrations, EPA Delays, BPA in Packaging

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: E15 Registrations, EPA Delays, BPA in PackagingHere's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 13 items. The EPA approved the first applications for ...

April 4, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Shell Blocks Activists; BP Funds, Iran, Great Lakes Wind

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Shell Blocks Activists; BP Funds, Iran, Great Lakes WindShell has won an injunction, issued by a federal district court in Alaska, expanding the scope of an earlier restraining order that blocked Greenpeace activists ...

April 2, 2012

Energy Use in Manufacturing Down 10% in Four Years

Energy Use in Manufacturing Down 10% in Four YearsEnergy consumption in the U.S. manufacturing sector fell from 21,098 trillion Btu (tBtu) in 2006 to 19,062 tBtu in 2010, a decline of almost 10 ...

March 30, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Va. Offshore Wind, 'Big Oil' Repeal Fails, Germany Cuts Solar Tariffs

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Va. Offshore Wind, ‘Big Oil’ Repeal Fails, Germany Cuts Solar TariffsVirginia has approved a plan for the installation of a single 5 (MW) wind turbine off its coast. If it clears federal approval, construction of ...

March 30, 2012

Refined Engine Oil a Critial Link in Fleet Sustainability

Refined Engine Oil a Critial Link in Fleet SustainabilityWhen it comes to offering contributed articles, I follow some of the oldest writing advice around: write what you know. And, with ...

March 29, 2012

EPA Proposes Carbon Regulations for New Power Plants

EPA Proposes Carbon Regulations for New Power PlantsThe EPA has released its first proposed Clean Air Act standard for carbon pollution from new power plants. Under the Carbon Pollution Standard for New ...

March 28, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Indian Point, EPA Overruled on Coal, UK Delays GHG Reporting Law

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Indian Point, EPA Overruled on Coal, UK Delays GHG Reporting LawEntergy, the owner of Indian Point nuclear plant in Buchanan, N.Y., has agreed with the New York State DEC to pay a $1.2 million penalty ...

March 28, 2012