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Deepwater drilling rules the high seas

September 08, 2010 Category: Charts Tags: , ,
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Offshore drilling is still a mainstay, despite popular anxiety More →

Offshore drilling moves to the deep end

August 31, 2010 Category: Charts Tags: ,
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Plumbing the ocean's depths for oil has long since outpaced drilling at shallower depths More →

Industrial fuel-use in Europe taxed lightly

August 25, 2010 Category: Charts Tags: ,
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Gasoline may be expensive on the continent, but industry isn't paying big bills More →

Sifting through the pros and cons of carbon penalties

August 19, 2010 Category: Charts Tags: , ,
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High- to middle-income earners hit hardest by free allocation of carbon credits More →

U.S. wind energy on the decline

August 11, 2010 Category: Charts Tags: , ,
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As the U.S. looks to cut oil imports, production of a staple renewable energy slides More →

The next boom could be in oil shale

August 04, 2010 Category: Charts Tags: , ,
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Production potential for unconventional fuel is staggering, projections show More →

Outward bound; European oil exports

July 28, 2010 Category: Charts Tags: , , ,
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Notwithstanding sales to U.S., the EU isn't a large-scale energy exporter More →

Fuel fight: the pros and cons of biofuel production

July 21, 2010 Category: Charts Tags: , ,
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Not all fuels are created equal. Some use more land than others More →

Asian imports and the return of peak oil

July 14, 2010 Category: Charts Tags: , , ,
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Can Middle East supplies of crude oil keep up with Pacific demand? More →

The skinny on offshore drilling and natural gas prices

July 07, 2010 Category: Charts Tags: ,
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A think-tank connects the dots between offshore drilling and natural gas prices More →

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Deepwater drilling rules the high seas

The North Sea and offshore Brazil rival the Gulf of Mexico for top spot among deepwater drillers plumbing the ocean’s depths in search of black gold. Political and public anxiety over the now-plugged Macondo well in the GOM has apparently done little to diminish the prevalence of so-called mobile offshore drilling units worldwide, to say nothing of the ever-greater depths the rigs are able to reach.

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