Uncertain oil prices, growing concern about greenhouse gas emissions, stalled R&D investment and foreign oil dependence are all heaping pressure on the government to decide on the long-term energy future for the US. Can natural gas fulfil its promise and bring long-desired stability and direction to a volatile industry?
From Texas to Louisiana, the Gulf Coast region is home to the nation’s highest concentration of refining and supply operations, a host of terminals, the origination points of the nation’s largest pipeline systems and extensive fuels-marketing networks. It has also been landfall for some of history’s most destructive hurricanes.
George Kirkland, Executive Vice President for Upstream and Gas at Chevron, reveals why the company are focusing on natural gas and the three vital drivers that are critical in order to redefine the world's energy equation for the 21st century.
In an exclusive interview, Matthias Bichsel, Royal Dutch Shell Executive Committee member and head of one of Shell’s four main businesses, its new Projects & Technology group, discusses how the global oil and gas giant is looking to meet the world’s energy needs in economically, socially and environmentally responsible ways.
Rapidly depleting hydrocarbon supplies mean scientists are in a race against time to delay the dreaded peak oil scenario – but America’s Advanced Energy Consortium believes it has the answer. Diana Milne reports on why nanotechnology could be the small solution to a very big problem.