Posts Tagged ‘ natural gas ’

How to Profit When Big Oil Bets on Natural Gas

Sep 20th, 2010 | By | Category: Commodities, Energy, Featured
Royal Dutch Shell said that by 2012 it expects more than half of its output will be natural gas — not oil. That is as if Starbucks said it expects to sell more tea than coffee. Yet this is not unusual for Big Oil these days. In fact, most are making ...read more

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The Future of America’s Natural Gas

Dec 9th, 2009 | By | Category: Energy, Featured
Natural gas prices have plummeted. Natural gas storage is at a maximum. Producible gas reserves are up 35% in the United States. Demand for natural gas is down because of the economy. Then suddenly a new-found U.S. natural gas producible reserve is suggesting that the U.S. in fact will be self-sufficient ...read more

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Black Gold of the North Sea

Jun 15th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Oil
"It's only gas," said the geologists. And wow, were they ever frustrated… The year was 1959. The geologists were in the Netherlands, near a small town named Groningen, at the southern edge of the North Sea. They worked for Shell and Esso (now Exxon Mobil) and were drilling a well. Instead ...read more

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