Dependency

The New York Independent System Operator (NY-ISO) expects to operate “in an environment of expanded dependency on natural gas-fired generation, renewable generation and retirements of less efficient generation” over the next five years, the electricity grid operator said in its 2013-2017 Strategic Plan.

A UK-based exploration company whose management team has unconventional exploration experience in the United States claims to have discovered a natural gas shale field near Blackpool, in Lancashire, England, that may rival rock in the United States.

Energy billionaire T. Boone Pickens continues to lash out at U.S. oil import levels, urging Congress to reduce the nation’s foreign oil dependency — and a recent research report in Colorado and utility plan in Georgia may help him make his case.

Energy billionaire T. Boone Pickens on Wednesday lashed out at recent U.S. oil import levels and urged Congress to reduce the nation’s foreign oil dependency.

The United States has the opportunity to lead the world in a new industrial revolution that would ensure domestic competitiveness, decrease dependency on foreign oil and mitigate climate change — but it has to begin today, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu said Tuesday.

The United States has the opportunity to lead the world in a new industrial revolution that would ensure domestic competitiveness, decrease dependency on foreign oil and mitigate climate change — but it has to begin today, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu said Tuesday.

Canadian oilsands producers are being urged to go to work on “kicking the natural gas dependency” after an industry canvass turned up alarming demand projections. In a draft report scheduled for release early in 2004, the Alberta Chamber of Resources says that continuing present patterns would cause an “unthinkable” squeeze, with up to half of Canadian gas supplies needed to make the synthetic oil which is rapidly taking over from conventional production.

Canadian oilsands producers are being urged to go to work on “kicking the natural gas dependency” after an industry canvass turned up alarming demand projections. In a draft report scheduled for release early in 2004, the Alberta Chamber of Resources says that continuing present patterns would cause an “unthinkable” squeeze, with up to half of Canadian gas supplies needed to make the synthetic oil which is rapidly taking over from conventional production.