Landscape

In its efforts to maximize the opportunities provided by the domestic shale oil and gas boom, Houston-based Phillips 66 said it plans to develop a 100,000 b/d natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionator in Old Ocean, TX, which would provide an alternative for suppliers wary of congestion at facilities located in and around Mont Belvieu, TX.

The policy landscape of shale gas development has been “dominated” by contradictory opinions, but there are “pathways” to a consensus, according to an analysis by Resources for the Future (RFF).

The impact of shale gas and tight oil energy on global energy markets, as well as improving competitiveness in U.S. manufacturing, have upended global competition, according to IHS Inc.

The impact of unconventional domestic shale gas and tight oil reserves is impacting domestic manufacturing and has upended global competitiveness, according to IHS Inc.

The impact of shale gas and tight oil energy on global energy markets, as well as improving competitiveness in U.S. manufacturing, have upended global competition, according to IHS Inc.

Coal production will keep falling next year in the midst of reduced demand in an energy landscape that keeps shifting, according to an industry outlook report from Moody’s Investors Service released Monday. Coal-fired power generation could fall to a third of the U.S. mix as natural gas prices stay below historical levels.

Fifty-five investment organizations and institutional investors with nearly $1 trillion in assets under management are pushing for implementation of “best practices” for hydraulic fracturing (fracking), according to a trio of shareholder groups — Boston Common Asset Management, the Investor Environmental Health Network (IEHN) and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) — which are spearheading the effort.

In a North American landscape increasingly bathed in domestic natural gas supplies, the question at the end of 2011: Why aren’t there more natural gas vehicles (NGV) on U.S. roadways?

In a North American landscape increasingly bathed in domestic natural gas supplies, the question is raised more loudly at the end of another calendar year: Why aren’t there more natural gas vehicles (NGV) on U.S. roadways?