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Energy Roundup: Exploring Offshore Canada, Denali Pipeline Paperwork Underway, TPAO and ExxonMobil Team Up, and More
Repsol, Husky, Petro Canada team to explore offshore Canada — Partnering with Canadian firms Husky and PetroCanada, the Spanish oil and gas producer, Repsol, has bought exploration rights off the shores of the Canadian islands of Newfoundland and Labrador. Repsol has bought minority stakes in three exploration blocks spread over about 2,500 square miles, which [...]
Don’t Celebrate the Death of Coal Power Quite Yet
Now that the EPA has finally been forced to acknowledge CO2 as a pollutant, plans for new coal plants are in limbo, and clean energy backers are happily talking up ideas to replace dirty fuels with wind, solar and other renewables. But abruptly killing coal might not be as beneficial as many assume.
Energy Roundup: Obama’s Oil Dilemma, Iraq’s ‘Nam Flashback, Ethanol in Peril, and More
Fed to allow 1.9 million acres worth of shale development on public land… maybe — It’s a perfect illustration of the kind of dilemma that the incoming administration will face with energy policy, caught between the rock of energy independence and the hard place of environmental concern. On Monday the U.S. Department of the Interior [...]
Chevron’s Tax Rate is 47 Percent — With No Windfall Tax
The Company: Chevron Corp., the second-largest U.S. oil company.
The Filing: FORM 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 6, 2008.
The Finding: Chevron earned pre-tax profits of $35.7 billion and paid $16.6 billion in income taxes for the nine-months ended September 30 — an effective tax rate of 46.5 percent. Should it pay even more in taxes?The [...]
Capstone Turbine Still Charged About Future
The Company: Capstone Turbine Corp., a producer of low-emission microturbine systems.
The Filing: FORM 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 10, 2008.
The Finding: Nothing much as changed at Capstone Turbine since I posted about the microturbine manufacturer back on September 26. The Company continues to incur significant operating losses, and sales growth remains insufficient to [...]
Energy Roundup: China-Iraq Deal, Pickens Wind Farm on Hold, and More
China inks major oil production deal with Iraq — The China National Petroleum Corporation, Zhenhua Oil, and Iraq’s minister of oil have signed a 23-year service agreement to further develop the Al-Ahdab Oilfield in Baghdad. It is one of Iraq’s first joint-venture oil projects since the war began in 2003. The deal expands the strategic [...]
T. Boone Pickens Stumps Plan on Daily Show
Billionaire oil man and BP Capital founder T. Boone Pickens has never been shy. Last night he appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to stump for his Pickens Plan to wean America off of foreign fossil fuels and talk about his new book, “The First Billion is the Hardest.” We know just [...]
Apache Positioned for Drill-Bit Driven Growth in Egypt
The Company: Apache Corp., a U.S. oil and natural gas producer.
The Finding: FORM 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 10, 2008.
The Finding: Apache, the largest acreage holder in Egypt, continues to benefit from its active drilling program in the Western Desert, a gas-rich area of about 450,000-square kilometers. During the third-quarter ended September [...]
Energy Roundup: IEA Warns of Supply Crunch, Offshore Brazil Ops to Cost $400B, and More
IEA report warns of supply crunch — In its 2008 World Energy Outlook report released Wednesday, the International Energy Agency said that world energy demand will rise 1.6 percent a year between 2006 and 2030. The organization expects that demand for oil will rise from the current 85 million barrels per day to 106 million [...]
Nervous Oil-Sands Investment Stalls
In the space of mere months, long-term investments in Canadian oil sands have gone from full steam ahead to… well, not exactly a grinding halt, but certainly a major slowdown. While handsome profits beckoned at $100-plus a barrel, the just-as-volatile shift toward the $50 mark has oil-sands investors worried. Almost every aspect of oil-sands spending [...]
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The spirit of Jøtul is all about a passion for warmth. In both senses of the word. Not only the heat generated by the stove or fireplace, but the atmosphere created around it. It is an obsession for life around the fire.
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In 1979, Dane Harman, designed and built a stove to heat his home. It heated so well that his neighbors asked him to build one for them too. Dane agreed, and was soon so overcome with an abundance of orders, that within a short time, he outgrew the garage and decided to build what is now known as the Harman Stove Company.
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Enjoy our environmentally friendly, beautifully designed SCAN range of warm furniture. Each stove is customizable and features a unique, highly efficient combustion system.
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With Napoleon you have the assurance of high quality, durability and service. Our products continuously surpass industry standards not only in appearance but in efficiency and performance.
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Starting in 1993 as a regional manufacturer of vent free logs, Monessen Hearth Systems has grown to become a leading full line supplier of hearth products to the Hearth, Propane and Residential New Construction Markets.
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And when all else fails, you can count on a real wood fire. Without heat, an emergency becomes a disaster, but with an RSF fireplace and a few candles, youll turn it into a family adventure.
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St. Croix offers eight models of stoves in both pellet burning and corn burning varieties |
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Town & Country Fireplaces are the only design-driven luxury gas fireplaces with interchangeable fires and panels. Mix or match burners and panels to achieve your style.
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Pacific Energy has been hand-crafting clean-burning wood stoves – and other high efficiency wood burning appliances – for over 28 years. We pioneered wood heat technology and are continually innovating. We combine our industry-leading designs with premium Porcelain Enamel finishes, the best lifetime warranty in the business and our firm commitment to your satisfaction.
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