Category Archives: Oil
Lawrence Solomon: Democratic jackpot
The game-changer is “unconventional fossil fuels,” much of it trapped in shale — rock that often contains oil or gas. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, Fossil Fuels, Oil
Tagged China, fossil fuels, fracking, geopolitics, Lawrence Solomon, middle east, Russia, shale gas, Shale Oil, terrorism
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Lawrence Solomon: Divide Libya into its tribal parts
(October 28, 2011) Who should get Libya’s fabulous oil and gas wealth, an amount that could be equivalent to several million dollars per Libyan? Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, Fossil Fuels, Oil
Tagged Arab Spring, civil war, energy, Gaddafi, Lawrence Solomon, libya, Muslim Brotherhood, NATO, Oil, Sharia, tribal, UN
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Lawrence Solomon: Liberate U.S. oil
(July 5, 2011) Richard Nixon was the first U.S. president to vow and fail to wean the United States off its dependency on Middle Eastern oil. Barack Obama will be the last. The United States today has the wherewithal to become independent in energy. Once Obama goes, it will also have the will. Continue reading
Israeli Oil: Black Gold in the Holy Land
(June 18, 2011) On Tuesday, June 14, Zion Oil & Gas, Inc. announced it had requested a petroleum exploration permit to develop large shale oil deposits in the Shfela Basin, 30 miles west of Jerusalem. Continue reading
Posted in Fossil Fuels, Shale Gas, Shale Oil
Tagged Energy Probe, Israel, Lawrence Solomon, Oil, OPEC, Sarah Siskind, saudi arabia, Shale Oil
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Lawrence Solomon: Israeli oil could bust the OPEC cartel
(June 13, 2011) The old energy order in the Middle East is crumbling and a new energy order is emerging to give the West some spine. In this new order, Israel is a major player. Continue reading
Posted in Fossil Fuels, Oil, Oil
Tagged Harold Vinegar, Israel, Lawrence Solomon, POEC, shale
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Oilsands greenhouse gas emissions up in 2009
(June 6, 2011) New calculation; Substantial rise in pollution: report… Aldyen Donnelly responds. Continue reading
Avertible catastrophe
(Jun. 26, 2010) Some are attuned to the possibility of looming catastrophe and know how to head it off. Others are unprepared for risk and even unable to get their priorities straight when risk turns to reality. Continue reading
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A US$13-billion business
(May 14, 2010) Is it any wonder that the BP calamity occurred? Here’s what has been preoccupying its environmental regulator, the Minerals Management Service, ever since MMS was established in 1982. Continue reading
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