Category Archives: Oil

Lawrence Solomon: Divide Libya into its tribal parts

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Lawrence Solomon

(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 | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: Liberate U.S. oil

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Other News Sources

(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 →

Posted in Oil, Shale Oil | Tagged drilling, Eagle Ford, Eagleford, energy, energy independence, environmentalism, foreign oil, Gulf spill, Lawrence Solomon, Obama, offshore drilling, oil imports, oil independence, OPEC, Shale Oil, tight oil, United States, Yergin | Leave a comment

Israeli Oil: Black Gold in the Holy Land

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Other News Sources

(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 | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: Israeli oil could bust the OPEC cartel

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Other News Sources

(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 | 1 Comment

Oilsands greenhouse gas emissions up in 2009

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Other News Sources

(June 6, 2011) New calculation; Substantial rise in pollution: report… Aldyen Donnelly responds. Continue reading →

Posted in Aldyen Donnelly, Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Oil | Tagged Aldyen Donnelly, Canadian GHG emmissions, environmental pollution, oilsands emissions | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: Time is on Israel’s side

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Other News Sources

(May 27, 2011) The world’s dependence on Israel’s enemies is dwindling

Posted in Fossil Fuels, Oil | Tagged Arab-Israeli wars, Barack Obama, energy, Islamism, Israel, Lawrence Solomon, middle east, Oil, oil exports, OPEC, OPEC Oil Crisis, Palestine, PLO, Radical Islam, refugees, Robert Kennedy, Sirhan, terrorism, Yasser Arafat | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: The next oil crisis

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Lawrence Solomon

(February 18, 2011) U.S. has antagonized former allies in the Middle East. The next time oil runs short, they won’t run to help out. Continue reading →

Posted in Fossil Fuels, Oil | Tagged 1979, bahrain, Hosni Mubarak, iran, Lawrence Solomon, libya, middle east, oil crisis, saudi arabia | Leave a comment

Avertible catastrophe

Posted on June 26, 2010 by energyprbe

(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

Posted on May 14, 2010 by energyprbe

(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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