GLG News by Oil and Gas Refining Experts (North America)

Hans LinhardtPresidentLTDI, Inc.

BP has to merge with Shell

May 9, 2010

Analysis of:Associated Press | hosted.ap.org

Now that the big box failed, BP needs help from all oil & gas companies to contain the Gulf spill.

Michele AcerraIndependent ConsultantMichele Acerra

Conoco Phillips withdrawal from Yambu project sends a serious industry signal.

May 4, 2010

An interesting article on 4/29/10 MEED by Peter Salisbury "A false dawn for the downstream petrochemical industry".Conoco Phillips withdrawal from the $10+ Billion project, is a sure signal that the medium-term future of refining and petrochemical markets is not rosy. It is as well a confirmation that the company is still recovering from the 2006 outlay of $35.6 B to acquire Burlington Resources.

Hans LinhardtPresidentLTDI, Inc.

Hydro Power ahead of Off-Shore Wind Farms

May 3, 2010

We all have read and heard over the last couple of month, and especially the last couple of days flooding of Tennessee and the North East.  Hydro Dams and Power deserves priority over any off-shore wind ventures. 

Hans LinhardtPresidentLTDI, Inc.

BP is a Colossus with Clay Feet

May 3, 2010

Analysis of:BP's Worsening Spill Crisis Undermines CEO's Reforms | online.wsj.com

All the efforts of BP CEO Tony Hayward to instill a new strict safety and controlled risk culture in his global organization are dwarfed by the disaster of the Mocando blow-out, spewing crude of 5,000 to 10,000 barrels per day into the Gulf of Mexico close to the U.S. shores.   The fault are the clay feet of the colossus on which Sir John Brown built BP. 

Hans LinhardtPresidentLTDI, Inc.

Black Sea LNG is complementary to Nabucco

April 17, 2010

Analysis of:Black Sea LNG accord could 'torpedo' Nabucco gas line | www.ogj.com

While Eric Watkins of OGJ opines that the new MOU between Azeri LNG of Georgia and Rumania will torpedo the Nabucco gas line by earlier delivery of gas piped across the Caucasus to Georgia's Black Sea LNG liquefaction plant at the port of Kulevi and shipped by LNG tankers across the Black Sea to Rumania's regasification terminal in the port of Constanta and from there delivered to the EU by exiting pipeline connections, the amount of about 0.7 bcfd of natural gas is just a drop in the bucket for the EU import demand projected with about 50 bcfd by 2020.

Hans LinhardtPresidentLTDI, Inc.

Earth is in Charge of Climate and not EPA

April 16, 2010

Analysis of:A Natural Event, With Extreme Consequences | online.wsj.com

Gautam Naik of WSJ explained today on page A10 that natural events like the eruption of the volcano on Iceland can have large consequences such as cooling of our planet.  

Hans LinhardtPresidentLTDI, Inc.

GTL for Shale Gas and later for CTL

April 16, 2010

Analysis of:Clean-Fuels Refinery Rises in Desert | online.wsj.com

Guy Chazan reports today in WSJ, page B8 that Royal Dutch Shell PLC ("Shell") together with Qatar Petroleum are fine tuning the largest integrated gas to clean liquid fuels (GTL) plant in the world, located in the desert of Qatar and known as Pearl GTL.   The plant is scheduled to start up next year and will together with the Qatar IV LNG project substantially increase Shell's cash flow. 

Hans LinhardtPresidentLTDI, Inc.

Transportation depends on Oil and OPEC has to be checked by U.S. Resolve

April 15, 2010

Analysis of:How to End America's Addiction to Oil | online.wsj.com

R. James Woolsey,ormer Director of the Central Intelligence Agency made a very strong point in todays WSJ to have America's addiction to oil cured by advanced combustion engine technology, LNG utilization for fleet vehicles and and interstate trucking, development of  compatible fuel additives derived from waste and algae and electrification of transportation.

Hans LinhardtPresidentLTDI, Inc.

Energy Independence is Uneconomical and Unrealistic

April 13, 2010

Isabel Ordonez and Edward Welsch of WSJ reported today on page B1 that China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. ("CPCC") acquired ConocoPhillip's 9.03% stake in Canada's Syncrude Ltd. in order to increase China's global oil and gas serves. 

Hans LinhardtPresidentLTDI, Inc.

Industrial Gases in Play for Consolidation

April 10, 2010

Air Products opened the consolidation play by trying to acquire Air Gas, the leading U.S. packaged gas company.  AirGas board rejected the friendly offer of Air Products and now Air Products is on the war path to acquire Air Gas in order to move up from number two to number one in the North American industrial sector.

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