Fuel for Thought - SCR Winning Over Industry Majors
March 27, 2009
Cummins Justifies Switch to SCR | www.trucknews.com
With more encouraging results from SCR systems in testing for 2010 the Heavy Duty market seems to be migrating toward widespread adoption.
Money for Nothing - Growers Push for Carbon Cash Harvest
March 26, 2009
Farmers want Obama to make carbon a cash crop under climate law | www.bloomberg.com
Agricultural production is a significant net source of carbon emissions. Reducing planted acreage in the name of climate change may further tighten food supplies and keep prices high.
On the Waterfront - Truckers KO California Port Control
March 25, 2009
Appeals court backs ATA in lawsuit against California ports | www.etrucker.com
California ports' Clean Trucks initiative has been dealt a setback and may see further issues in Federal Court. This may embolden industry to challenge future environmental regulations.
The Truck Stops Here - for Urea refilling
March 25, 2009
Bringing SCR to NA takes teamwork | fleetowner.com
Large fleet customers are making preliminary 2010 engine decisions now; urea infrastructure concerns must be addressed for SCR engines to win widespread adoption.
Volvo Banking on SCR Advantages for 2010
March 23, 2009
SCR will eliminate need for active DPF regeneration for Volvo trucks | fleetowner.com
Heavy Duty truck buyers are making preliminary 2010 sourcing decisions now; advantages in fuel economy will help shift OEM market share.
Refinery project postponements, cancellations and a long-term energy strategy.
March 20, 2009
Poor market delays completion of refinery expansion | www.chron.com
Motiva will delay by more than a year the date for completing a $7 billion expansion of its Port Arthur refinery, becoming the latest U.S. refiner to postpone a project amid bleak market conditions. Valero, ConocoPhillips and Marathon Oil, have also announced delays and suspensions of refinery upgrade projects. This is not only a domestic phenomenon: Oman has placed on hold their Duqm refinery and petrochemical complex, and Saudi Aramco has delayed the Jubail and Yambu refineries and the Swedish refiner Preem AB announced today that is holding its coker project at Lysekil. Is it all doom and gloom? Not really. In the oil & gas and refining industries management should have a long term vision and many projects are going forward pursuing long-term strategies. It is meaningful that, on the same day of the announcement of the Port Arthur refinery project, Shell announced $31 billion 2009 investments.
March 10, 2009
Dow Chemical shares drop to new 24-year-low | www.reuters.com
Now that Dow has agreed to close the ROH deal it must act aggressively to restructure and reduce debt.
The Cost of Clean - $10K hike for 2010 Trucks
March 4, 2009
Volvo: SCR will cost $9,600 | fleetowner.com
Volvo and Navistar will see comparable ~9K - $10K cost increases for their 2010 EPA emissions systems on Heavy Duty engines. With this significant price hike in a soft economy 2010 engine sales could suffer a meaningful drop.
March 2, 2009
Dow in talks to sell stake in ag business: report | www.reuters.com
Desperate for cash to close on ROH, Dow and CEO Liveris are forced to evaluate all current businesses on a ' For Sale' basis.
While Most Politicians Speak One Thing and Do Another, The Alternative Energy Is Still in Need
March 2, 2009
Capital power plant dims clean energy hopes | news.yahoo.com
Alternative Energy is expensive today and needs serious attention. New standards to be enforced by the federal government could create the alternative energy industry, require alternative energy to be present at new and renovated commercial and residential dwellings, where it is economically viable. New dwellings, warehouses need to be equipped with some form of alterntative energy to begin with.
Chesapeake Energy bites the natural gas bullet
January 25, 2012
Flurry of newbuild drilling rig deliveries in 2012 may dampen rig rates
January 20, 2012
Talisman joins the ranks of cautious E&P companies
January 12, 2012
Early signs of caution begin to cloud frontier exploration and production
January 4, 2012
It's too early in the game to write off Shtokman
December 8, 2011