OGPSS - Shell looks to the future

Each year the larger oil production companies provide their views of the future, and I recently reviewed that for ExxonMobil . Shell has no...

OGPSS - An update on Russian plans and the OPEC MOMR

The Arctic is a less forgiving place than many folk care to recognize. Shell have just moved back the date on which they plan to restart dr...

OGPSS - Ukraine moves to escape Gazprom's grip

You know it is winter when Russia and Ukraine publically row about supplies of natural gas. On Tuesday Ukraine completed the signing of an ...

OGPSS - Happy New Year, or perhaps not!

It is the beginning of a New Year, and, belatedly, I hope that all readers find this new period to be one of prosperity, health and happines...

OGPSS - reaching the oil offshore Alaska

I have tried in the last two OGPSS posts to show some of the problems that are developing in the flow of oil from Alaska to the rest of the ...

The Shell future - a look at their new projections

I have recently reviewed the predictions made by BP and ExxonMobil as they relate to energy supply and demand in the years to 2030. Shel...

The Future of Oil Shale

I have spent some time over the past few weeks writing about various different ways of producing oil from oil shale. While it is now about ...

Using heat to refine kerogen from oil shale

One of the problems with the oil (kerogen) in oil shale is that it is not mature enough (i.e. close enough to being an oil) that it will eas...

P59. Pick Points

Some of the oil that is being held in tanks near the Mt Redoubt volcano is to be removed by a tanker this weekend The tanks are protected ...