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Mine a mixed blessing
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 12/02/2023
» As Wendsler Nosie finished his evening prayers sitting before a mesquite fire, a ceremonial yucca staff festooned with eagle feathers by his side, he gazed sternly towards a distant mesa where mining companies hope to extract more than 1 billion tonnes of copper.
Energy transition confronts reality
Oped, Published on 03/02/2023
» The "energy transition" from hydrocarbons to renewables and electrification is at the forefront of policy debates nowadays. But the last 18 months have shown this undertaking to be more challenging and complex than one would think just from studying the graphs that appear in many scenarios. Even in the United States and Europe, which have adopted massive initiatives to move things along, the development, deployment, and scaling up of the new technologies on which the transition ultimately depends will be determined only over time.
Coronavirus Threatens to Hobble the U.S. Shale-Oil Boom for Years
Business, Published on 26/05/2020
» American shale drillers helped turn the U.S. into the world's top oil producer, topping 13 million barrels a day earlier this year. It likely will be years--if ever--before they reach such heights again.
U.S. Considers Intervention in Saudi-Russia Oil Standoff
Business, Published on 21/03/2020
» The Trump administration is considering intervening in the Saudi-Russian oil-price war, and Texas regulators are weighing whether to curtail crude production for the first time in decades, as U.S. producers suffer from a historic crash in prices.
Last day for fabled New York 'outcry' commodity trading
AFP, Published on 31/12/2016
» NEW YORK - It's the end of an era and another sign of digital dominance: Friday is the final day screaming, gesturing traders can buy and sell commodities, including oil, on a trading floor in New York.