EU Yields on Oil Sands 'Barriers'
Source: Reuters, Pete Harrison  (3/24/10)
"Carbon dioxide emissions from. . .tar sands are 3x higher than those from conventional sources." More >

Lithium ABCs
Source: Rick Mills, AheadOfTheHerd  (3/24/10)
"This Brine 'Mining' Business Model should be on every investor's radar screen." More >

North Dakota: Fourth in U.S. Oil Production
Source: Seeking Alpha, Gregor Macdonald  (3/24/10)
"If Fargo didn't already have a certain resonance from recent cinematic history, there's a new reason now" More >

Oil Giants Propose Limiting Federal Oversight of Fracturing
Source: Houston Chronicle, Tom Fowler   (3/24/10)
"If incorporated into the law, it would keep the EPA from imposing regulations on fracturing." More >

Cardium Oil Stock Valuations—Have We Seen the Peak?
Source: Keith Schaefer, Oil & Gas Investments Bulletin  (3/22/10)
Aftermarket on Wednesday March 17, one of the Calgary oil and gas boutique securities firms, Peters & Co., issued an updated Cardium report. . . More >

Why Oil Giants Are Doubling Biofuel Spending
Source: Sam Hopkins, Wealth Daily  (3/22/10)
"University of Texas professor turns pond scum into blue-green gold" More >

John Kaiser: Game-Changer on Rare Earths Horizon?
Source: Interviewed by Sally Lowder of The Energy Report   (3/18/10)
Kaiser Bottom-Fish Report editor John Kaiser, caught for this exclusive Energy Report interview as this year's PDAC was winding down, suggests that the bigger the event grows, the fewer the opportunities to pick up buzz during informal networking. Still, he did come away with a bit of news that may be a game-changer in the rare earth elements space. More >

Iraq Will Increase Oil Reserves, Al-Shahristani Says
Source: Bloomberg, Grant Smith  (3/17/10)
"The level is going to go higher, we're revising it now." More >

World's Demand for Oil Nearing Its Peak
Source: Reuters, Christopher Johnson  (3/17/10)
". . .demand for burning fuels is no longer what it used to be" More >

Indonesia to Double Geothermal Capacity
Source: Renewable Energy Focus  (3/17/10)
"Indonesia has the largest geothermal energy potential in the world" More >

28-Day Sector Rotation, Commodity & Index Update
Source: Chris Vermeulen, TheGoldAndOilGuy  (3/17/10)
Today I investigated the different sectors and came across some interesting numbers between the January market peak and this week's price action. . . More >

Oil Juniors Get Mixed Messages in Pursuit for Acreage-SEPAC
Source: Business News Americas, Michael Lagiglia  (3/17/10)
". . .smaller oil firms including Canadian juniors could play an important role in the country's onshore industry" More >

Renewable Energy Strong Despite Recession
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, David Baker  (3/17/10)
"Only solar companies saw their revenue decline in 2009. . ." More >

Shale Creates Uncertainty
Source: Upstream Online  (3/16/10)
"Gas used to be a safe horse on which you could put your money" More >

Critical Mass
Source: Rick Mills, AheadOfTheHerd  (3/15/10)
As the world's population and standard of living continues to climb, demand for more—and cleaner—energy grows alongside pressures we continue to put on our environment. More >

Are Crude Oil and Natural Gas About to Explode?
Source: Chris Vermeulen, TheGoldAndOilGuy  (3/15/10)
The following weekly charts for nat gas, crude oil and the dollar show what is most likely to happen in the next few weeks and what should fuel the fire. More >

Alberta Canada's Oil and Gas Industry
Source: Keith Kohl, Energy & Capital  (3/15/10)
I knew a change was on the horizon. Even my Canadian readers in Alberta who felt they weren't getting their fair share had to have known the royalty time bomb had to be defused. More >

Nigerian State Oil Company Will Privatize: Report
Source: MarketWatch, Reza Amanat  (3/14/10)
"There is no plan B." More >

Rick Rule: Energy Bull
Source: The Energy Report  (3/11/10)
Rick Rule probably could draw an audience if he were talking about the weather, but combine his presence with knowledge, understanding, experience and a track record of success, particularly in the resource arena, and the crowd falls silent. Founder and chairman of Global Resource Investments, Rick recently made himself available for a brain-drain, the foundation of the piece that follows. . . More >

Chilean Senate Approves Bill to Regulate Mine Closure
Source: Business News Americas  (3/10/10)
". . .the new law would be applied to all mining operations in the country." More >

The Lithium Chase
Source: New York Times, Clifford Krauss  (3/10/10)
"There is a sea change underway." More >

Canada's Uranium Production Recovers
Source: World Nuclear News  (3/10/10)
"This level, last seen from Canada in 2005, represents about 22% of world production." More >

A Rare-Earth Rush in Green Technology
Source: Canwest News Service  (3/9/10)
"The race for supremacy in green technology turns on key elements" More >

Shale Gas Boosting Rig Utilization and Construction
Source: MetalMiner, Stuart Burns  (3/9/10)
"Rig builders and operators are turning their eyes to Europe. . ." More >

An Energy Comeback Story No One is Watching
Source: Andrew Mickey, Q1 Publishing  (3/9/10)
The world is about to change forever. The IEA predicts China will surpass the U.S. as the world's largest energy consumer shortly after 2010. . . More >