London's last chance to win $2 trillion Aramco prize
Crown Prince Mohammed's visit gives UK Prime Minister Theresa May a final opportunity to have London Stock Exchange chosen as venue for huge sale.
Longer Subway Trains. High-Tech Signals. Communications Robots. Subway ‘Genius’ Ideas Announced.
The winners were selected out of 438 submissions from 23 countries and each winning entry receives a cash prize.
Investment in tight oil, oil sands, and deepwater drives long-term oil production growth
(Fri, 09 Mar 2018) Upstream investment in crude oil and liquids production is highly sensitive to crude oil prices, particularly production of higher-cost resources from tight rock formations, oil sands, and offshore deepwater. In EIAâs <em>International Energy Outlook 2017</em> (IEO2017) Reference case, increasing crude oil prices lead to more investment, driving production growth in these higher-cost resources.
Iron ore cost-effective for steel mills as price diverges from scrap
Some Chinese steel mills are responding to the strong domestic scrap price by switching back to using higher proportions of iron ore in the burden mix.
CERAWeek: GM’s Barra calls for expanded EV tax credits, drive toward a zero-emissions future
Emissions, agility and autonomous vehicles were the focus of General Motors CEO Mary Barra’s luncheon address to energy industry executives, March 7, at CERAWeek by IHS Markit.
Emily Warren Roebling, the Woman Behind the Man Who Built the Brooklyn Bridge
She was not an engineer. But she was instrumental to the construction of the great engineering feat.
EIA updates layers to U.S. Energy Mapping System
(Thu, 08 Mar 2018) EIAâs U.S. Energy Mapping System is an interactive, comprehensive visual reference for energy infrastructure in the United States. Several layers in the system were recently updated, allowing users to see locations of several types of energy infrastructure, including wind turbines, coal mines, oil and natural gas wells, high-voltage electric transmission lines, natural gas pipelines, and U.S. border-crossing points of electric transmission lines and liquids and natural gas pipelines.
Blockchain efforts look to improve trade execution, breakdown data silos
Blockchain’s use by the global energy industry in the years ahead is the subject du jour at industry gatherings these days. Annette Hugh elaborates in her latest blog post.
Steel or bourbon? Trump may need both
From the legendary Pittsburgh steelworker to the things he may own -- blue jeans, bourbon and Harley-Davidson motorcycles -- President Donald Trump’s trade policy and the reaction to it have been both ironic and iconic.
Average U.S. coal mining productivity increases as production falls
(Wed, 07 Mar 2018) Coal mining productivity in the United States increased 26% over the past five years, reaching 6.8 tons per miner hour in 2017, up from 5.4 tons per miner hour in 2012, according to EIAâs Annual Coal Report and data from the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)