Energy articles from June 2000

Energy archives from June 2000

Shareholders Pay!("Do Corporate Global Environmental Standards Create or Destroy Market Value?" )(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... Certainly one of the recurring themes in the life of the energy business has been the environmental impacts of energy production and the costs of mitigating those impacts. At multinationals, the temptation has been ever present, and often acted...

High-Tech Exploration.(offshore)
June 22, 2000... The future of offshore drilling will rely on the use of advanced materials. This article discusses the technical and commercial issues involved in the integration of advanced material components to offshore field development. Currently,...

Assessing Undiscovered Oil.
June 22, 2000... A new analysis from USGS totes up potential reserves. The World Energy Assessment Team of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has just completed a five-year study to assess conventional oil, gas, and natural gas liquids (NGL)...

The Cost of Replacing Reserves.(oil and gas reserves)(Industry Overview)
June 22, 2000... An analysis shows that reserve growth exists well in excess of the rate of production. The purpose of this article is to briefly examine the worldwide capital spending, reserve addition and upstream financial performance of the leading...

Technique Slashes Utility Pole Inspection Costs.(wooden crossarms)
June 22, 2000... Georgia Tech (Georgia Institute of Technology, 430 Tenth Street, NW, Suite N116, Atlanta, GA 30318) researchers are reporting the results of a field test of a new wooden power pole crossarm inspection system that appears to dramatically reduce...

Neural Networks Boost Production.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., a business unit of Halliburton Company (3600 Lincoln Plaza 500 N. Akard St., Dallas, TX 75201-3391; Tel: 214/978-2600; Fax: 214/978-2611; Website: http://www.halliburton.com), and BioComp Systems (4018 148th...

Deepest Drill Platform Completed.(Hoover and Diana fields )(Gulf of Mexico)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... Exxon Mobil Corporation (5959 Las Colinas Blvd., Irving, TX 75039-2298; Tel: 972/444-1000; Fax: 972/444-1350; Website: http://www.exxon.mobil.com) has started oil and gas production from the world's deepest water drilling and production...

HVDC Electric Tie Between U.S. and Mexico.(High-Voltage Direct-Current )(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... AEP (1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, OH 43215; Tel: 614/223-1000), Mexico's Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE, Rio Rodano 14 Col. Cuauhtemoc 06598 Mexico, D.F, Mexico; Tel: +52-5-229-4400; Fax: +52-5-553-6424; Website: http://www.cfe.gob.mx),...

Upgrades Eliminate Waste in Brazil.
June 22, 2000... A new 500 kV, 1,276 km (793 mile) link connecting the northern and southern electric power systems in Brazil is allowing Brazilian power companies to share generating resources more efficiently and has eliminated the need to add approximately...

Committee Approves Electric Reliability Act.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... The Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee has voted to approve S. 2071, The Electric Reliability 2000 Act. The North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC), which has been strongly in favor of the proposed bill commended, "the...

Energy Company Buys Communications Provider.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... Dynegy Inc. (1000 Lousiana, Ste. 5800, Houston, TX 77002; Tel: 713/507-6400; Fax: 713/507-3871; Toll Free: 800/922-2104; Website: http:// www.dynegy.com), a large energy merchant, has signed a letter of intent to acquire Extant, Inc., a...

Uniform Practices Smooth Competition.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... Seeking to create a set of uniform business rules for the nation's newly competitive energy markets, a diverse group of electric and gas utilities, energy suppliers, marketers, regulators and customer groups has just unveiled a long-awaited...

Multiplexers Save Customers Money.(statistical multiplexers )(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative (11633 Highway 92 West, Post Office Box 2451, Chase City, Virginia 23924) is one of many rural cooperatives in the United States that came into being in the late 1930's to supply electricity to customers too few...

New Software Keeps Power On.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... A recent Department of Energy (DOE) study headed by Sandia National Laboratories suggests that major power emergencies such as the recent statewide conservation alerts in California might be averted if power companies adopt new command and...

Cutting Power Plant's Mercury Emissions.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... Researchers have come up with a way to use old tires and pistachio shells to remove mercury emissions from power plants. Activated-carbon adsorbents made from the tires and shells work as well as or better than current commercial products and...

Solar Storm Warnings Imperative.(Coronal Mass Ejections)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... Solar storms can have disastrous impacts on terrestrial high voltage networks. Equipment damage in the millions of dollars has been reported in the past with one incident in Canada a prominent example. NASA now reports, though, that the arrival...

Tool Simplifies Regional Trading.
June 22, 2000... Edison Electric Institute's Alliance of Energy Suppliers has unveiled a new tool to help power generators and marketers save time and money in researching and understanding the rules and regulations of the nation's rapidly evolving wholesale...

Policies Critical to Renewable Energy.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... Fair access to the utility transmission system is vital if wind energy is to reach its full potential in the United States, according to Fair Transmission Access for Wind, A Brief Discussion of Priority Issues, released in August by the...

Black Sea Crossroads.
June 22, 2000... Foreign investment is badly needed to move Caspian gas and oil to Western Markets. The Black Sea region lies at the crossroads of major existing and future oil and gas transportation routes. In fact, the key to moving Caspian oil and gas,...

Global Oil Market Analysis.
June 22, 2000... The current staff in global oil market fundamentals suggests that oil prices should continue to trade above their historic range of $18-$22 per barrel. Bear in mind, inventories are near historic lows, OPEC's spare capacity is limited to about...

Energy Hot Spots.(regions that are important energy sectors)
June 22, 2000... The EIA pinpoints regions where economic, political, or other problems could affect energy sectors. According to the Energy/Information Administration, several areas around the world are currently considered "Areas to Watch" The...

Power Plays.(market destabilization by electricity distributors)
June 22, 2000... Models show how electricity distributors can destabilize markets for profit. Some countries and regions of the U.S. are already operating in a restructured electricity market. To some degree, depending on the market implementation,...

How Can an ESP Survive?(energy service providers)
June 22, 2000... Competition aside, energy service providers are still losers. Energy service providers (ESPs) continue to lose money in the United States, two years after the introduction of competition in California, the New England states, and...

Can Fuel Cells Go Residential?
June 22, 2000... An analysis shows that installed cost has a significant impact on the market opportunity. This article discusses the overall economic prospects for residential fuel cell deployment. PEM fuel cells are well suited for residential...

Is Energy R&D Worth Doing?
June 22, 2000... An article in the 2000 issue of this magazine is entitled How Much Is Energy R&D Worth? The answer to that question, and also to the above title, is "that it depends upon purpose, approaches, and people." Following are selected examples of...