Oil and gas royalties on Indian lands.
Much of the political debate in Alberta in 2007 has been taken up by the 2007 royalty review undertaken by the Alberta government. One of the key issues was the concept of fair share, which implied not only the setting of the price for the royalty but an implicit...

Resource Nationalism.
Consumer states and IOCs keen to gain greater access to the world's energy resources walked away from the Rome event empty-handed from talks with producer states. Record high oil prices had helped to drive up the profits of majors IOCs, but they had also increased the spending power of...

Preflight checklist: save time, save money, serve customers.
Preflight checklists help the pilot find problems on the ground, where they can be more easily and safely resolved than in the air. I believe pest management professionals (PMPs) should do the same thing. Before getting into the truck, a few minutes spent checking equipment can save...

Russian official cites cooperation with RP on energy.
Byline: CHARISSA M. LUCI The Russian government is looking at the Philippines as "desirable" partner in the development of natural gas pipeline on the oil-rich island of Sakhalin to ensure energy security in Southeast Asia. Sergey Mironov, chairman of the Council of Federation of the...

DoE, Pilipinas Shell launch free rides on 11 CNG-fueled buses.
Byline: Momoy Cardenas BINAN, Laguna - Buses running on natural gas at only P14.52 per liter? There are 11 of these buses now which are called the Pinoy CNG Bus. To introduce these buses to the public, the Department of Energy (DoE), in...

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. Building LNG Production Plant in California Desert.
ENERGY RESOURCE-13 September 2007-Clean Energy Fuels Corp. Building LNG Production Plant in California Desert(C)2007 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has begun construction on California's first large-scale LNG (liquefied natural gas) production plant. Located in the Mojave Desert approximately 75 miles northeast of Los...

The best defense is a good snow fence.
If you're a loyal reader of Science News for Kids and you're interested in science fairs, you may already know about 17-year-old Erica David. And even if you haven't heard of Erica yet, you'll probably be interested in this science fair champ's story. For the past 6...

Oil and water: the Arctic seas face irreversible damage.
In the far reaches of Alaska and Canada, past seemingly endless lichen-covered tundra and pebble-strewn shores, the North American continent dips into one of the world's most extraordinary environments: the Arctic Ocean. Here, untamed seas and a horizon of ice form an irreplaceable and rich seascape at the top...

Energy Solutions International Tapped for Largest Energy Project in Middle East.
ENERGY RESOURCE-12 June 2007-Energy Solutions International Tapped for Largest Energy Project in Middle East(C)2007 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com Energy Solutions International Inc., a Houston-based supplier of oil and gas pipeline management software, recently deployed a suite of applications for the Dolphin Gas Project, one of the largest energy...

No government oversight on Big Oil.
OLEAN -- Pay attention. I will now demonstrate a process I caution my journalism students to avoid like the plague: "Backing into a Column." James J. Kilpatrick, the politically conservative octogenarian columnist and expert on English language usage, sometimes opens his pieces on the latter by calling...