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- Big Oil’s interest in hydrogen: boon or bane? Thu, 19 Aug 21, 10:00pmWhether Big Oil’s advance into the hydrogen economy will help or hinder the global effort to decarbonize the planet remains to be seen.
- European Commission Accuses Statoil, BP and Shell of Fixing Oil Prices Fri, 24 May 13, 1:30amPhoto via Shutterstock Oil giants make an enormous amount of money, but that doesn't stop them from manipulating the law to yield additional profits. Last week the offices of Statoil, BP, and Shell were raided by officials...
- Total production by the top five oil majors has fallen by a quarter since 2004 Fri, 19 Apr 13, 5:09pmThis is a guest post by Matthieu Auzanneau, a freelance journalist in France, author of the Oil Man blog at Le Monde, where this post first appeared.
- World’s Largest Concentrated Solar Power Plant Switches On in Abu Dhabi Tue, 19 Mar 13, 8:30amIt might seem ironic that the oil-rich Middle East also holds nearly half of the world’s renewable energy potential – but yesterday the President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, officially...
- #4 - Gas Leak at North Sea Elgin Platform Mon, 31 Dec 12, 1:40amThe Oil Drum staff wishes Happy Holidays to all in our readership community. We are on a brief hiatus during this period, and will be back with our regular publications early in the new year. In the meantime, we present the...
- Elgin Gas Leak In Scotland’s North Sea Finally Sealed Nearly Two Months After it Began Thu, 17 May 12, 1:00amThe French energy giant Total announced today that it has finally stopped the natural gas leak at its Elgin platform in the North Sea, 150 miles off the coast of Scotland...
- Fears of Explosion Increase at North Sea Gas Leak Fri, 30 Mar 12, 3:13amWorries over the possibility of an explosion at Total’s Elgin platform in the North Sea have led the French oil and gas giant to send fire-fighting ships to the gas extraction well...
- Gas Leak at North Sea Elgin Platform Wed, 28 Mar 12, 8:46pmA crisis situation has developed at a gas and condensate production platform in the Elgin field in the North Sea. Gas is leaking out of a well near a offshore platform at a rate of approximately 2 kilograms per second (12...
- TOTAL’s view on future oil production Fri, 10 Jun 11, 5:44pmSince 2006 the international oil company TOTAL has consistently voiced warnings about the future inability of the oil industry to meet continued oil demand growth...
- Tech Talk - American Stripper Well Production Sun, 22 May 11, 8:04pmThe Total (oil company) discussion on Enhanced Oil Recovery has an illustrative graph to explain why there is a growing need to get as much of the oil in a reservoir as can be economically recovered.
- UAE Announces Plans for World’s Largest Solar Plant Fri, 11 Jun 10, 12:58amIt seems everyone is rolling out with plans for the world’s largest this or that and the UAE is joining the fray with a massive concentrated solar energy project called Shams 1...