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ZE DataWatch eMagazine December 2013
In this month’s issue, Olga Gorstenko discusses the energy industry’s agreement to disagree about policy directions in regard to the type of generation resources to dominate stack additions. Her editorial…
Recoverable Resources Increase with Technological Advancement
Traditional methods of extracting oil and fossil fuels eventually face a limit. We can only return to the same well so many times before the well runs dry, and we…
Whether It’s Burma or Myanmar, Its Oil and Natural Gas Sector Is Open for Business
Many people are only just getting used to the idea that Burma is now called Myanmar, that after almost 50 years of military rule it is moving quickly toward full…
Argentina Strives for Energy Independence with Unconventional Resources
As conventional oil and gas become less available, countries tend to fulfill their energy needs via other unconventional sources. And, when it comes to natural sources, such as oil and…
NYISO Market Participants’ Data Need
This is the Part Two of Three in our series on the NYISO market. In the Part One, titled ‘The Need for Enterprise Data Management in the NYISO’, Ian gave…
Canada’s Slick Find: The Return to Crude Oil Discovery
Source: ZE Most oil companies have a dedicated team exploring new sources of energy, be it offshore crude, natural gas or any unconventional source. But, the inundating supply of crude…
Alberta’s New Sturgeon Refinery: High Risk for High Reward?
Source: ZE After eight years in the works, a sod-turning ceremony was held September 13, 2013 to celebrate the beginning of a new project that will result in a $…
Oil Draining From Cushing Reflected in Futures
In the BusinessWeek article, “The Giant Sucking Sound: Why is Oil leaving Cushing’s Tanks So Fast?” , Matthew Philips takes a look at why a “historic glut of crude that…
ZE to Descend on Platts Commodity Week in Mumbai
Source: ZE/Platts In the city that never sleeps, Platts will play host to one of the commodities industries’ foremost events in Mumbai early next month. Platts Commodity Week is an…
Canada’s Carbon Capture and Storage Solution
Source: ZE With all the talk about stemming the flow of greenhouse gas emissions, reducing the world’s population’s carbon footprint on earth, and the fight over global warming, the idea…