Chesapeake Energy hydraulic fracturing method

In order to maximize the production potential for a natural gas well, the shale formation must be hydraulically fractured. This video outlines and demonstrates the hydraulic fracturing process in...

Globalization: Understanding the impact of globalization on our world

| By Tina Olivero | With the onset of international business growth, a powerful internet communications regime and access to information anywhere – the boundaries of the world are coming down....

Natural gas: the turnaround kid in waiting

For years, natural gas has been unloved and undervalued, a commodity whose price has faltered so badly that even some of it its biggest producers have written off the possibility of a comeback for...

Great Energy Challenge

What is the Great Energy Challenge? See why energy is abundant around us, and how we have to find the best ways to harness it for use.

Responsible Actions, Responsible Oil.

At first glance, Alberta’s oil sands are just deposits of bitumen mixed with sand and clay. But if you look deeper, you’ll see the progress, the possibilities and the people behind the oil sands....

The story of the pipeline starts in Alberta, Canada, at the Athabasca Oil Sands and, well, temporarily ends in the White House.

Perhaps we do not elect presidents to make tough decisions. The Obama administration has postponed a tough decision on the Keystone XL oil pipeline until after the 2012 presidential election. The...

Inventors Hold the Vision for the Future – Solar Panel Roadways – Make the World Move in the Right Direction

By Tina Olivero | Asphalt has long been the best solution we’ve had for roads, but today the world’s leading innovators are testing glass as the new solution to solar roadways. Calling it...

Shale gas fracking – the facts and figures

Following the Guardian’s extensive report last week on hydraulic fracturing – or fracking – here is a round-up of information on the natural gas energy rush that is threatening the...

Masterful Collaboration: The World Bank, Masdar, Oil Companies and Others.

Every year, billions of dollars worth of natural gas are wasted as natural gas is burned or flared at oil fields across the world. Gas flaring — the process of burning off associated gas from...

Fossil fuels still seen as dominant energy source by 2050

Fossil fuels would continue dominate as the main source of energy over the next four decades, with gas likely to be the largest contributor to meeting global energy demand, executives from energy...