Europe’s car makers slam proposed EU carbon cuts Feb 7, 2007
European emissions targets announced for automobiles are “arbitrary” and “too severe”, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association declared on Wednesday.
By WILLIAM STOICHEVSKI

Green Dragon provides 2006 successful drilling program overview Jan 30, 2007
Green Dragon Gas Ltd , the Chinese coal bed methane (“CBM”) business, today provided an overview of the 2006 drilling programme which will be concluded by the Chinese New Year in mid-February 2007.

GLO wins Asset Integrity Management Contract for the Kikeh Field in Malaysia Jan 29, 2007
Murphy Sabah Oil Co., LTD. has awarded the Asset Integrity Management and Risk Based Inspection Services for the Deep Water Offshore Facility of the Kikeh Field Development in Malaysia until 2009 to Germanischer Lloyd GLM SDN BHD.

Norway: Carbon tax permitting oil-industry growth Jan 23, 2007
A 16-year-old “carbon tax” on Norwegian oil and gas emissions offshore has cut carbon-dioxide releases by three million tonnes a year, Norwegian Oil and Energy Minister Odd Roger Ennoksen told conference-goers Monday.
By WILLIAM STOICHEVSKI

Green Biologics latest ally in UK biofuels charge Jan 22, 2007
Biofuels in the United Kingdom got a boost Monday with money and sponsors announced for a Green Biologics, a company from the Oxford area bent on producing and putting biobutanol, a chemical feed, into fuels.

DTI names nuclear clean-up front man Jan 22, 2007
Companies wanting to try their technology on the budding nuclear industry and its regulators in the United Kingdom have a new go-to person in the Department of Trade and Industry, the DTI announced Monday.

Democratic tide “rolls back Big Oil” Jan 19, 2007
Future oil-company revenues in the United States took a blow late Thursday, as the new Democrat-lead House of Representatives passed the Clean Energy Act, which “rolls back subsidies and tax breaks for Big Oil”, the House speaker said.

Statoil starts EVM work Jan 17, 2007
Work on Statoil's Mongstad energy project (EVM) at Mongstad near Bergen started today, 16 January. Plans call for a combined heat and power (CHP) station to come online in 2010.

UK-wide emissions register finds developer Jan 16, 2007
The U.K. Department of Trade and Industry has awarded automation consultancy LogicaCMG a €500,000 contract to provide a country-wide, Internet-based emissions monitoring system for the oil and gas industry.

Norwegians pondering 5B kroner in Kaarstoe carbon ideas Jan 15, 2007
Norwegian energy policy-makers will brainstorm ideas later in January for a NOK5 billion plan to install carbon-capture and transport equipment at the Kaarstoe gas-fired power plant.