More about fossil fuels (187)

| The process of hydraulic fracturing is a mining technique which uses injected fluid to propagate fractures in a rock layer to release hydroc...

| The general perception of global oil reserves is unnecessarily gloomy and far removed from reality, even among many policymakers and academi...

| This paper assesses the extent to which China is likely to achieve levels of shale gas production by 2020 which would make a meaningful diff...

| It's widely  believed nowadays that global oil production is running up against its limits. "The days of easy oil are over", we are told and...

| The “curse” of oil wealth is a well-known phenomenon in Third World petro-states where millions of lives are wasted in poverty and the envir...

| This analysis provides the first assessment of the practical potential for gas power with carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Europe in the...

| Oil prices are now higher than they have ever been - except for a few frenzied moments before the global economic meltdown of 2008. Many imm...

| The negative impacts on employment and the economy of tar sands pipelines have largely been ignored. To date, a comprehensive spills risk as...

| Poland has pinned its energy hopes for the future on a shale gas miracle. But this dream will not be easily to realize, observe Tim Boersma...

| By focusing too much on the pros and cons of local shale gas production, Europe threatens to lose sight of the bigger gas market picture, ar...