Mar
27
In the convenience store industry, Kwik Trip Inc. is known as a progressive, nimble entity that knows how to get a lot accomplished quickly and with little superfluity. Perhaps not surprisingly, the company has quickly gained exactly the same reputation in the natural gas industry. Kwik Trip put nine state-of-the-art compressed natural gas (CNG) refueling… Continue reading »
Mar
08
Shell and Kinder Morgan on Monday announced plans to jointly build a plant for exporting natural gas, marking the latest venture aiming to take advantage of high Asian and European prices for the fossil fuel. Under the deal, Shell will team up with Kinder Morgan’s Southern Liquefaction Company to convert the existing Elba Island LNG… Continue reading »
Mar
07
EOG Resources Inc. (EOG) and other drillers increased production in November by 70 percent from a year earlier in South Texas’s Eagle Ford shale formation. The nine geographic fields that make up the majority of the play yielded 358,826 barrels of crude a day, according to preliminary data released yesterday from the Texas Railroad Commission, which… Continue reading »
Feb
01
Industry spending on shale exploration was at $90 billion a year compared with $20 billion just five years ago, while more than half of current spending was on unearthing unconventional hydrocarbons such as shale oil and gas. A spike in shale oil and gas production is radically changing the energy sector and risks weighing on… Continue reading »
Jan
25
Westport Innovations Inc. says Ford F-450 and F-550 Super Duty trucks will be joining the company’s portfolio of natural gas vehicles next year. The Westport WiNG compressed natural gas (CNG) bi-fuel system is already found in Ford F-250 and F-350 trucks. “The timing is right,” says John Lapetz, vice president of North America vehicle programs for Westport… Continue reading »