Heavy crude oil GIUSEPPE MARCONI | 2007/12/14 Lately much has been written about the coming oil crisis. Oil is hovering at a production value of near $100 a barrel, and there are conflicting reports about the size of the reservoirs left for the big Middle Eastern oil exporting countries. The huge consumption of oil by […]

A spill of heavy oil could be catastrophic. GIUSEPPE MARCONI | 2007/12/13 The extraction of heavy oil presents certain environmental problems. It contains more contaminants, such as sulfur, vanadium, and nickel, and releases more carbon dioxide per amount of usable energy when burned. We share professional crude oil price intelligence, research and insights. Unsubscribe at […]

There is no easy alternative to oil. JERICAN | 2007/05/30 We are reaching closer to ‘peak oil‘ with each passing day. Analysts predict the inevitable to come with this century. Present measures taken, the future consumption of petroleum in America may drop and possibly even decrease, but are biofuels really the key to the solution? […]