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Fossil fuel battle: who'll reign over America's energy future: Forget renewable energy, apparently the battle for supremacy in your energy future is between Big Coal and Natural Gas. Be aware, the math indicates coal has more Senate votes that natural gas. The energy bill that passed the House earlier this year does not taste good to the...; Tags: Coal, U.S. Senate, Natural Gas, Fossil Fuel, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2009-09-08
Hey, baby, have I got a deal for you: Cayman Islands tax protection. An office in Houston, Texas. Run by a veteran of the Enron successes. Sound like a Hollywood plot? Nope, just a verrrrry rich IPO for the old energy crowd. Nearlya billion dollars expected to be captured. It's the IPO of AEI, Ashmore...; Tags: Natural Gas, AEI, IPO, Taxes, Financial Planning, Free Trade, Investment, Personal Finance, Financial Services, Finance, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2009-08-19
Does "oil" have a negative spin?: Does "oil" have a negative spin?Add this to your clue bag.I know that in the green/liberal/socialist world there is a tendency to come up with a simple slogan and then repeat it as loudly as possible and as often as possible until you hammer it into people's heads. However...; Tags: negative spin, natural gas; Discussion threads 2009-07-27
Is there a green fossil fuel?: Is there a green fossil fuel?Natural Gas is the intermediate future for cars tooIt can also be used as a transportation fuel for existing vehicles with minimal conversion costs. Eventually, I think we'll all be driving extended range electric vehicles which run the on-board generator using CNG. That would help...; Tags: fossil fuel; Discussion threads 2009-06-18
Is there a green fossil fuel?: The natural gas interests are interested in the being the first choice fuel in the American future. A report just issued from the Potential Gas Committee sure makes natural gas look like the best potential fuel for generating electricity in coming decades. The U.S. is actually adding to...; Tags: Coal, Natural Gas, Fossil Fuel, Natural Gas Interest, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2009-06-18

Forget local fracking, let's drill, baby, drill: There's a sandpile full of natural gas under the Gulf of Mexico. Does that signal the next energy bubble or what? This would get around any complaints of fracking on land, no humans live out there. Today the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed findings that there is considerable...; Tags: U.S., Gulf Of Mexico, Natural Gas, USGS, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2009-05-29
Are we getting fracked?: New word for your energy tech vocab: "fracking." It is the practice of using hydaulic pressure and chemicals to get inderground natural gas to the surface where it can be piped and marketed. And it's one more costly energy practice that is highly political. Our relative abundant...; Tags: Natural Gas, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2009-05-27
Peak oil and the end of economic growth?: Peak oil and the end of economic growth?Oh, brotherJust last week I was reading about a new natural gas discovery in the US that was equivalent to some astounding number of barrels. The report mentioned the single field being able to handle US natural gas needs for hundreds of...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Peak Oil, Kinda; Discussion threads 2009-05-04
Oil & Gas News Ticker 2.7.1.68 (Windows): The Oil & Gas News Ticker is a real-time windows based desktop news & media ticker made especially for the Oil & Gas industry. The news ticker scrolls customized industry information and images across a user's desktop and displays summary information, images, and video in a drop-down window on the...; Tags: Corporate Communications, Desktops, eMarket Software, Hardware, Management, Marketing, Microsoft Windows, Natural Gas, News Ticker, Oil & Gas News Ticker, Strategy, Telecom & Utilities, Ticker; Software downloads 2008-11-20
What's hot, what's not, in energy land: What's hot? Wind says the MSM and all the ads being sponsored by former oilman T. Boone Pickens. Pickens is going to get lots of play because he can spend lots of money. You may have seen some of his ads. Pickens...; Tags: U.S., Clean Technology, Natural Gas, Pickens, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-09-02
There's one fossil fuel that is becoming more abundant, thanks to technology: There's one fossil fuel that is becoming more abundant, thanks to technologyRE: There's one fossil fuel that is becoming more abundant, thanks to technologyDangerous stuff. Just imagine a semi with hundreds of cubic feet of natural gas in it's tanks crashing, like they do every day.And under the horizon...; Tags: abundant, fossil fuel; Discussion threads 2008-08-25
There's one fossil fuel that is becoming more abundant, thanks to technology: It's long been a popular fuel for industrial use, and even got some play in the transportation market. Now natural gas will be even more popular in America because IT'S ACTUALLY BECOMING MORE PLENTIFUL. U.S. oil production has been dropping annually since 1970. Natural gas production is...; Tags: Petroleum, Natural Gas, Fossil Fuel, Natural Gas Production, Renewables, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-08-25
Are lower oil prices the death knell for cleantech energy?: We've been watching oil prices drops during recent weeks. You and I and our fellow Americans are drivng fewer miles. And then the Chinese shut down many of the Beijing-area industries to keep from choking Olympic athletes on particulates. They are even rationing auto driving: odd license plates...; Tags: Clean Technology, Natural Gas, Energy, Natural Gas Production, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-08-04
Natural Gas Producer Deploys New Intranet Solution, Meets Growth Challenges: Chesapeake Energy, the leading natural-gas producer in the United States, is a rapidly growing company that tripled its employee headcount between 2005 and 2008. To meet the challenges of such rapid growth, the company needed a more powerful intranet solution to boost worker productivity, improve workflow, and enhance collaboration across...; Tags: Solution, Natural Gas, Intranet; Case studies 2008-08-01
Fossil fuel prices and the men who hate them: There's an interesting mix of news on fossil fuel prices from around the world. Right now the futures price of crude oil is dropping. There is even some speculation it could halve if demand for gasoline continues to drop. Of course, it's the current high level of...; Tags: Gasoline, Natural Gas, Fossil Fuel, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-07-30
Energy Independence Day...not yet, but it's a popular idea: Click on any image to see the whole picture. These are just three of the images from our local Fourth of July Parade today. We happen to live in a state which does not produce much...; Tags: Subsidy, Denmark, Natural Gas, Taxes, Free Trade, Telecom & Utilities, Financial Planning, Finance, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-07-04
Chesapeake Energy Fuels Growth With Strategic Focus on Human Capital: Chesapeake has been hiring at a brisk pace over the last three years. More than 1,300 are employed in Chesapeake's geoscience, land and engineering departments, of which, 70% are degreed professionals. Chesapeake locate and tap its natural gas reserves. Finding and retaining skilled workers remains as challenging as ever. The...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Natural Gas, Chesapeake, Human Capital, Telecom & Utilities, Human Resources, Workforce Management; Case studies 2008-06-01
Natural Gas Transporter Enhances Network Security, Reduces Viruses by 70 Percent: To efficiently transport billions of cubic meters of natural gas through its pipelines each year, Intergas Central Asia ICA needed better control of who had access to its network and information. By deploying the Network Access Protection feature in Windows Server 2008, ICA has improved compliance with network security policies,...; Tags: Network, Natural Gas, Virus, Natural Gas Transporter, Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Network Security, Security; Case studies 2008-06-01
Biofuels, the debate continues: Nature.com has an interesting take on American governmental mandate for more biofuels. You'll have to pay to read the whole piece, but all the talkbacks are free and some quite thoughtful. They come from enemies, friends and interested observers of the whole biofuel issue. Corn lovers to...; Tags: Food, Natural Gas, Nature.com, Food & Beverage, Telecom & Utilities, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-13
SCANA Streamlines Development, Cuts Costs With Business Process Management Solution: SCANA is a holding company that includes electric and natural gas utilities in the Carolinas and Georgia. Years ago, SCANA deployed Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002 to support critical Business Process Management BPM functions such as billing, payroll, and Electronic Data Interchange EDI transactions with vendors. By 2006, the number of...; Tags: Business Process, BPM, Microsoft BizTalk Server, Microsoft Corp., Natural Gas, SCANA, Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, EDI, Enterprise Software, Strategy, Middleware, Business Operations, It Operations, Software, Management; Case studies 2008-02-01