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Commentary: Could falling oil prices spark a financial crisis?

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The oil and gas boom in the United States was made possible by the extensive credit afforded to drillers. When oil prices were high and production was relentlessly climbing, energy related junk bonds looked highly profitable. The situation will compound itself if oil prices stay low. by Nick Cunningham of Oilprice.com.

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DOE awards $34M to 19 projects to advance clean hydrogen

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Additionally, the awardee intends to perform a high-fidelity techno-economic analysis and life-cycle analysis to develop a technology commercialization plan, which would involve obtaining an accurate price estimate for the high-purity oxygen for related biomass gasification.

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Opinion: Busting The “Canadian Bakken” Myth

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The financial pages of Canadian newspapers have been full of headlines lately announcing the potential of two large shale oil fields in the Northwest Territories said to contain enough oil to rival the Bakken Formation of North Dakota and Montana. enthused the Financial Post. The project was approved by the NEB in 2010. But with U.S.

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Norways Statoil to acquire Brigham Exploration for US$4.4B cash; entry into the US Bakken and Three Forks tight oil plays

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The tight oil is extracted in the same way as shale gas, through horizontal wells and hydraulic fracturing. Brigham, based in Austin, Texas, has a strong position in the Bakken and Three Forks tight oil plays in the Williston Basin in North Dakota and Montana. Click to enlarge. per share through an all-cash tender offer.

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Smart-grid project matches wind to electric cars | Green Tech - CNET News

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Price and consumption awareness leads to a conservation effect," Schurr said. After a brief reprieve gas is inching back up. Where did you pull up that "wind potential of North Dakota" BS from? Suddenly you have all cars being powered by wind power from North Dakota. per barrel. Look at the T.

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