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Digital Oilfield Outlook Report 2020 ready for download
Tuesday, November 17, 2020, 8:47 AM MST
The Canadian oil and gas industry is facing some of the biggest challenges in its history. A global pandemic has…
Wind power to run giant hydrogen plant at BP oil refinery
Tuesday, November 10, 2020, 6:48 AM MST
Two of Europe’s largest energy companies, BP plc and Orsted A/S, said they’d join to develop an industrial-scale electrolyzer to…
Canada not on track to hit its first electric car target in 2025
Monday, November 9, 2020, 6:21 AM MST
National cash rebates convinced more Canadians to buy an electric car in the last 18 months, but Transport Canada says…
VW chief says existential electric race awaits after pandemic
Thursday, November 5, 2020, 6:48 AM MST
Volkswagen AG chief executive officer Herbert Diess vowed to pursue a sweeping transition to electric cars, declaring it a matter…
Baker Hughes dips into carbon capture as climate pressures grow
Wednesday, November 4, 2020, 7:14 AM MST
Baker Hughes, one of the world’s biggest oilfield servicers, bought technology that enables companies to capture carbon emissions with a…
U.S. election outcome could stir up electric-vehicle industry
Monday, November 2, 2020, 6:55 AM MST
Both of the major-party presidential candidates have said they support electric vehicles, but a Joe Biden win could bring changes…
Oil rigs run on AI ‘twins’ point to a future hastened by COVID
Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 6:35 AM MDT
The coronavirus crisis had a devastating effect on oil-company revenues, but it’s posed a tough human-resources problem too: how to…
Electric-car mania turns Asian battery makers into power brokers
Friday, October 23, 2020, 7:04 AM MDT
Automakers are investing billions of dollars to bring new electric vehicles to consumers in the U.S. and other global markets,…
$100 million fund to be used to cut oilpatch emissions, fuel new product development
Friday, October 23, 2020, 6:19 AM MDT
A contribution of $100 million from Ottawa will assist with the commercialization of new products from Canada's oil and gas…
Satellites put the world’s biggest methane emitters on the map
Wednesday, October 21, 2020, 6:59 AM MDT
Orange and yellow pixels flash over American drilling heartlands around the Gulf Coast, New Mexico, and Pennsylvania. Dark red stretches…
Tesla Powerwall rival seeks to bring hydrogen into your home
Tuesday, October 20, 2020, 6:24 AM MDT
It’s about the size of Tesla Inc.’s Powerwall, but can store up tothree times as much energy over a longer…
Australia’s commodities heartland set for major hydrogen plant
Tuesday, October 20, 2020, 6:19 AM MDT
The desolate red sands of the Pilbara region in western Australia, home to most of the iron ore mines that…
