• IEA Sankey Diagrams

    Updated: 2024-05-19 21:30:14
    The Oil Drum Discussions about Energy and Our Future My Last Campfire Post The Oil Drum Of Milk Cows and Saudi Arabia IEA Sankey Diagrams Posted by JoulesBurn on September 7, 2013 11:05pm The International Energy Agency has taken its share of abuse from The Oil Drum over the years for its rather optimistic forecasts . But it deserves a hearty shout-out for an invaluable resource it has on its web site : Interactive Sankey Diagrams for the World Sankey Diagram showing world energy flows Click for larger view As long as you understand what a Sankey Diagram is , not much more introduction is needed here . You can look at individual countries , consumption patterns as well as production , and more . Click on individual flows and graph over time . World energy use for steel production Click for

  • Shell Shocked: High Court Schools Oil Giant on Culture and Climate

    Updated: 2024-05-18 18:08:16
    : Royal Dutch Shell Plc com News and information on Shell Plc Skip to Content Privacy Disclaimer Shell Online Library Search : for Search Button Shell Shocked : High Court Schools Oil Giant on Culture and Climate May 18th , 2024 by John Donovan Posted by John Donovan : 18 May 2024 Well , well , well , look who’s been schooled by South Africa’s High Court Our favorite environmental villain , Shell , thought it could waltz onto South Africa’s pristine Wild Coast and dig for fossil fuels . But Indigenous communities weren’t having any of it , and they fought back with some serious legal . chops In 2021, Shell announced it wanted to blast the south-eastern coast with a 3D seismic survey , all in the name of finding more ways to ruin the planet . This genius idea threatened marine life and

  • Shell Throws a Tantrum Over $99 Million Tax Bill

    Updated: 2024-05-17 00:27:58
    Royal Dutch Shell Plc com News and information on Shell Plc Skip to Content Privacy Disclaimer Shell Online Library Search : for Search Button Shell Throws a Tantrum Over 99 Million Tax Bill May 17th , 2024 by John Donovan Posted by John Donovan : 17 May 2024 In a classic display of corporate audacity , Shell is throwing a fit and suing the Australian Tax Office ATO over a claim that it owes a measly 99 million in unpaid taxes . This dispute stems from Shell’s 3.5 billion exit from Woodside Petroleum back in 2017. Because when you’re a multibillion-dollar oil giant , every penny counts , right The ATO has the audacity to argue that Shell understated its capital gains by a whopping 193.9 million for the 2017 sale and an additional 135.7 million for a 2014 sale . But Shell , with its

  • Norway’s Wealth Fund to Shell: Could You Please Pretend to Care About the Climate?

    Updated: 2024-05-17 00:08:08
    : Royal Dutch Shell Plc com News and information on Shell Plc Skip to Content Privacy Disclaimer Shell Online Library Search : for Search Button Norway’s Wealth Fund to Shell : Could You Please Pretend to Care About the Climate May 17th , 2024 by John Donovan So , here we are , with Norway’s wealth fund playing the concerned yet passive shareholder , Shell deftly dodging real climate action , and the planet continuing to warm . What could possibly go wrong Posted by John Donovan : 17 May 2024 Norway’s Wealth Fund Politely Asks Shell for Climate Details While Ignoring Real Change In a delightful twist of corporate responsibility theatre , Norway’s 1.6 trillion sovereign wealth fund has gently nudged Shell for more details about its oh-so-revised climate targets . This request comes hot on

  • Shell Shovels Plastic into Pittsburgh’s Rivers!

    Updated: 2024-05-16 19:50:40
    Royal Dutch Shell Plc com News and information on Shell Plc Skip to Content Privacy Disclaimer Shell Online Library Search : for Search Button Shell Shovels Plastic into Pittsburgh’s Rivers May 16th , 2024 by John Donovan The Shell plant sits on a site oozing with legacy contaminants like zinc , thallium , and aluminium . These nasties are happily leaching into the Ohio . River POSTED BY JOHN DONOVAN : 16 MAY 2024 Once a month for nearly two years , Evan Clark , the Waterkeeper at Three Rivers Waterkeeper , has heroically boated along the Ohio River to Shell’s monstrous new plastics plant in Beaver County . This beast of a facility cranks out up to 1.6 million tons of plastic per year , thanks to the magic of fracked gas . Clark’s mission To spot the devilish little plastic pellets known

  • Shell’s Latest Masterpiece: The Monaca Meltdown

    Updated: 2024-05-16 17:58:06
    : Royal Dutch Shell Plc com News and information on Shell Plc Skip to Content Privacy Disclaimer Shell Online Library Search : for Search Button Shell’s Latest Masterpiece : The Monaca Meltdown May 16th , 2024 by John Donovan As Shell continues its relentless pollution , the true cost of their operations becomes clearer . The 12 million in fines they’ve paid so far is a mere drop in the ocean for a company that raked in 28 billion in profits in 2023. For Shell , pollution fines are just the cost of doing business—a cost that’s far too easy to . pay Posted by John Donovan : 16 May 2024 Shell’s Monaca Monster : Beaver County’s New Worst Neighbour When Jackie Shock-Stewart and her husband Matt Stewart moved to Beaver County , Pennsylvania in 2014, they were blissfully unaware that a

  • NDRC: China To Quadruple Oil Reserves in Three Years – Xinhua

    Updated: 2024-04-22 04:39:00
    China is rolling out a new timetable for the building of it oil reserves, vice minister Lu Deming (ÈôàÂæ∑Èì≠) of the National Development and Reform Commission said while attending a China-US oil and gas industry forum in the United States on Sept. 11. China will quadruple its current oil reserve level in three years, from […]

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