gas

Fill Up Now: Gas Prices Likely To Rise Again As Oil Surges

Jesse Slome — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:30:59 -0500

The cost for crude oil rose above $71 a barrel today for the first time in a month as increasing industrial activity bolstered consumer and business optimism that fuel demand will rebound. As a result, expect to shortly be paying more at the gas pump.

Engineer devises ways to improve gas mileage

harminka — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:25:02 -0500

Last summer, it was very expensive to fill up a gas tank when the gasoline price hit close to four dollars a gallon.

Making supersolids with ultracold gas atoms

harminka — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:27:00 -0600

Physicists at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland have proposed a recipe for turning ultracold “boson” atoms—the ingredients of Bose-Einstein condensates—into a “supersolid,” an exotic state of matter that behaves simultaneously as a solid and a friction-free superfluid.

Promising new material that could improve gas mileage

harminka — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:52:17 -0500

With gasoline at high prices, it's disheartening to know that up to three-quarters of the potential energy you are paying for is wasted. A good deal of it goes right out the tailpipe instead of powering your car.

Electricity and gas consumption at a glance

harminka — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:42:35 -0500

People who want to save energy should always keep an eye on their consumption. The EWE Box offers customers a neat solution: It enables private households to monitor their electricity and gas consumption whenever they want – and save costs thanks to new pricing models.

KFG Resources Prepares for Seismic to Redevelop Salt Dome

annawootton — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:24:09 -0600

In Mississippi, just a few kilometres from the town of Natchez, KFG Resources (TSX.V: KFG) is about to try something that CEO Bob Kadane believes will create significant value for his company’s shareholders.

High for Oil Prices Primes Montello to Grow Exponentially Via the Drill Bit

annawootton — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:03:34 -0600

The year 2007 was certainly a year to be remembered by investors familiar with Montello Resources (TSX.V: MEO). The company and its JV partner Pennine Petroleum Corp. (TSX.V:PNN) have achieved success at their Pincher Creek operations in Alberta, with one new well completed and scheduled to soon become a producer.

Investor Interest Climbs on Teryl Resources’ Gold Hill News

annawootton — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:01:24 -0600

Teryl Resources Corp. (TRC.V: TSX) is a diversified explorer with interests in oil and gas as well as minerals. In a global mining bull market, companies, particularly on their lows, are often undervalued. The Teryl share price recently started acting like a seismograph in the first stages of registering a tremor on the TSX charts.

Pennant Energy Goes for the Checkered Flag in Alberta’s Kaybob Oilfield

annawootton — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:40:53 -0600

Pennant Energy is ready to step into the limelight as it picks up speed with its latest ground acquisition within the prolific Kaybob oil and gas field in Alberta. The Kaybob is known as one of the largest producing oil and gas fields in North America.

Generating hydrogen from biodiesel waste

harminka — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:47:23 -0600

Scientists at the University of Leeds are turning low-grade sludge into high-value gas in a process which could make eco-friendly biodiesel even greener and more economical to produce.

Pennant Energy Proves a Profitable Producer

annawootton — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:47:35 -0600

Instead of running with risk in view of huge oil findings, the company maintains a conservative approach based on guaranteed opportunities and diversification on drill-ready or existing wells within Canada.

Increased domestic production won't make US self-sufficient in natural gas

harminka — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:40:31 -0600

A new report by the Energy Forum at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy finds that the United States will continue to rely on imported natural gas even if areas that are currently restricted are opened up to drilling.