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What’s in store for China in 2012? - McKinsey Quarterly - Economic Studies - Productivity & Performance
Gordon Orr, a director in McKinsey’s Shanghai office, offers a forecast for growth in China this year. Read his ten predictions, then let us know what you think. 1. Government policies will spur consumption and investment. These moves will compensate for declining exports and a slumping housing market.
Renewable Energy Group Inc. (REGI) , the biodiesel maker that hasn’t posted an annual profit since 2008, will test investor demand for new shares in the first U.S. initial public offering this year. The Ames, Iowa-based company, which turns ingredients including soybean oil into biodiesel for cars and trucks, plans to raise as much as $108 million offering 7.2 million shares for $13 to $15 each today, according to a regulatory filing. Renewable will use the proceeds to buy a factory it is currently leasing and to invest in new processing technologies.
Renewable Energy Tests U.S. IPO Market in First Deal of 2012 - Bloomberg
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The very size of oil reservoirs in Saudi Arabia means that as the dominant method of water flooding is used to sweep oil to the producing wells, not all the oil in place migrates as hoped.
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U.S. to become world’s top oil producer: Goldman Sachs - MINING.com
The Sunday Times in England recently quoted a report released by Goldman Sachs that predicts America will become the world's largest oil producer by the year 2017. This estimate was obtained by using a different definition of oil and utilizing generous estimates for liquids-rich shale production, according to the website, TheOilDrum.com . (I have to confess, I searched everywhere for this report and couldn’t directly access a copy of it. Maybe that’s why the mainstream media didn’t pick up this story much—nobody could get it. I doubt most industry experts would put NGL liquids in with oil.)
n-Butanol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
n -Butanol or n -butyl alcohol or normal butanol is a primary alcohol with a 4- carbon structure and the molecular formula C 4 H 9 OH. Its isomers include isobutanol , 2-butanol , and tert -butanol . Butanol is one of the group of " fusel alcohols " (from the German for "bad liquor"), which have more than two carbon atoms and have significant solubility in water.
Isobutanol ( IUPAC nomenclature : 2-methyl-1-propanol ) is an organic compound with the formula (CH 3 ) 2 CHCH 2 OH. This colorless, flammable liquid with a characteristic smell is mainly used as a solvent. Its isomers include n -butanol , 2-butanol , and tert -butanol , all of which are more important industrially. [ edit ] Production Isobutanol is produced by the carbonylation of propylene .
Isobutanol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Butane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Butane is a gas with the formula C 4 H 10 that is an alkane with four carbon atoms . The term may refer to either of two structural isomers , n -butane or isobutane (or "methylpropane"), or to a mixture of these isomers. In the IUPAC nomenclature, however, "butane" refers only to the n -butane isomer (which is the isomer with the unbranched structure).The Energy Information Administration (EIA) in its Annual Energy Outlook 2011 projects that natural gas demand in the United States could be 26.55 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) by the year 2035, an increase of 16% over 2009 levels. For comparison, overall energy consumption in the U.S. is expected to increase by 20%. With demand in emerging markets growing and an increase in environment regulations for cleaner burning fuel, natural gas usage is expected to increase alongside annual energy demand which itself is forecasted to increase by 0.7% per year over the next 26 years.
The Future Of Natural Gas
Natural Gas Glossary
An anticline is an area of the earth's crust where folding has made a dome like shape in the once flat rock layers. Anticlines often provide an environment where natural gas can become trapped beneath the earth's surface, and extracted. See also Traps , Faults , Permeability , and Porosity . Brine is a kind of sedimentary rock found near shores.
Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. (1171) , China ’s fourth-biggest coal producer, agreed to buy Gloucester Coal Ltd. for about A$2.1 billion ($2.1 billion) in cash and shares to gain more mines and port access in Australia . The deal values Gloucester at as much as A$10.16 a share, subject to conditions, according to a statement from the Sydney- based company. That’s 45 percent more than its Dec. 19 close, the day before the stock was halted. Enlarge image Gloucester Coal Ltd. via Bloomberg
Yanzhou Coal Buys Gloucester for $2.1 Billion to Gain Port, Mines Access - Bloomberg
A former consultant to Bixby Energy, the troubled Ramsey, Minn., developer of a coal-to-natural-gas technology, has implicated a former officer of the company in what federal authorities describe as a $60 million securities fraud scheme. Dennis Desender, 64, pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of securities fraud and implicated "Individual A," identified in court papers as an officer of Bixby, in a scheme that allegedly duped investors in a venture to sell coal-gasification technology to China. Desender pleaded guilty earlier to one count of tax evasion. That agreement did not require his cooperation in the Bixby investigation, but the new plea bargain does. Bixby's onetime CEO Bob Walker resigned in May in the face of federal criminal and civil investigations and lawsuits alleging gross mismanagement.
More trouble ahead for Bixby Energy founder? | StarTribune.com
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Updated January 19, 2012 The first table shows the Annual Average Crude Oil Price from 1946 to the present. Prices are adjusted for Inflation to December 2012 prices using the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) as presented by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Note: Since these are ANNUAL Averages they will not show the absolute peak price and will differ slightly from the Monthly Averages in our Oil Price Data in Chart Form. Also note that although the monthly peak occurred in December 1979 the annual peak didn't occur until 1980 since the average of all the monthly prices was higher in 1980. Inflation adjusted prices reached an all-time low in 1998 (lower than the price in 1946)!