Tag: oil

Will the price of oil ever increase again?

Apr 26, 2016

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Tom Raftery

in energy

The price of oil collapsed in early 2014, and hasn’t rebounded since then. With more oil in proven reserves than we can ever use, a softening demand, and Saudi Arabia getting off oil, will prices ever go back up again?
Friday Green Numbers round-up 06/18/2010

Jun 18, 2010

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Tom Raftery

in Trends & Concepts

And here is this week’s Green numbers: BP oil spill costs hit $1.6bn | Business The cost of BP’s clean-up operation in the Gulf of Mexico has now hit $1.6bn (£1.1bn), but the final cost of the huge oil spill remains unquantifiable. tags: oilspill, bp, cleanup, clean-up, Gulf of Mexico, greennumbers Money trumps security in…
Friday’s Green Numbers round-up 01/15/2010

Jan 15, 2010

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Tom Raftery

in Trends & Concepts

Photo credit arekiiu Here is today’s Friday Green numbers round-up: TVA purchasing up to 815MW wind power from Kansas and Illinois TVA has inked four deals to purchase wind power generated in Illinois and Kansas. The federal utility said today that the contracts will allow it to purchase up to 815 megawatts of renewable wind…