And they are exacerbated by bad management, says Simon Long AS IT SCOURS the universe for signs of extraterrestrial life, NASA has a motto-cum-mission-statement: “Follow the water”. About 70% of the human
The deal just signed by Sir John Browne, chief executive of BP Amoco, could revolutionise the energy business. The decision on April 6th to spend $45m to win control of Solarex. This will BP the
Europe is giving electricity customers the right to choose their supplier. The upheaval could turn it into the world's most competitive market for power : a
Royal Dutch/Shell, the company which produces about half of Nigeria's 2m barrels a day in Nigeria, this week announced investment plans of $8.5 billion in new oil and gas projects. But in the eyes of
If all had gone as intended, on July 1st Sweden would have celebrated the closure of a nuclear reactor name Barseback-1. But the plant's owner, Sydkraft AB, did not want to join the party. It visted
The UK government's energy review was announced on June 25th. The purpose of the six month review was, in effect, to shore up what remains of Britain's dying coal industry. The government has bought
The environmental effects of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine began to dissipate long ago. But the political effects are still causing diplomats and development bankers
Occidental Petroleum got a permit to explore the Samore field in eastern Colombia, 20% of it lying beneath the U'wa reservation, in early 1995. The U'wa Indians promptly threatened to commit mass
America is restructuring its electricity supply business on the hoof. At the end of March, California is scheduled to open its entire market to all comers: altogether 46 states have similar plans.
As it wrestles with its convoluted electricity crisis, California is slowly turning teaching America how-and how not-to manage power : a report.
Demand for energy is growing, yet Mexico's state-owned electricity and oil monopolies lack investment capital. But they have also powerful political friends, and have beaten back efforts to open up
