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There is a vast interest in renewable energy but the role various technologies will play in the transition to a low-carbon future are in the main uncertain. This book sets out the facts: how the technologies work, where and to what extent they are currently employed and where the greatest potential ...
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Heating its schools has always been a local affair for Nottinghamshire - thanks to its strong coal-mining traditions. But, during the past decade local coal has become increasingly scarce due to pit closures. One solution - at least for the County Council's school buildings - is a switch to wood pel...
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In 2006, UKPIA published its report Meeting our energy needs: the future of UK oil refining, which set out some of the challenges facing the sector in the coming years. The report prompted the UK DTI, now BERR, to commission a study from Wood Mackenzie reviewing UK oil refining capacity. Here, UKPIA...
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Andy Bradley, Wood Mackenzie's Vice President, Downstream Oil, asks whether it is time to reconsider the traditional role of retail fuels marketing for integrated refining-marketing companies. If a 'first age' for fuels retailing was dominated by integrated oil companies, while the 'second age' has ...
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The high and rising oil price in 2004 presented major challenges to fuel retailers across Europe as they sought to pass on ever higher fuel purchase costs through raising their own forecourt pump prices in a way that did not compromise their competitiveness. Stephen Brooks, Downstream Consultant at ...
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Benchmarking is now frequently used as a key improvement tool for many companies in different industries. Dr Brad Wood, Director of Bencmarking with Juran, the Ntherlands, describes an annual operation efficiency benchmarking consortium for bulk liquid storage and loading facilities, and discusses a...
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In a world where giant oil and gas fields are increasingly hard to find, explorers are turning to the few unexplored parts of the globe in the hope of delivering the resources that they need to replace reserves and meet rising energy demand. One of these frontiers is the Russian Arctic region. Here,...
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David Wood of David Wood & Associates looks at the impact of more heavy and sour crudes coming to the market, including the emergence of a Middle East sour crude futures market.
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The development is reported of a number of tight-gas reservoirs, initially on 320-acre well spacing, with subsequent infill drilling to 160- and 80-acre well spacing. Average well-drainage area however, is calculated from performance history to be only 36 acres. This technique presented is applicabl...
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