By installing 7,700 solar panels generating about 740 kilowatts of electricity – to help power their oil refineries. The power generated by the solar system at the site will be deployed to the local utility grid as well as to Chevron’s oil production complex at the company’s Kern River Field. MORE >>

Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest crude oil exporter, may not have enough reserves to prevent oil prices escalating, according to confidential cables from its embassy in Riyadh. This is known as “peak oil” Eco News peak oil 2012 wikileaks peak oil MORE >>

Global Energy Experts Agree: We are Facing the End of Oil as We Know It Speakers at ASPO-USA Conference Urge Government Action Now WASHINGTON, DC, USA: Economists, activists, technical experts and policymakers from across the political spectrum gathered October 7-9, 2010 in Washington, DC to discuss the global energy crisis. MORE >>

This coral reef in Egypt is threatened by a new oil slick, according to local reports. Ecologists have discovered a new 300 meter oil slick in the Red Sea just outside of El-Tor, according to WReporter. South Sinai Governor Khaled Foda has created a commission to investigate the new oil slick, according to reports. MORE >>

Following the BP oil spill disaster in the Gulf, the Obama Administration put a temporary halt to approving any new deep water oil drilling operations until a system was in place that would prevent a similar incident from ever happening. Government / Industry BP oil spill Offshore oil drillingSince then, U.S. MORE >>