Archive for September, 2009

India May Attract $5 Billion in Oil, Gas Exploration Round

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 29 September 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Comercio Internacional, Energia, English

India may attract as much as $5 billion in work commitments in the country’s largest auction of oil and gas areas as explorers such as BP Plc, BG Group Plc and Santos Ltd. seek new deposits, a government official said.

Perforación de Petróleo en el Ártico…

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 24 September 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Energia, English

Al parecer pronto se decide el inicio de las exploraciones petroleras en el ártico. Obviamente existe mucha oposición pero se intenta convencer a la administración Obama (English).

Ocean Energy Developments…

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 20 September 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Energia, English

Información acerca del desarrollo de proyectos de energía de mareas y olas (English).  Interest in wave and tidal energy systems is gathering pace as a huge number devices move from the drawing board, through prototype and testing phases and on to commercial developments. Like many of the current crop of ‘cutting edge’ renewable energy technologies, [...]

Craig Venter: “Las algas sustituirán al petróleo”

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 15 September 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Energia

“La gente ve sólo agua. Yo veo millones de microorganismos y bacterias”. El punto de vista del genetista Craig Venter, uno de los padres del proyecto Genoma Humano, no puede ser más empírico, tal como demostró ayer en el 14º Congreso Europeo de Biotecnología que se celebra estos días en Barcelona.

Oil and gas is the greatest show in Scotland, so it’s time the sector got the attention it deserves

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 05 September 2009 | 3 Comments
Categories: Comercio Internacional, Energia, English

Offshore Europe (OE) opens at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre on Tuesday, the second-greatest show on Earth for the global oil and gas industry (the Houston version is bigger, of course). In 2007, this spectacular biennial exhibition and conference saw 40,000 people from 110 different countries pass through the turnstiles over the four-day period. [...]