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Fuel Freedom Staff

TransCanada seeks pause on pipeline decision

November 3, 2015
Source: The Globe and Mail
/in Economy, What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

In what may be a last-ditch effort to salvage the Keystone XL pipeline from President Obama’s anticipated rejection, TransCanada Corp. has made an unprecedented request, asking the U.S. government to suspend consideration of its bid to build an $8 billion pipeline to funnel Alberta oil sands crude across the United States to Gulf Coast refineries.

Fuel Freedom Staff

Opening the car to American ingenuity

November 2, 2015/in Economy, Featured, Over a Barrel Blog ntaft, staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Car enthusiasts rejoice!

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Landon Hall

Thanks for the gift, OPEC. Can we keep it?

October 30, 2015/in Economy, Over a Barrel Blog lhall /by Landon Hall

Ever since oil prices, and with them gasoline prices, began plummeting last fall, the trend has been portrayed in varying forms as a “gift” or an “early holiday present” or a “tax rebate” for consumers, who are expected to give thanks for this free stuff.

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Fuel Freedom Staff

U.S. oil rig count lowest since April 2002

October 30, 2015
Source: Oil & Gas Journal
/in Economy, What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

The new total is the lowest since Apr. 26, 2002. Since Aug. 21, the count has fallen 110 units after a short-lived summer rebound. Compared with this week a year ago, the count has lost 1,154 units.

Landon Hall

North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota awarded biofuel grants

October 29, 2015
Source: Prairie Business
/in Economy, What's The Buzz lhall /by Landon Hall

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said $100 million in grants was awarded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Biofuel Infrastructure Partnership.

Fuel Freedom Staff

Oil lobby launches new campaign against ethanol mandate

October 28, 2015
Source: The Hill
/in Economy, What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

The American Petroleum Institute (API) will run a “multifaceted advocacy campaign” against the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for the next month ahead of a deadline for the Obama administration to finalize three years of standards under the mandate.

Fuel Freedom Staff

Shell takes $2 billion charge to quit oil-sands project

October 27, 2015
Source: Bloomberg Business
/in Economy, What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Royal Dutch Shell Plc made its second major strategic change in two months, announcing it will take a $2 billion charge to exit an oil-sands project in Alberta.

Arctic Leaf

Toyota predicts a non-gasoline future

October 26, 2015/in Economy, Over a Barrel Blog wtucker, newleaf /by Arctic Leaf

Toyota threw in its lot with the alternative vehicle crowd when it predicted that gasoline and diesel engines will be virtually extinct by 2050. Kiyotaka Ise, senior managing officer of the world’s best-selling automaker, said that gas-electric hybrids, plug-in hybrids, fuel-cell vehicles and electric cars will account for most of its auto sales by mid-century.

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Fuel Freedom Staff

After years of decline, U.S. oil imports rise

October 26, 2015
Source: The Wall Street Journal
/in Economy, What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

U.S. imports of foreign oil are rising again after a long decline, as the oil bust forces domestic producers to scale back.

Fuel Freedom Staff

America’s biggest shale gas field is choking on its own supply

October 23, 2015
Source: Bloomberg Business
/in Economy, What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Output from the Marcellus basin in Pennsylvania and West Virginia is faltering as pipeline capacity fails to keep up with the surge in production. While space on Appalachian pipelines has more than doubled this year, it hasn’t been enough to keep the flow moving freely.

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