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Xcel Energy Plans Coal Mine Exploration and Development
Conservative coal-price predictions could skew comparisons with renewable energy
When Xcel Energy’s plan for how it will provide power to Colorado was approved recently by the state, it was lauded by environmental groups as one of the greenest and most visionary plans in the country.
Even so, the company’s estimate for what it will pay for coal [...]
Oil companies go deep into Gulf’s potential
Last fall, a team led by Chevron Corp. became the toast of the oil industry when it demonstrated that an alluring deepwater region of the Gulf of Mexico could deliver on its promise.
Now, oil companies are taking concrete steps to unlock the area’s potential, with an eye toward extracting oil from there in as little [...]
Technology lifts productivity of old oil fields
The Kern River oil field, discovered in 1899, was revived when Chevron engineers here started injecting high-pressure steam to pump out more oil. The field, whose production slumped to 10,000 barrels a day in the 1960s, now has a daily output of 85,000 barrels.
In Indonesia, Chevron has applied the same technology to the giant Duri [...]
Oil Innovations Pump New Life Into Old Wells
The Kern River oil field, discovered in 1899, was revived when Chevron engineers here started injecting high-pressured steam to pump out more oil. The field, whose production had slumped to 10,000 barrels a day in the 1960s, now has a daily output of 85,000 barrels.
In Indonesia, Chevron has applied the same technology to the giant [...]
