STUFF

Poll suggests consumers willing to pay up to 13% more for clean E, but not if it includes nuke or NG.

Tokyo El loss for year ending Mar31 brought total cost from Fukushima to >$10B.

New DOE carbon capture process could save $275M over advanced coal plants' life span.

Obama admin to offer export help for enviro firms.

Japan town approving nuke restart.

Public rallies in Angola calling for President to step down. Africa's 2nd-largest crude producer.

Worsening el crisis in Pakistan.

China's 1st deepwater drilling rig began ops in contested S China Sea waters.

Chevron, Shell to be selected to explore 2 large Ukranian fields for unconventional NG.

US officials approved Anadarko plan to drill 3,700 NG wells in E Utah.

UAE's oil pipeline to bypass Hormuz now complete. Exports expected to start w/in 3 months @ initial 1.4mb/d.

Iran has plans to build 136-mile NG pipeline to Iraq.

A day at lower speeds can save a merchant ship $50K in fuel costs.

EU's trade chief says he will soon take measures against Argentina for YPF seizure.

India to step up imports of LNG. Domestic NG output projected to decline next 2-3 yrs.

Singapore state firm and Hong Kong comp to invest $468M in Cheneire E (LNG firm).

IMF warned by its research team that oil prices could double by '22.

NCERC researchers produced cellulosic ethanol from corn kernels. I don't care. Food is food, not fuel.

NOAA reported 6 fish populations returned to healthy levels in '11. Bering Sea snow crab, summer flounder on mid-Atlantic coast, haddock in Gulf of Maine, chinook salmon on N Cal coast, coho salmon off Wash State and Pacific widow rockfish.