Monday, November 4, 2013

STUFF ... US crude oil supply at or near highest level at end of Oct since 1930 ... Wirelesss charging for EVs already at homes of Google, Duke employees, embedded in Pepsi trucks, on Calif buses, disguised as manhole covers in NYC ... Cuts in black carbon (soot), methane emissions could slow rapid polar, Himalayan melting: report ... Developing nations to surpass rich ones in emissions this decade: study ... Climate change to intensify El Nino events in Australia: research ... Another 1Gw power line planned from Quebec to NEast US ... S Africa approved $3.3B for 17 clean/renewable energy projects in 3rd of 5 tenders. Over 1.4Gw. 7 wind projects, 6 PV solar, 2 concentrated solar, 1 each landfill gas, biomass ... Libyan oil production reportedly up ~100Kb/d in last week ... Turkey said it wouldn't import oil from Kurd Iraq without Baghdad approval ... Iran inflation last 12 months ~36%, up 11% from '12: Xinhua ... China thought to be building 500M bls strategic oil reserve by '20. US asking they join IEA in coordinating releases ... Petrolio Brasileiro plans production increase from 2.2Mb/d in '12 to 5.7M by '20 with $237B investment ... Petrobras currently importing gasoline, diesel, selling at loss ... Canada to quadruple rail-oil loading cap next few yrs from 180Kb/d now ... Suncor, Total, Teck $13B oil sands project in Alberta to begin producing up to 180Kb/d in '17 ... Shell moving ahead with Alberta oil sands project for 80Kb/d ... Alaska North Slope production 534Kb/d in Oct, down from 572K in '12 ... Gulf of Mex poised to deliver over 700Kb/d new crude over next 3 yrs ... Climate change to pose sharp risks to world food supply in coming decades: researchers ... Pacific Ocean warming faster than in previous 10K yrs: Science ... Anadarko, partners launched production in Algeria. Up to 146Kb/d by '15. ~1.2B bls. Algeria reserves ~12B ... Gaza to shut down only power plant due to fuel shortage ... EDF US unit to buy 200Mw wind project in TX, start this year ... Vattenfall (Sweden) to invest 150M Pounds in 49Mw extension to 90Mw offshore UK wind farm ... Centrica (UK) to cancel development of 580Mw offshore wind project because proposed subsidies too low ... Duke formed group to develop, operate solar, wind projects for its utilities.

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