Recent data compiled by the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows that last year the U.S. exported more natural gas than it imported. This is a significant milestone because the last time this happened, in...
The worldwide demand for energy is increasing, and with it, a no-holds-barred search for clean fuel sources. Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin and ExxonMobil can attest. They’re going where few...
Much of the recent news about the U.S. energy industry focused on restoring operations after hurricanes battered Texas and Florida. We’re proud of the industry response to the storms, but we’re also proud of...
Big technology breakthroughs often occur in areas that most of us don’t think about on a daily basis. Take natural gas, for example. The use of natural gas is projected to increase in the coming decades more than...
As Axios journalists Ben Geman and Amy Harder point out, “three makes a trend.” They are referring to the latest projection from the U.S. Energy Information Administration that natural gas will be the...
It might be easy to dismiss George P. Mitchell’s story as just another rags-to-riches tale from the oil patch. After all, the first six decades of the Texan’s life read like a classic American success story....
One constant in the world of energy is that things never stay the same. So when we discuss the fuels and sources that power our lives, it’s worth keeping in mind that the energy mix isn’t set in stone....
When we see photos of brown smog in Beijing and New Delhi, it’s easy to forget that cities in the United States once had similar problems. However, through stricter emission standards, the advent of new...
People know ExxonMobil as a leading oil and natural gas company. But as ExxonMobil’s new Chairman and CEO Darren Woods likes to point out, at a more fundamental level we have always been a science and technology...
America’s largest ports handled in excess of 18,000 containership calls to its shores in 2015. This means more than one billion tonnes of merchandise was processed – which one way or another was ultimately...
Moore’s law, which stipulates a doubling of computer power every couple of years because of more efficient chips, doesn’t just drive the electronics industry. It’s also alive and well in the energy sector. It...
The Stonewall power plant in Loudoun County, Virginia, represents another step in the power industry’s march toward natural gas and away from coal – a transition that has reshaped how Americans get electricity....
The industrial revolution was already in full swing in 1814 when self-taught mechanical engineer George Stephenson conducted the first practical demonstration of a steam locomotive.
November statistics show something surprising: The United States is a net exporter of natural gas. The nation’s 7.4 billion cubic feet a day in exports last month slightly exceeded an average of 7 billion cubic...
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce asks a provocative question: If the energy renaissance that has been playing out over the last ten years – driven by oil and natural gas – had never happened, what would the...
This Thanksgiving Americans will consume about 46 million turkeys. So just how much energy does it take to roast a turkey? Well, it really depends on where that energy comes from, and whether you’re using a...
