James Burgess studied Business Management at the University of Nottingham. He has worked in property development, chartered surveying, marketing, law, and accounts. He has also studied journalism and has written many articles over the years for a wide variety of sources.
James is the Deputy Editor of Oilprice.com
The Arctic is a goldmine of untapped resources. According to a 2008 estimate by the US Geological Survey it boasts 90 billion barrels of oil…
The financial costs of air pollution and global warming is not often reported by mainstream media stations, but maybe we should be made more aware…
Due to tight rules for petroleum fuels in developed countries, demand growth is expected to decrease. The margins are also small, and as a result…
In 2009 the ICC had to resolve a dispute between Turkey and Iran over gas supplies, and Turkey was awarded $800 million compensation related to…
Hydrokinetic power shows great promise for growth as it can be theoretically installed in both industrial waterways such as wastewater treatment and food processing plants,…
Qatar has grown to become the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter over the last decade, and has now announced plans to spend $25…
Fears that Western sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program will cause a deficit in oil supply compared to demand are apparently unnecessary as senior…
The Chinese government may be accustomed to bullying its own people or small neighbouring countries, but it is finding that the rest of the world…
The escalating problems with Iran threatening to disrupt world oil supply, an event that could prove decidedly deadly to the many economies trying to recover…
Natural gas burns cleaner than other fossil fuels, and is much cheaper. It could certainly help reduce carbon emissions in the short term. In fact…
As part of its globalisation strategy Siemens Energy has announced that it will establish three regional Wind Power Business Units for EMEA (Europe, Middle East…
In this essay I take a look at some scenarios that could arise following the successful development of the Iranian nuclear program, after which I…
Biofuels are a clean, alternative energy that many are hoping will become the next source of liquid fuels for internal combustion engines; a clean substitute…
Following the recent agreement by the EU to impose trade sanctions against Iran the Iranian parliament will debate a law that could halt all oil…
It seems that more and more large, renewable energy projects are being announced each day. The most recent is a giant solar power plant that…
After 20 years of careful planning China put itself in a position to be the “OPEC of rare earth metals”, they have such control of…
Nuclear power has been getting a hard time of late and outside observers would be well in their rights to assume that this once lauded…
Europe is the world leader in renewable energy generation, but as with all renewable energy sources they face the problem of reliability. One way of…
Internet, housing, banking, we have come across quite a few bubbles in the past decade, but now we are faced with the unfolding of possibly…
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) is an idea for creating renewable energy by exploiting the difference in ocean temperatures between the surface and the seabed.…