Tesla Supercharger network finally expanding into Romania
Romania is finally going to see Tesla Supercharger support, two years after Elon Musk’s promise.
Tag: Europe
Qatar/Iran natural gas field, Syria’s civil war and the refugee crisis
Syria’s fossil fuel resources are dwindling fast, making that country an unattractive place to fight a war over crude oil supplies. Yet, a war is being fought over the future of Syria, and a side effect of that war is the huge refugee crisis in Europe. Earlier I’ve made the case…
Our addiction to crude oil created the Syrian refugee crisis
Refugees from wars in Syria, Yemen, North Africa and elsewhere are suffering unimaginably. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes, some making it as far as Europe, some drowning at sea, others stuck in war-torn areas for one reason or another, all of them bereft of home and livelihood. In…
Europe/GAZPROM sign natural gas deal, cementing dominance by Russian fossil fuel supply
Russia and Europe just signed a pair of deals that will bolster Russia’s presence in and influence over Europe. One deal is an asset swap with chemicals giant BASF that had earlier been delayed because of political pressure, and the other is an expansion of the NORD STREAM gas pipeline…
Cold War reawakens in Eastern Europe as tensions grow around Ukraine
The US and Russia have restarted the Cold War – probably to the delight of the Military-Industrial complex, because the Cold War means increased military spending which is good for business when your business makes guns or bullets or bombs. That leaves the rest of us to groan about the…
Chevron relinquishes fracking in Romania, as part of broader pull-out from Eastern European fracking operations
A year ago I made several posts about Chevron’s plans to begin fracking operations in Romania’s portion of Moldova. News surfaced on Friday that Chevron has relinquished interests in drilling frackable shale fields in Romania (and other countries), completely ending all of Chevron’s work on shale gas fracking in Eastern…
Is the European anti-fracking movement doing Russia’s bidding? Is fracking the only way Europe escapes Russian dominance?
Could the anti-fracking forces (environmentalists) be secretly working for Russia? That’s what NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen recently claimed, that Russia is using “sophisticated information and disinformation operations” to engage with environmental organizations and other anti-fracking organizations, to tilt the political climate in Europe against hydraulic fracturing, so that Europe…
Obama pushing climate wrecking fossil fuels in Eastern Europe on day after big climate change announcement
President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland walk to a bilateral meeting after posing for photos at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister in Warsaw, Poland, June 3, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) President Obama just announced a massively great program to combat climate…
VP Biden visits Romania, Cyprus, pushing fracking for European energy security and T-TIP talks
This week Vice President Biden became the most senior US Official to visit Cyprus in over a half century. The visit is part of a swing through Romania and Cyprus, and in both countries the Vice President is to work on strengthening economic ties, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership…
Was the Libya “war” done to give Western Oil Companies better access to Libya’s oil/gas resources?
Did President Obama really launch an illegal war? We know that Pres. Bush did (the invasion of Iraq), and that war was clearly about securing supplies of fossil oil so we can all keep driving. I saw the “Obama launched an illegal war” in one of those raving paranoid lunatic…
Russia-Ukraine crisis has Europe’s energy Ministers scrambling under threat of another Russian gas blackout
As the days go by, the crisis between Russia and Ukraine is getting more worrisome, with what looks like a Civil War brewing in Ukraine, and Russia and the U.S. perhaps coming to blows. Readers of the LongTailPipe blog will know the backstory is Russia’s desire to remain in a…
Chevron starts fracking Romania, as Romania chooses fossil fuels over renewable energy
The situation in Ukraine is getting worse, with increasing violence between anti- and pro-Russian factions. While the news media is full of detailed reports of day-day changes, LongTailPipe readers will remember the backstory is all about natural gas in Ukraine, Romania, and the rest of Europe, as well as plans…
Europe’s dependency on Russian natural gas mirror’s Ukraine’s effort for liberation from Russia
Thanks to the political situation in Ukraine, American politics is discussing using America’s “glut” of natural gas as a political weapon. The idea is to undermine Russia’s strength in natural gas supplies, by selling America’s natural gas into the world market, especially to critical countries most vulnerable to Russia, in…
Ukraine crisis may speed up fracked natural gas exports to Europe
As the crisis in the Ukraine deepens with Russia’s invasion of Crimea and other military maneuvers, several members of the US Congress have called on the Obama Administration to start Natural Gas exports. On Thursday, Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) said in a statement “Colorado and our nation’s clean-burning and job-creating…
Ukraine caught in fracking-fueled tug-of-war between US and Russia, Europe’s natural gas supply at risk
The crisis in Ukraine is getting truly scary, as in US-Russia are now almost directly in conflict. Stock markets are sliding, Russia is flexing its military might with an invasion of Crimea and military “exercises” on Ukraine’s borders, while the US and other countries have condemned Russia’s actions, threatened to…
Qatar/Iran natural gas field, Syria’s civil war and the refugee crisis
Syria’s fossil fuel resources are dwindling fast, making that country an unattractive place to fight a war over crude oil supplies. Yet, a war is being fought over the future of Syria, and a side effect of that war is the huge refugee crisis in Europe. Earlier I’ve made the case…
Our addiction to crude oil created the Syrian refugee crisis
Refugees from wars in Syria, Yemen, North Africa and elsewhere are suffering unimaginably. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes, some making it as far as Europe, some drowning at sea, others stuck in war-torn areas for one reason or another, all of them bereft of home and livelihood. In…
Europe/GAZPROM sign natural gas deal, cementing dominance by Russian fossil fuel supply
Russia and Europe just signed a pair of deals that will bolster Russia’s presence in and influence over Europe. One deal is an asset swap with chemicals giant BASF that had earlier been delayed because of political pressure, and the other is an expansion of the NORD STREAM gas pipeline…
Cold War reawakens in Eastern Europe as tensions grow around Ukraine
The US and Russia have restarted the Cold War – probably to the delight of the Military-Industrial complex, because the Cold War means increased military spending which is good for business when your business makes guns or bullets or bombs. That leaves the rest of us to groan about the…
Chevron relinquishes fracking in Romania, as part of broader pull-out from Eastern European fracking operations
A year ago I made several posts about Chevron’s plans to begin fracking operations in Romania’s portion of Moldova. News surfaced on Friday that Chevron has relinquished interests in drilling frackable shale fields in Romania (and other countries), completely ending all of Chevron’s work on shale gas fracking in Eastern…
Is the European anti-fracking movement doing Russia’s bidding? Is fracking the only way Europe escapes Russian dominance?
Could the anti-fracking forces (environmentalists) be secretly working for Russia? That’s what NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen recently claimed, that Russia is using “sophisticated information and disinformation operations” to engage with environmental organizations and other anti-fracking organizations, to tilt the political climate in Europe against hydraulic fracturing, so that Europe…
Obama pushing climate wrecking fossil fuels in Eastern Europe on day after big climate change announcement
President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland walk to a bilateral meeting after posing for photos at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister in Warsaw, Poland, June 3, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) President Obama just announced a massively great program to combat climate…
VP Biden visits Romania, Cyprus, pushing fracking for European energy security and T-TIP talks
This week Vice President Biden became the most senior US Official to visit Cyprus in over a half century. The visit is part of a swing through Romania and Cyprus, and in both countries the Vice President is to work on strengthening economic ties, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership…
Was the Libya “war” done to give Western Oil Companies better access to Libya’s oil/gas resources?
Did President Obama really launch an illegal war? We know that Pres. Bush did (the invasion of Iraq), and that war was clearly about securing supplies of fossil oil so we can all keep driving. I saw the “Obama launched an illegal war” in one of those raving paranoid lunatic…
Russia-Ukraine crisis has Europe’s energy Ministers scrambling under threat of another Russian gas blackout
As the days go by, the crisis between Russia and Ukraine is getting more worrisome, with what looks like a Civil War brewing in Ukraine, and Russia and the U.S. perhaps coming to blows. Readers of the LongTailPipe blog will know the backstory is Russia’s desire to remain in a…
Chevron starts fracking Romania, as Romania chooses fossil fuels over renewable energy
The situation in Ukraine is getting worse, with increasing violence between anti- and pro-Russian factions. While the news media is full of detailed reports of day-day changes, LongTailPipe readers will remember the backstory is all about natural gas in Ukraine, Romania, and the rest of Europe, as well as plans…
Europe’s dependency on Russian natural gas mirror’s Ukraine’s effort for liberation from Russia
Thanks to the political situation in Ukraine, American politics is discussing using America’s “glut” of natural gas as a political weapon. The idea is to undermine Russia’s strength in natural gas supplies, by selling America’s natural gas into the world market, especially to critical countries most vulnerable to Russia, in…
Ukraine crisis may speed up fracked natural gas exports to Europe
As the crisis in the Ukraine deepens with Russia’s invasion of Crimea and other military maneuvers, several members of the US Congress have called on the Obama Administration to start Natural Gas exports. On Thursday, Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) said in a statement “Colorado and our nation’s clean-burning and job-creating…
Ukraine caught in fracking-fueled tug-of-war between US and Russia, Europe’s natural gas supply at risk
The crisis in Ukraine is getting truly scary, as in US-Russia are now almost directly in conflict. Stock markets are sliding, Russia is flexing its military might with an invasion of Crimea and military “exercises” on Ukraine’s borders, while the US and other countries have condemned Russia’s actions, threatened to…
