OPEC and the Price of Oil – March 15, 2009 OPEC, at its meeting Sunday (March 15, 2009) in Vienna decided not to ask members to cut output a...

Clean Coal – An Oxymoron or a Real Possibility? Can coal be clean? We have all heard the condescending advertising, listened to the biased...

New ASTM Biodiesel Test Specification for Cold Weather Operability The American Society for Testing of Materials has recently added a new te...

US EIA – Energy Information Administration The US Energy Information Administration provides daily information on regional, national, and w...

Synthetic Oils - Are they Worth the Cost? Image courtesy of outboardmotoroilblog.com Today we hear a lot of terms thrown around when discuss...

Today’s Economy - Lemons versus Lemonade Today I want to take just a minute to address the current problems in our economy. While this is ou...

Natural Gas as a Transportation Fuel – A Cautionary Note Natural Gas is currently being promoted as a domestic clean, safe, and cheaper alte...

Cetane Number – What it is and Why it’s so Important Cooperative Fuel Research Engine (CFR) Cetane is a measurement of a diesel fuel ignitio...

Gasohol – Ethanol Blended Gasoline – How to Prevent Storage Problems Image Courtesy of JME Sales One of the biggest problems with gasohol (...

Relying on Reliance – Rather than Relying on Ourselves Reliance Industries Ltd. an Indian company is preparing to startup its second huge re...

Parking Crude Oil Here is a bit of information that is hard to digest. Speculators are leasing Super Tankers called Very Large Crude Carrier...

What happens when gasoline or other petroleum fuel is burned in an Engine? Gasoline (or any petroleum fuel) is mostly carbon that when burne...

The Richards Cycle™ The Richards Cycle™ is a renewable energy concept that combines existing and developing technologies to produce a high q...

Asphaltenes and Plugged Fuel Filters Asphaltenes in diesel fuels are becoming a much larger problem since the introduction of Ultra-Low Sulf...

Biodiesel from Algae - The future of Biofuels Biodiesel From Algae is likely a long term solution to the problems related to declining cr...