Energy & Power

Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, Governors John Hickenlooper (Colorado) and John Kasich (Ohio) and former Governors Haley Barbour (Mississippi) and Bill Richardson (New Mexico) will be among the speakers at the 31st annual IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates (IHS CERA) executive conference, CERAWeek 2012, The Quest: Energy, Security and the Future of Economic Growth.

ExxonMobil Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Rex Tillerson will be a keynote speaker at the 31st annual IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates (IHS CERA) executive conference, CERAWeek 2012, Energy and the Economy: Quest for Growth March 5-9 in Houston.

The environmental regulatory system for Canadian oil sands is similar in rigor to that of its peers, according to a new case study by IHS CERA. The report assesses the project-level environmental regulatory system for oil sands compared to South Australian Mining and Alaskan mining and oil operations.

The energy industry continues to face increasing risk in the wake of the prolonged “great economic contraction,” but it also has a prime opportunity to play a key role in economic growth, jobs and global security as new technologies unlock energy frontiers and new boundaries in business are drawn.

Iran’s oil revenues have risen sharply in 2011 and will reach an all-time high of more than $100 billion for the year, according to estimates by IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates (IHS CERA). The revenue increase—nearly a third higher than 2010—has been the result of high oil prices driven upward in part by increased tensions related to Iran’s defiant pursuit of nuclear technology.   more...

Driven by a huge surge in acquisition activity in the U.S. and Latin America, total global upstream capital spending by 221 oil and gas companies studied increased 47 percent to $558 billion in 2010, according to a report from IHS (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of information and analysis. This activity represents a record high and a healthy rebound after declining more than 20 percent to $380 billion in 2009.

IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of information and analysis, today announced it has acquired Purvin & Gertz, Inc., a well-established global advisory and market research firm that provides technical, commercial and strategic advice to international clients in the petroleum refining, natural gas, natural gas liquids, crude oil and petrochemical industries. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Senate Energy Committee

Testimony

Dr. Daniel Yergin, Chairman, IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates

October 4, 2011

I appreciate the opportunity to appear before the Senate Energy Committee for this discussion of what we learned from the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board Subcommittee 90-Day Report on shale gas production.[1]

I am Daniel Yergin, chairman of IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates. I am the author of a new book, The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern more...