Qatar is a red-hot economy. Last year it grew around 18% and this year it ought to grow another 16%. We saw the headlines in the Gulf Times in the lounge while waiting for our transfer to Dubai.

Qatar’s greatest asset is its natural gas reserves. In fact, the largest gas field in the world is here. Its discoverers were disappointed when they found it in 1971. They were looking for oil.

The boom Qatar now enjoys is the result of some daring investments in liquefied natural gas (LNG) back when people thought doing such a thing was a little batty. Faisal Al Suwaidi, the head of Qatargas, deserves the props for his wager, which have paid off handsomely. Today, Qatar produces about one-quarter of the world’s natural gas.

Qatar supplies such faraway customers as Japan, India and China. Qatargas also operates the largest LNG terminal in Europe at South Hook on

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Energtek Inc. has established itself as a global leader in the development and commercialization of Absorbed Natural Gas (ANG) technology. The company acknowledges natural gas as a practical solution to today’s energy demands and challenges.

The company has developed proprietary technology to address logistical and transportation obstacles for the delivery of natural gas with its Low-pressure Mobile Pipeline (LMP) Bulk Transportation System. The LMP is a package deal – with equipment and services bundled into a cost-efficient solution for industrial and commercial energy consumers that aren’t currently connected to the gas network.

Energtek’s LMP trumps challenges associated with the building of new infrastructure to accommodate new gas lines, such as high upfront capital costs, long-term return and land-use problems. The system offers a feasibility study, project engineering and the adjustment of equipment design as needed, as well as equipment manufacturing and installation,

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Energtek Inc., a leading developer of Adsorbed Natural Gas (ANG) technology, announced that its subsidiary Moregastech India Private Limited anticipates reporting its first revenues during the final quarter of this year.

Moregastech India has a preliminary agreement for joint activities with an Indian entity that receives and distributes natural gas via India’s existing pipeline infrastructure. Gas from the pipeline is to be transported to regional industrial and commercial consumers using Energtek’s proprietary Low-pressure Mobile Pipeline (LMP(TM)) bulk transportation technology. Revenues will be generated from the distribution and sale of natural gas.

Potential revenues, even for the relatively small projects foreseen by the companies, are substantial. According to the press release, initial joint distribution activities are expected to generate revenues of over $5,000,000 (USD) in 2010; over $12,000,000 (USD) in 2011; approximately $20,000,000 (USD) in 2012; and increasing amounts from then on.

Energtek believes the plans for joint activity

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In the last couple of years, much focus has been made about rising energy costs. The fluctuations in the price of coal, oil, and gas have turned many American’s thoughts on how to reduce their daily consumption of energy. The issue is not exclusive to the United States. Worldwide consumption of power is at an all-time high. Axial Vector Motors Corporation (AVXV.PK) has a line of high-power coreless electric generators that can increase the amount of power available to end-users.

Studies have shown that at least 50% of the electricity produced worldwide is consumed by inefficient electric motors. In China more than half of the electricity is used by electric motors. China currently produces more than 40GW of motors of which 90% are 0.55kW to 200kW three-phase motors. The motor systems built in China are vastly less efficient than those built in the United

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Atlantic Energy Solutions, Inc. is an Energy Efficiency Company focused on developing and financing energy efficiency projects for all types of buildings. The company’s core business is creating positive cash flows, reducing expenses, increasing net operating incomes through energy efficiency projects.

The company provides technical and administrative expertise for the betterment of healthcare, educational, corporate and municipal entities through energy efficiency. Their services focus on energy and financial strategies to achieve comprehensive, innovative and cost-beneficial improvements.

Headquartered in Saratoga Springs, NY and with a satellite office in Fairfield, NJ, Atlantic Energy Solutions assesses the energy demands and usages of municipal, corporate and industrial complexes to improve conservation and apply measures to boaster savings at the consumer level.

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The IEA confirms what I've been saying all along: There isn't enough oil supply on the planet to meet demand. And that's not about to change anytime soon. A new oil supply crunch looms as oil companies have put the brakes on sorely needed investment to increase oil production to satisfy future demand and to offset the accelerating declines of today's aging fields. This at a time when opportunities to invest are more constrained than ever. Bullish for oil? You bet. My longer-term target of $200 oil remains intact.   Energy agency warns of supply crunchNovember 12, 2008, LONDON (AP) — The International Energy Agency on Wednesday called for massive investment in producing more oil to prevent a supply squeeze in coming years, saying energy demand will rise 1.6 percent a year on average between 2006 and 2030.The IEA's base scenario for energy demand has fallen due to

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Today, the very large and rapidly growing number of electric motors, many that are highly inefficient, consume nearly 50% of the world’s electricity. In the USA alone, the Department of Energy (DoE) reports that electric motors consume almost 60% of all generated electrical power. A rather surprising statistic shows refrigeration for homes and offices consumes nearly 10% of the world’s energy. Electric motors powering the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) systems in commercial buildings account for approximately 50% of the building’s total electric costs.

Axial Vector Engine Corp (AXVC.PK) is a publicly traded global solutions company that owns, develops, and licenses revolutionary combustion engine and electric power generator technologies for use in automotive, power generation, appliance, and military application. Their patent-pending “axial flux” engine and generator set (GENSET) technologies produce highly efficient, cost-effective, and environmentally sensitive multi-fuel engines

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China Energy Corp. (”CEC”), through its subsidiaries, harvests and processes raw coal, as well as running a thermoelectric heat and power plant. CEC is an American-owned company that conducts it business in the Xuan Jia Wan District of Zhunger County, Inner Mongolia. This is an autonomous region of the People’s Republic of China, though power generation in the area is still highly regulated by the Chinese government.

The first of CEC’s two subsidiaries is known as The Inner Mongolia TeHong Coal and Power Company (a.k.a. “Coal Group”). By way of a major stake in the Lai Ye Gou Coal Mine, Coal Group currently produces about 500,000 tons of raw coal annually, though plans to enhance production and boost this figure to 1,200,000 are underway. It supplies large and middle-mass, as well as powdered coal to several power plants in the region. In 2007, the China Coal Industry Association named Coal

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To see an expert ply his trade is often a beautiful thing. But to watch Gerhard Schröder do what apparently he does best, which is to push Russian interests in the West in exchange for hundreds of thousands of euros, is an often revolting, stomach-churning disgrace. Shouldn't we expect higher moral conduct from our former heads of state? Somebody should really let the former chancellor of Germany know that he actually is probably doing more damage than good in representing Russia. Moscow deserves a more credible voice in Europe, and it's hard to believe anything this guy says even when he might have a point. Yesterday, for example, he gave a speech before a German-Russian business group in Dresden, extolling the virtues of uncritically aligning Germany's interests with Russia - the subtext of which was of course ...

Holding the world’s largest natural gas reserves, Russia is the world’s largest natural gas exporter. Its gas and oil industries make up a quarter of the Russian economy’s GDP, while employing less than 1 percent of the Rusian workforce. Gas and oil comprise roughly two-fifths of all Russian exports, making many investors cautious if not wary of investing in the resource-dependent market.

Despite start-up projects as part of what’s known as “production-sharing agreement”, experts say the trouble is getting these products (many of which are in Western Siberia) to market. Russia is short on deep-sea ports and capacity has not yet caught up to production. Producing about seven million barrels of oil each day, Russia can only ship about four million barrels using major pipelines, with the rest being transported via river or rail.

Though there are plans in the making such as the one to build a pipeline under the Baltic …