Chevron will no longer pursue plans to increase oil development at the declining Cook Inlet fields in Alaska and will cut its production workforce at the site by 10%. Reduced operational work and economic setbacks prompted the layoffs decision, the company said. Rigzone.com/McClatchy-Tribune Information Services
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Mobile ads gain momentum, but heyday still coming
This year, $416 million is expected to be spent on mobile advertising in the U.S., per eMarketer, which equals about two weeks worth of spending on search marketing. Adweek’s Brian Morrissey examines what’s needed to take mobile to the next level. Adweek
FDA approves Gloucester’s drug for rare skin cancer
Gloucester Pharmaceuticals received FDA approval for Istodax, a small-molecule treatment for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. CEO Alan Colowick said the biotech startup plans to introduce the drug in January. The Boston Globe
Report: Number of oil, gas rigs increased last week
The continued rise in drilling activity in the U.S. prompted an increase in the number of oil and gas rigs last week, according to oilfield services company Baker Hughes. Compared with the week before, the number of total rigs last week increased by nine, to 1,078, while the number of gas rigs increased by six, to 734, the company reported. The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires
Group touts benefits of natural gas
Lawmakers should look into the benefits natural gas can offer to renewable-energy development and energy security, America’s Natural Gas Alliance President Rod Lowman said. “Climate and energy legislation, which aims to reduce America’s carbon footprint and enhance our energy security, must encourage the use of abundant, clean, American natural gas,” he added. United Press International
Biofuels could fill almost 10% of transport needs by 2030, oil exec saysv
Next-generation biofuels could supply nearly 10% of global demand for transportation fuel by 2030, said BP CEO Tony Hayward during an industry conference in London. He also mentioned that renewable fuels have “more significant” potential than electric cars in securing a clean-energy future.
Hayward, however, recommended against “a revolution” in changing the existing energy mix, which is dominated by fossil fuels. Such moves risk “rendering the entire global effort both politically and economically unsustainable, and I don’t believe the world can afford that,” he added. New York Times, The/Green Inc.
Ethanol businesses help Nebraska control its unemployment rate
Nebraska’s ethanol industry directly employs about 1,000 people and helps the state keep its unemployment level at 4.9%, compared with the U.S. average of 9.8%. Corn supplier Jeff Shaner said rising oil prices have boosted the ethanol sector after a long period of financial struggles. Shaner, however, is keeping an eye on the future of corn as an ethanol feedstock, citing the food-versus-fuel debate and developments in using other sources such as switchgrass to make fuel. CNN
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