CLIMATE CHANGE BOOSTS WEATHER FORECASTING ROLE FOR OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
January 1st, 2007
BY MARK ROWECLIMATE change is now widely accepted as taking place across the planet, with huge implications for all industries, and the energy sector is no exception. Predictions from expert weather organisations make unsettling reading: the long-range forecast is for extremes of temperatures and more violent weather, more often.Climate change has vast implications for the energy sector. Hotter weather may mean that the power cables that run through sun-parched soil reduce their output; sea level rises may affect coastal gas and oil power stations, and drier ...
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