James Stafford

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James Stafford is the Editor of Oilprice.com

Latest articles from James

• How to Play the UK Fracking Game

  Published 24 May 2013 | viewed 167 times

  Since it lifted the moratorium in December, the United Kingdom has taken its new fracking “freedom” to the limit, granting more than 300 licenses to…

• Weekly Energy Update: Hunt for the Next Bakken & The fate of Keystone XL

  Published 24 May 2013 | viewed 999 times

  Again, US natural gas exports; the fate of Keystone XL; a few misses in the hunt for the next Bakken; an upcoming interview you don’t…

• US LNG Exports … Who We Like

  Published 17 May 2013 | viewed 1,196 times

  This is it … the US Department of Energy is expected to decide on US natural gas exports this summer, and President Barack Obama has…

• This Week in Energy: The Natural Gas Games Begin

  Published 17 May 2013 | viewed 2,511 times

  Let the natural gas export games begin; acronymic US oil and gas forecasts intended to shock and awe; a decisively bad turn for the petro-politics…

• $100,000 Gift to Readers from OilPrice.com

  Published 14 May 2013 | viewed 1,010 times

  Stay ahead of the crowd with$100,000 worth of energy investing intelligence FREE for one month: See why the CIA, Department of Defense, major oil companies,…

• Energy Update: Natural Gas is on Everyone’s Mind

  Published 10 May 2013 | viewed 2,185 times

  US production reaches its highest level in decades; advanced drilling and supercomputing light the way for even more output and sweet new finds; coal languishes…

• This Week in Energy: Big News for the Bakken

  Published 03 May 2013 | viewed 2,327 times

  Drought - again; big news for Bakken and Three Forks; the Russia-Poland-Ukraine gas drama; an unexpected Shell resignation; and the best to come in this…

• A Unique Service that Helps Energy Companies Get Massive Media Exposure

  Published 29 April 2013 | viewed 1,290 times

  Oilprice.com has spent months putting together a unique promotional and sponsorship service for energy companies that is unlike any other marketing package available in the…

• Could MLP’s be Embraced by the Renewable Energy Sector

  Published 26 April 2013 | viewed 2,620 times

  MLPs may be the answer to clean energy’s investment woes; the ripple effects of the EU’s carbon trading shenanigans spread; bad news for hybrids as…

• This Week in Energy: Clean Energy Investment Woes

  Published 18 April 2013 | viewed 1,695 times

  Clean energy investment woes; talk of the end days of fossil fuel subsidies; the death knell for Europe’s carbon market; a new (hydrocarbons) theory on…

• Genel Energy: A Junior Packing a Big Punch

  Published 12 April 2013 | viewed 2,368 times

  I’ve been following Genel Energy of Turkey for a while now, not least because of my obsession with the potentially catastrophic but otherwise fantastic venue…

• Weekly Energy Update: Is the Renewable Energy Sector in Retreat

  Published 05 April 2013 | viewed 2,239 times

  Energy gets cleaner, but its money gets dirtier; renewable energy suffers more ups and downs; the oil and gas industry balks at a new EPA…

• Massive New Opportunities in Advanced Fracking

  Published 05 April 2013 | viewed 2,688 times

  Hydraulic fracking is an expensive, complicated and dirty endeavor. That is the present reality. But new technology already being employed and even more promising ideas…

• Gambling on Methane Hydrates: Risk Outpaces Reward - For Now

  Published 01 April 2013 | viewed 2,645 times

  Everyone’s so excited about Japan’s successful extraction of natural gas from methane hydrates trapped in crystalized formation under the sea floor. The headlines are certainly…

• Oilprice.com Intelligence Report: The IMF vs. Energy Subsidies

  Published 30 March 2013 | viewed 1,959 times

  The IMF jumps into the climate change debate with a headline-grabbing carbon tax proposal; Dr John Abrahams talks to us about climate change realities; the…

• Energy Intelligence Report: Profit from Gazprom's Crumbling Hegemony

  Published 25 March 2013 | viewed 1,283 times

  Two months ago we launched our premium service Oil & Energy Insider and I thought the best way of introducing the service to our readers…

• This Week in Energy - Methane Hydrates, Ethanol Mandate & Oil Market Movements

  Published 15 March 2013 | viewed 1,890 times

  America’s ethanol mandate under fire for jumping the gun; Obama prepares to announce a $2 billion “oil-pays-for-clean-car-research” plan; Japan storms international scene with methane hydrate…

• LNG Technology: The Holy Grail of Gas Investments

  Published 08 March 2013 | viewed 2,175 times

  Liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology—from LNG seaborne tankers and LNG trains to floating LNG facilities have quickly gone from concept to commercialization, opening up new…

• This Week in Energy: Sequester Day - What it Means for the Energy Sector

  Published 01 March 2013 | viewed 1,944 times

  Happy Sequester Day—but don’t’ expect any celebration from the energy industry; Forbes outs California as home to the two dirtiest cities in the US; China…

• This Week in Energy: Texans Take on Big Oil

  Published 22 February 2013 | viewed 2,586 times

  ‘Crazy’ Texans take on big oil; Australia’s richest miner takes on his own industry; the EU imposes anti-dumping tariff on US ethanol; February pump prices…