There are a number of…
Rystad Energy concluded that global…
As they say in Game of Thrones, “winter is coming.”In the popular TV series, winter carries a foreboding connotation, but in the real world, the icy fingers of…
Anticipating blackouts has become a new national sport in the UK. I can recall blackouts as a child. I’m guessing this was during the first 1974 oil shock when OPEC…
Most of the chatter about climate change ahead of the G20 Summit in Brisbane was how Prime Minister Tony Abbott was refusing to allow global warming to be on the…
If sensational headlines are to be believed, the recent drop in oil prices signals the end of the U.S. shale boom. The reality, however, is likely to be more about…
Politics, Geopolitics and Conflict No Respite for Libyan Oil Last week, gunmen took control of Libya’s major El Sharara oilfield. The field was being guarded by…
Natural Gas Outlook A two-week short-covering rally triggered a surge in March 2015 Natural Gas futures, but a change in the fundamentals…
Wind and solar have long-been dogged by their intermittency, but one Texas utility hopes to build enough battery storage capacity to resolve fluctuating electricity generation in its home state. Battery…
At first glance, the agreement between China and the United States to impose new limits on their greenhouse gas emissions looks like an effort for significant cooperation between two huge…
The 26th, and perhaps most anticipated, iteration of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit concluded Tuesday, kicking off a busy week for several of the world’s most powerful leaders. The…
Oil is down again. The price of Brent crude, which moves US gasoline prices, is below $100 a barrel for the first time (save a single month) in five years.…
A new comprehensive report from the IEA has revealed some interesting energy trends taking place in Africa, with potential for huge growth and development. With 30% of global oil…
Source: New York Daily News Election Day 2014, voters in the City of Denton, Texas, a…
With oil prices low and showing no sign of an immediate rebound, the industry is beginning to pull back on spending. Oil prices have dropped around 30 percent since…
In a clear understatement, particularly with regard to the direction of energy policy, President Obama remarked: “Obviously, Republicans had a good night.” The GOP reclaimed control of the Senate…
Pro-fracking campaign in the global media is fading fast. A year or two ago the extraction method suitable for the Arizona desert…
One of the most frustrating bits of legislation affecting the oil industry looks to be slowly eroding, if not completely. The ban on U.S. oil exports goes back to 1975,…
There is an enormous sense of relief in the U.S. at the moment. Not necessarily because the Republican Party won the mid-term elections, but just because they are over and…
Natural Gas Outlook Natural gas producers may have set a record for stockpile additions in the last week in October, but this didn’t sway traders who continued to push the…
One of the biggest complaints levelled at the energy industry when it comes to fracking involves the amount of water used in the process of cracking open layers of shale…
For a country of the size and complexity of India, there can be no easy solution to a problem as fundamental as giving the whole country access to steady power.…