Energy / Gas Prices

May 14, 2011 at 19:07 | Dian L. Chu

The Reuters Jefferies CRB Index is down 8% so far in May with almost every single commodity in the index registering red. Even the ongoing geopolitical tension in the Middle…

Apr 26, 2011 at 09:19 | Robert Rapier

Summer is approaching, and that typically means rising gas prices. And when gas prices rise, our political leaders generally start looking around for someone to blame. Over the past few…

Apr 15, 2011 at 09:09 | Dave Summers

I paid $50 to fill my tank at a gas station in Maine this morning, at a cost of almost $4 a gallon. When the Actress muttered some comment of…

Apr 07, 2011 at 07:05 | Dian L. Chu

Yes, that's right!  The same Big Banks that taxpayers bailed out during the financial crisis are now jacking up oil and gasoline prices (Fig. 1), thus making consumers pay yet…

Mar 31, 2011 at 05:05 | Robert Rapier

This past week I had an article published in the Washington Post called Five Myths about Gas Prices. I will discuss each particular myth in detail below, but the…

Feb 23, 2011 at 07:28 | Bruce Krasting

Is $4 Gas in the Next few Months a Foregone Conclusion For years there has been a large supply of crude floating on big oil tankers. A significant portion of…

Feb 15, 2011 at 08:02 | Business Insider

U.S. gasoline prices have jumped to the highest levels ever for the middle of February. The national average hit $3.127 per gallon on Friday, about 50 cents above a year…

Jan 19, 2011 at 12:37 | James Hamilton

On Friday Reuters reported: Rising gasoline prices beat down U.S. consumer sentiment in early January, overshadowing an improved job outlook and passage of temporary federal tax breaks, a survey…

Nov 25, 2010 at 11:32 | Dave Forest

The world is seeing an unprecedented build-out in liquified natural gas (LNG) capacity. Look at the chart below, from energy advisors Point Carbon. In 2009, worldwide LNG export capacity rose…

Apr 06, 2010 at 19:00 | Dave Forest

It's finally happening. Gas producers are starting to crack. With the natural gas to oil price ratio running at a nearly-unprecedented 21-to-1 ($86.80 per barrel for crude versus $4.12 per…

Mar 25, 2010 at 15:27 | Darrell Delamaide

Royal Dutch Shell further intensified its relationship with China in a new 30-year accord to appraise and develop tight gas reserves in the Sichuan basin. The new project in the…

Mar 10, 2010 at 02:08 | Darrell Delamaide

PetroChina joined with Royal Dutch Shell in a bid for Australian coal-seam gas producer Arrow Energy as Asian countries scramble for a stake in the vast energy resources at their…

Mar 08, 2010 at 22:01 | Darrell Delamaide

Chevron has acquired exploration rights for four shale gas concessions in southeastern Poland, the U.S. oil giant said in a recent SEC filing, joining other international companies in the hunt…

Mar 03, 2010 at 17:46 | Dave Forest

The Russian gas giant this week said it will allow up to 15% of its gas sales to Europe to be sold at spot gas prices on the continent. This…

Dec 29, 2009 at 20:36 | Dave Forest

ExxonMobil's buyout of XTO Energy was the story of December. It might be the story of 2009. But equally important are the details now emerging about the deal. Particularly the…

Oct 17, 2009 at 15:19 | Joseph Dancy

Last week the Energy Information Administration released their ‘EIA-914’ report on natural gas production in the U.S. for the month of July. Production decreased 0.7 bcf/day from the previous month—a…

Jul 24, 2009 at 07:48 | Editorial Dept

Gas prices have changed significantly over the past year as a number of factors have affected the price of crude oil which directly impacts the price at the pump. Many…