One of the largest Western…
Despite some scaling back in…
Africa, particularly nations like Guyana…
Bottom Line: The decision by Jordan’s Edgo Energy to relinquish its offshore exploration license opens up opportunities for new explorers but highlights two key problems: the technical difficulty of drilling…
Americans pay more for gas than they do for vehicles on average, and the Union of Concerned Scientists has set out to demonstrate exactly where all the money goes.
The U.S. Energy Department said domestic crude oil production has increased so far this year. By 2014, the department said oil production should be close to the 8 million barrel…
One of the most beloved terms of wargamers is “sea lines of communication,” or SLOCs.For the past several years the Pentagon has been preoccupied in planning for possible…
On Monday, USA Today reported that the price of gasoline hit $3.60 a gallon for the first time since October — an early start in comparison to the usual…
The oil super majors haven’t done anything terribly impressive in the past five years—a period that has seen the juniors shine in places like Iraqi Kurdistan, and even in Texas.
“Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfilment,” French philosopher Jean Baudrillard once said. Substitute “forecasts” for the word “statistics,” and you’ll have a good understanding of the…
The matter we see around us such as houses and trees, people and pets, and all the stars and galaxies make up only a few percent of everything in our…
Here we go again—US gas prices are increasing, with AAA putting the average price at around $3.50+, and drivers wondering if they’ll ever figure out how to predict prices at…
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waded cautiously into the debate surrounding the planned Keystone XL oil pipeline during last week's meetings with his Canadian counterpart. Supporters describe the project…
After a few years when the practice was declining, flaring of natural gas is back in the news. (See, for example, Flares take shine off fracking boom in the…
Those who have been told that oil production is booming may be wondering why the prices of oil and gasoline are climbing again.
Ohio State University engineers are testing a clean coal technology that harnesses the energy of coal producing heat while capturing 99% of the carbon dioxide produced in the reaction. …
If you think BP Plc. is faring poorly after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and its subsequent suspension from government contracts, consider this: its Pentagon contracts had already doubled…
A major change could be in the works for Russia’s citizenry for their water and sewerage bills.RussHydro, the Russian Federation’s largest hydropower company, wants to take over management…
The Street thinks oil price differentials stem from lack of pipelines. That's only partly true, says Keith Schaefer, editor of Oil & Gas Investments Bulletin, arguing that limited refinery capacity…
I wrote the following in a previous posting but there are a number of points of issue, which I shall now address. In particular, the aspect of the apparent…
Energy development on public lands …. full speed ahead.Whoever believed that Obama was an enemy of fossil fuels should hit up the Superdome in New Orleans on 20…
I view oil through a 25-year career of daily engagement in the futures markets. It’s not the standard Wall Street view. I can’t describe how all that experience…
It’s time to dig below the surface for good energy investments—way below the surface. The future of energy will be shaped in large part by new technology, the heart of…