Energy

Apr 18, 2011 at 09:26 | Dave Summers

I thought it worthwhile spending a post looking at the global prospects for gas shale. I am indebted to Art Berman for first bringing some of the problems to…

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 15, 2011 at 09:02 | David Caploe PhD

Last summer huge deposits of natural gas were found along Israel's northern coastline. As with almost everything having to do with that controversial country, both Israelis and others found this…

Apr 14, 2011 at 17:57 | Mad Hedge Fund Trader

Today’s surprise release of figures showing a shocking draw down in natural gas supplies throws a great spotlight on what has undoubtedly been the red headed step child of the…

Apr 14, 2011 at 08:55 | The Oil Drum

Oil importing nations have long treated Saudi Arabia as an infinitely deep well of crude oil supplies. In 2005, Matt Simmon’s book Twilight in the Desert did much to call…

Apr 14, 2011 at 08:16 | Charles Hugh Smith

The reasons for oil to keep rising are well known--perhaps too well known. Let's look at some charts to illustrate the swirling currents in the global oil market. Why do…

Apr 14, 2011 at 08:06 | Dave Summers

The popular protests among the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are continuing to roil, and so, rather than the review of the countries that I have…

Apr 13, 2011 at 09:38 | Dave Summers

I have recently reviewed the predictions made by BP and ExxonMobil as they relate to energy supply and demand in the years to 2030. Shell has just

Apr 13, 2011 at 09:34 | Professor Chris Rhodes

I attended a fascinating event last night - a Cafe' Scientifique meeting held in the town of Reading in South East England. Last month it was me in the bear-pit,…

Apr 13, 2011 at 09:12 | David Caploe PhD

BP’s investment with Russia's national oil company, Rosneft, was announced in January, it was generally seen as a coup, giving BP access to exploration licenses in one of the world’s…

Apr 13, 2011 at 09:08 | Stuart Burns

Not all commentators are convinced the speed of oil price rises or the heights to which they have risen are purely down to fundamentals. Since 2003 the value of the…

Apr 12, 2011 at 08:35 | Dian L. Chu

At a press conference on March 11, President Obama indicated that a plan was 'teed up', and that he would move quickly to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), if…

Apr 12, 2011 at 08:18 | Robert Rapier

Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich recently warned that the U.S. is likely headed back into recession: The Economic Truth That Nobody Will Admit: We’re Heading Back Toward a…

Apr 12, 2011 at 08:15 | Stuart Burns

The oil price has been relentlessly rising, widely seen as being driven by a mix of fundamentals such as Asian demand exceeding supply, and fear of supply disruption caused in…

Apr 11, 2011 at 09:12 | David Caploe PhD

As the world watches in horror as the Fukushima disaster continues to unfold, it forces a new look at an on-going global revolution in perhaps the least environmentally destructive fossil…

Apr 11, 2011 at 08:09 | Brian Westenhaus

We’ve long known that garbage piled up on landfills weep and leak methane gas.  Its even harvested and being put to use in many places.  Researchers had a hard time…

Apr 11, 2011 at 08:03 | Al Fin

There are over 1.3 trillion barrels of untapped oil under the seafloors. But what is the safest way of retrieving all of that oil -- much of it at deadly…

Apr 09, 2011 at 08:17 | Professor Chris Rhodes

Political tensions in the Middle East once again remind us of the fragile dependency of the Western nations on imported petroleum, which have driven the price of a barrel of…

Apr 08, 2011 at 10:17 | Bruce Krasting

Good article on corn this morning by Smart Money Europe (Zero Hedge link). The bottom line is that corn is sitting at a two year high. Reading SME you…

Apr 08, 2011 at 09:24 | Allen Gilmer

Lot's of people are discussing the HBO movie "Gasland" which has aired on HBO. I encourage everyone to watch it, if, for no other reason than as a starting point…