Energy

Nov 23, 2011 at 17:07 | Environmental Finance

Growing fears about the EU’s economy have prompted a new wave of downgrades of carbon price forecasts – but a prediction by UBS that prices could slump to €3 ($4.06)…

Nov 22, 2011 at 18:04 | Gail Tverberg

Back in February, I wrote a post called Why are WTI and Brent Prices so Different? In it, I talked about a number of issues, including pipeline issues, contributing…

Nov 22, 2011 at 17:59 | John Daly

Greek-Turkish antagonism in the eastern Mediterranean is one of the region’s more unhappy and long-lasting stories. In a sign however of the benefits of Turkish Foreign Minister Ahemet Davutoglu’s avowed…

Nov 22, 2011 at 17:41 | Robert Rapier

The following is a lengthy essay explaining why I would approve the Keystone pipeline despite finding myself on the side of those concerned over the negative environmental impact of tar…

Nov 22, 2011 at 17:38 | James Burgess

After three months of meetings, discussions and political squabbling, the Congressional “super committee” burdened with the task of reducing the US federal budget by $1.5trillion over the next ten years…

Nov 22, 2011 at 08:47 | James Hamilton

The price of West Texas Intermediate has risen almost $10 a barrel since the start of September, and briefly bumped back above $100 a barrel this week. Here's why I…

Nov 22, 2011 at 07:49 | John Daly

In 1961, the USSR’s placement of ballistic missiles in Cuba ignited a missile crisis that brought the world to the brink of nuclear conflict. Fifty years later, the last four…

Nov 22, 2011 at 07:37 | MasterResource

The U.S. Department of Energy publishes periodic reports on federal government subsidies to energy production in the U.S.  These reports total up the costs of direct financial support…

Nov 20, 2011 at 10:23 | John Daly

The year 2011 has proved a mixed blessing for Israel’s energy industry. On the down side, on 10 November Egypt’s Oil Ministry said that Egypt's $500 million East Mediterranean Gas…

Nov 20, 2011 at 10:21 | John Daly

Kazakhstan’s international energy image is now that of one of the world’s rising oil exporters, an extraordinary feat given that, two decades ago its hydrocarbon output was beyond insignificant when…

Nov 20, 2011 at 10:07 | FX Empire

January Natural Gas futures finished lower for the week despite news from the U.S. Energy Information Administration that natural gas inventories rose less-than-expected last week. The move to 3.463 put…

Nov 20, 2011 at 09:42 | FX Empire

January Crude Oil futures succumbed to selling pressure last week, reaching a high at $103.37 and forming a closing price reversal top. Once confirmed, this pattern often leads to a…

Nov 17, 2011 at 16:50 | Gail Tverberg

In recent years, we have heard statements indicating that it is possible to decouple GDP growth from energy growth. I have been looking at the relationship between world GDP and…

Nov 17, 2011 at 16:38 | Breakthrough Institute

In the wake of Solyndra's failure, pundits have latched on to a simple, compelling narrative: government can't do energy right. From synfuels to solar panels to "clean coal" (written, inevitably,…

Nov 16, 2011 at 17:22 | John Daly

In October Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff made a state visit to Africa, consisting of South Africa, Mozambique and Angola. Quick – what was President Roussef’s insider edge in Mozambique and…

Nov 16, 2011 at 17:04 | Tom Murphy

If we adopt solar and wind as major components of our energy infrastructure as we are weaned from fossil fuels, we have to solve the energy storage problem in a…

Nov 15, 2011 at 17:00 | MasterResource

Opponents of fossil fuels have long championed solar power and wind power as replacements. Unfortunately, there is no evidence that solar and wind can provide the cheap, plentiful, reliable energy…

Nov 15, 2011 at 16:58 | John Daly

In a development that surprises no-one except armchair analysts, trouble is brewing in Iraq over the sharing of oil revenues between Iraq’s largely autonomous Kurdish region and the central authorities…

Nov 15, 2011 at 16:49 | Stuart Burns

Two countries have significant reserves: Poland, at an EIA-estimated 187 trillion cubic feet; and France, at 180 trillion cubic feet; both have enough to make them gas independent for decades,…

Nov 14, 2011 at 17:49 | John Daly

China, flush with cash, is on a global search to acquire any and all overseas energy assets. China Petrochemical Corp., known more familiarly as the Sinopec Group, Asia's biggest refiner,…