Energy

Jun 15, 2011 at 07:57 | Ferdinand E. Banks

In the summer of 2001, a few months before the 9-11 attacks on the Trade Towers and Pentagon, I was invited to Hong Kong as a visiting professor and university…

Jun 14, 2011 at 13:48 | Forex Pros

Natural gas futures edged lower on Tuesday, slumping to a three-day low after forecasts showed mild weather in the Northeastern U.S. states next week, reducing demand expectations for the fuel.…

Jun 14, 2011 at 08:49 | John Daly

An increasingly fractious maritime confrontation is developing in the South China Sea, with enormous implications for international companies interested in developing East Asia’s offshore hydrocarbon resources. Far from the radars…

Jun 14, 2011 at 08:34 | Brian Westenhaus

The financial crisis of 2008 and the high gasoline prices that have haunted consumers since has the Peak Oil debate pressuring enhanced oil recovery. Today there are many countries talking…

Jun 14, 2011 at 08:24 | James Hamilton

Stuart Staniford notes that the number of trucks and passenger vehicles in China has been growing at about 23% each year.

Jun 13, 2011 at 07:20 | Dave Summers

OPEC Ministers, meeting in Vienna last week, apparently had one of their more divisive discussions of recent times over the question of raising pumped volumes. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and…

Jun 13, 2011 at 07:11 | Brian Westenhaus

Exxon’s CEO Rex Tillerson announced back in March plans to spend $100 million a day for the next five years to expand the search for oil and natural gas previously…

Jun 13, 2011 at 07:04 | Post Carbon

The world is beginning to look a lot like the August of 1914 or perhaps the summer of 1939 all over again. This time instead of the great powers of…

Jun 10, 2011 at 07:29 | Robert Rapier

I was recently asked to participate in an energy roundtable at Focus on China’s Energy Future and the Shale Gas Question. It is no secret that I feel that…

Jun 10, 2011 at 07:23 | James Hamilton

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)  announced on Tuesday that its members could not reach an agreement to change OPEC's production quotas. How significant is that announcement? In…