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Oil and Misinformation: The Truth about Oil Companies

Aug 02, 2011 at 08:03

In my travels around the globe, I have never been to another country that regards their oil companies as we do here in the U.S. I have actually been in…

Are High Fuel Taxes the Answer to Solving our Energy Problems?

Aug 02, 2011 at 07:52

Some time ago an economist with whom I had an extensive exchange suggested that the best way to incentivize an energy transition would be to tax what we don't want…

Promising Economic and Environmental Developments in Oil Sands Production

Aug 02, 2011 at 07:47

Canadian oil sands producers are making progress on many fronts, to produce a cleaner and more environmentally friendly product, in ever greater quantities. Brian Wang discusses the N-Solv Process, and…

The Death of the Bond Vigilantes

Aug 01, 2011 at 18:00

Back in the seventies and eighties, when inflation was soaring well into double digits, the markets were regularly punished by a band of gun slinging traders known as the “bond…

Debt Ceiling Agreement Pushes Crude Oil Prices Higher

Aug 01, 2011 at 08:50

Crude oil futures were up on Monday, recouping steep losses from the previous session as fears over a possible U.S. default eased after the White House announced an agreement to…

The Quiet Revolution: Latin America Moving Away from Washington’s Influence

Aug 01, 2011 at 07:22

Perhaps the biggest foreign-policy story of the past decade, thoroughly overlooked by the American media after 9/11 and its subsequent monomaniacal focus on terrorism, security and the wars in Iraq…

Jesters, Economics, and American Dollar Supremacy

Aug 01, 2011 at 07:18

The debt debate has been going on all summer, a 2 months and running theatrical experience of court jesters parading about while the United States economy teeters on the edge.…

Natural Gas Analysis for the Week of August 1, 2011

Aug 01, 2011 at 07:15

September Natural Gas futures prices fell close to 6.0% last week and closed in a position to challenge the early July bottom at 4.067 and a pair of major bottoms…

Biofuels and Tequila: Agave May Make a Suitable Ethanol Crop

Aug 01, 2011 at 07:12

Grab the lime and salt!  Tequila may soon offer more than just delicious frozen margaritas.  Researchers find that the agave plant, used to distill the famous Mexican spirit, may also…

GDP is Another Bucket of Cold Water

Jul 31, 2011 at 10:41

Another bucket of cold water was thrown on financial markets on Friday with the shocking release of Q2 GDP of 1.3%. The whisper number prior to the release was at…

Crude Oil Analysis for the Week of August 1, 2011

Jul 31, 2011 at 09:22

September Crude Oil futures declined 1.8% to $95.70 on Friday after a weaker than expected U.S. GDP report signaled the economy may be growing at a slower than expected pace.…

Will Namibia Become Another Pawn on China's Global Energy Chessboard?

Jan 16, 2012 at 21:42

Western investors can be forgiven for having the perception that China has bought Africa's energy assets lock, stock and barrel. Last month however, a new oil frontier opened in South…

Venezuela to Compensate American Oil Companies for Nationalization?

Jul 29, 2011 at 07:51

If Cuba's Fidel Castro is America's favorite Latin American bête noire, then Venezuela's Hugo Chavez qualifies as Washington's reigning Prince of Darkness. In 1960, Fidel Castro nationalized US business…

The Offshore Oil Industry and Hurricane Season

Jul 29, 2011 at 07:29

The summer brings back Hurricane season, with the threat that such storms bring to the oil and gas well operations in the Gulf of Mexico. And the National Oceanic and…

Biofuels Stepping up to Replace Petroleum in Plastic & Chemicals Manufacturing

Jul 29, 2011 at 07:24

As the price of petroleum edges up in fits and starts, booms and busts, substitution products are coming on board to replace petroleum in many uses -- including fuels, plastics,…

The Problem with China’s Booming Green Economy

Jul 29, 2011 at 07:22

China’s fast-growing green economy could provide millions of new jobs in the coming decade, according to a study from the Worldwatch Institute. The environmental research group estimates that 4.5 million…

Can we Expect a Sharp Correction in the Gold Price Before Year end?

Jul 29, 2011 at 07:18

A review of the gold price written by Robin Bew, chief economist at HSBC Bank, proposes that the gold price is in danger of entering bubble territory and predicts a…

Something Extraordinary is Happening in the Russian Federation

Jul 28, 2011 at 08:21

Nine decades after Lenin and his Bolsheviks imposed Communism on the Russian empire and two decades after the implosion of the USSR, some of the country’s largest industrial conglomerates retained…

Oil and Ethics: Why PEMEX Needs to Emulate Statoil

Jul 28, 2011 at 08:18

A lot of the problems that are happening with PEMEX is due to poor allocation of funds by the government. Whether they are overspending on social programs or just taking…

The Implications of Germany Decision to End Their Nuclear Energy Programme

Jul 28, 2011 at 08:11

Germany’s anti-nuclear movement is the poster-boy of its kind in Europe, even worldwide. Over the course of nearly forty years this potent, enduring campaign swayed German public opinion decisively against…

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