Mr. Messler is an oilfield veteran, recently retired from a major service company. During his thirty-eight year career he worked on six-continents in field and office assignments. He currently maintains an independent training and consulting practice, and writes on energy related topics.
The worst energy security fears of spring and summer as regards the coming winter in the European Union-EU, have been somewhat allayed. Earlier this year…
It's been a rough couple of weeks in the energy market. As potential energy company investors, we are not sorry to see the back of…
Fracture stimulation of shale rock, conventionally known as “Fracking or Frac’ing,” has turned America into an energy powerhouse, over the last 12 years. This bounty…
Devon Energy, (NYSE: DVN), announced a deal with Delfin Midstream (privately held) on Monday September, 5th, to buy into a Floating Liquefied Natural Gas-FLNG vessel, yet…
Warren Buffett, through Berkshire Hathaway Inc., (NYSE:BRK.A), (NYSE:BRK.B) has been quietly amassing a significant stake in Occidental Petroleum, (NYSE:OXY). As of early August, he had…
Saudi Aramco, (ARMCO) reported Q-2, 2022 earnings this week and set tongues wagging with the sheer amount of cash being generated in its daily operations.…
The shale drilling boom that ended in March of 2020, as the full effects of the pandemic hit the economy, contributed to a surplus of…
Climate change and its perceived impacts from projected warming of the Earth through Anthropogenic Global Warming-AWG have instituted profound changes in how the world approaches…
In support of his trip to Saudi Arabia this week, President Biden penned an oped carried in the Washington Post on Saturday the 9th of…
The era of casually disposing of water of any type is coming to an end. Water resources, particularly "fresh" water, are moving up the value…
The South American country of Guyana is undergoing rapid development as a result of a string of offshore oil discoveries by ExxonMobil, NYSE:XOM). Announcements by…
Energy prices are top of mind for most people now. From a couple of years ago when fuel prices were low, the rapid rise has…
Oil prices are a common topic of conversation around the office water cooler these days. As you might expect, perspective matters. The folks at the…
There is a fairly blithe assumption in government circles that shale production can be raised at will. That assumption is about to be put to…
Executing a plan some eight years in the making, Russia invaded Ukraine at the end of February 2022. So savage, and indiscriminate was this attack…
The Biden administration has made no secret of their disdain for traditional energy sources that derive from petroleum sources, favoring instead, so-called “green energy” alternatives.…
Events occur in the energy market almost too fast to properly catalog these days. The torrent of information is cacophonous as one dire prediction for…
Offshore wind farms are proliferating around the world in pursuit of the shift to clean energy. Viewed almost as perpetual motion machines, virtually every country…
Recently, ExxonMobil, (NYSE:XOM), and Chevron, (NYSE:CVX) announced their intention to sharply ramp up production in their shale output by about 25% this year. The companies…
The signs are emerging that the era of cheap and widely available energy is drawing to a close. Around the world, people are discovering that…