The NOAA picture below predicts the potential path the Gulf Oil Spill could take. This is where it could have spread to by the end…
In April 2010, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan made public his newly released “Economic strategy of Turkmenistan: Relying on the people, for the sake of…
"The numbers in this report can't be right -- and yet the market is reacting to them!" -- there's a complaint we've heard so many…
There had been disturbing news and reports emanating from the Niger Delta oil basin of Nigeria in recent times. On Monday March 15, 2010, a…
On March 11, 2010, the Honorable Leonard Sand, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, denied the Republic of Ecuador’s Petition to…
Increasingly, it would seem the government is intent on curbing speculation and contract ownership of core commodities. Starting last summer, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission,…
Over the next year or two, you will likely find yourself paying a LOT more at the gas pump. Big changes are taking place in…
U.S. markets calmed Monday on good earnings news but Asian markets remained roiled overnight, down about 2 percent across the region. The Yen rose, reflecting…
“When you think of Canada, which qualities come to mind: the world's peacekeeper, the friendly nation, a liberal counterweight to the harsher pieties of its…
Climate Change is having a great impact on global perspectives, which is leading Governments and Businesses to take a serious look at Carbon Sequestration (CCS.)…
Is the term “clean coal” an oxymoron? That’s a hot question for politicians, the energy industry and environmentalists, alike. While the words seem intuitively clear,…
Both solar and wind power are creative ideas that may one day prove to be of value, but sadly, after 40 years of concerted efforts,…
News spreads quickly throughout the energy industry, especially when that news is good! The “Energy Crisis” may very well be over, long before it ever…
The costs of Global Warming are tremendous, estimates of course vary but most figures put out are in the trillions. So what does this mean…
Have you ever stopped to consider just what it is about gold that makes it so special and valuable? How is it that while gold…
The world continues to thirst for oil with in an ever increasing fervor, yet simultaneously struggles to fully grasp and appreciate the obstacles encountered by…
Some people arbitrarily speak about oil as if it is a single, indistinguishably homogenous substance without any unique differentiation, but this is actually not the…
Oil, oil, toil and trouble: As oil prices hover in the high $70's per barrel, market commentators wonder how long Americans can maintain their dependence on fossil…
As the politics and philosophical arguments about “Peak Oil” continue to rage, science continues to move steadily onward, progressively creating new and better ways to…
Two overwhelming environmental calamities, simultaneously banging at the door of our consciousness, may very well be more closely related than you might originally think. Calamity…