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  • The U.S. Ethanol Industry Is Under Attack

    Published 21 April 2018 | viewed 26,384 times

    Jerry Jung’s passion for reforming the nation’s ethanol laws started when he noticed that the monarch butterflies had vanished from his hobby farm north of Clare, Michigan.…

  • Could Natural Gas Threaten Permian Oil Production?

    Published 18 April 2018 | viewed 18,465 times

    In a recent article, I provided a firsthand look at the booming oil production in the Permian Basin. Notably, after 100 years of production, the Permian Basin…

  • Are Energy Investors Overlooking Master Limited Partnerships?

    Published 10 April 2018 | viewed 8,759 times

    For most of the past 25 years, there was no better investment for income-seeking investors than Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs). That changed with the oil…

  • Saudi Arabia To Fund Giant Solar Project With Oil Riches

    Published 07 April 2018 | viewed 22,648 times

    Modern Saudi Arabia has been built on the back of petroleum — an ancient resource that has been stored for millions of years underneath the…

  • Are We Sleepwalking Into The Next Oil Crisis?

    Published 02 April 2018 | viewed 68,031 times

    One school of thought is that future oil demand is set to decline because consumers will have better options. Many in this “peak demand” camp…

  • U.S. Petroleum Imports Could Fall To Zero In 2020

    Published 29 March 2018 | viewed 26,575 times

    In 2006, following 35 years of declining U.S. oil production, net monthly imports of crude oil and finished products had climbed to more than 13…

  • Is Another Oil Price War Looming?

    Published 14 March 2018 | viewed 20,484 times

    Recently, the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the International Energy Agency (IEA) and BP updated their outlooks for U.S. oil production. All of these projections have…

  • U.S. Sets New Monthly Oil Production Record

    Published 06 March 2018 | viewed 15,637 times

    In a recent post, I wrote that the U.S. would almost certainly set a new oil production record this year. I noted that the most recent data from the…

  • EIA’s Shocking U.S. Oil Production Predictions

    Published 01 March 2018 | viewed 64,968 times

    Between 2010 and 2015, annual oil production in the U.S. grew by four million barrels per day (BPD). Production dipped in 2016, but then U.S.…

  • The Benefits Of Higher U.S. Gasoline Taxes

    Published 26 February 2018 | viewed 20,024 times

    Recently Democratic Senator Tom Carper of Delaware said that President Trump was floating the possibility of a fuel tax increase of 25 cents per gallon to pay for…

  • The Billion Dollar Fuel Mandate Gone Wrong

    Published 21 February 2018 | viewed 8,932 times

    This year begins the ninth year of cellulosic ethanol mandates in the U.S. Today I want to give a brief review of cellulosic ethanol, review…

  • The U.S. Could Set 5 Energy Production Records This Year

    Published 08 February 2018 | viewed 8,308 times

    As I indicated in my previous article, I believe President Trump missed a golden opportunity to highlight energy in his State of the Union address last week.…

  • The State Of The (Energy) Union?

    Published 03 February 2018 | viewed 6,007 times

    During President Trump’s State of the Union address, the energy industry was scarcely mentioned. In fact, his full comments on energy were: “We have ended…

  • Self-Driving Cars Gain Acceptance

    Published 27 January 2018 | viewed 9,638 times

    Waymo Update Waymo is a self-driving car company created by Google. As I explained in an article last November, the company tests its self-driving cars in Chandler, Arizona…

  • Can Venezuela Save Its Oil Industry?

    Published 25 January 2018 | viewed 17,600 times

    The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Venezuela’s oil output in December fell by 11 percent, to 1.62 million barrels per day (BPD). That capped a decline…

  • A Look Inside The World’s Hottest Shale Play

    Published 22 January 2018 | viewed 12,229 times

    Boomtown Last week, my day job took me to the Permian Basin. A colleague and I arrived late at night at our hotel in Fort Stockton, Texas. The…

  • 5 Energy Sector Predictions For 2018

    Published 11 January 2018 | viewed 27,468 times

    The energy recovery is well underway. President Trump continues to roll back regulations aimed at boosting oil production and saving the coal industry. How might…

  • Grading 2017 Oil Price Predictions

    Published 09 January 2018 | viewed 12,364 times

    The results of my 2017 energy predictions were a mixed bag this year. I correctly forecast that Donald Trump would take action on some stalled…

  • Energy Sector Could Benefit Most From Trump’s Tax Plan

    Published 06 January 2018 | viewed 9,766 times

    The tax bill recently signed by President Trump should be a boon to corporate America. The bill will drop the corporate tax rate from the…

  • The 10 Energy Stories That Defined 2017

    Published 02 January 2018 | viewed 8,141 times

    As 2017 comes to a close, it’s time to review the top energy stories of the year. There are several stories that could compete for…

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