This was supposed to be a follow-up to my previous article on the lithium market. However, I got a tremendous amount of feedback and numerous…
In the early days of the oil industry, the U.S. quickly established dominance as the world’s most important producer and consumer of petroleum. But over…
Soaring energy prices this year have impacted people around the globe. I cited this as the Top Energy Story of 2021 in a previous column…
Last month the Biden administration released a plan to build a network of 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations across the country. President Biden considers this…
The energy revolution, accelerated by the pandemic, is changing the DNA of the oil and gas industry at its core. In a recent interview Glynn…
In the previous article, I discussed some of the issues involving water and hydraulic fracturing (fracking). In a nutshell, although fracking has proven to be…
The shale oil boom that began about 15 years ago enabled the fastest growth of oil and natural gas production in U.S. history. Prior to…
Last week a friend from Uganda told me that gasoline prices have risen by 50% there. I asked him who the people blame. “Our President.”…
I get quite a lot of correspondence from readers. Some of it involves angry messages from readers who are convinced that reality is something other…
As I wrote in February of this year in The Inherent Risks In President Biden’s Energy Plan: “If we prematurely discourage investment in fossil fuels —…
Just ahead of OPEC’s next virtual meeting, President Joe Biden cast blame at Russia and OPEC for the current state of high oil prices. He…
In a recent article, I highlighted the record drop in oil production last summer. Demand has bounced back, but oil supplies are still about a…
After the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) recently crossed $80 per barrel, Russian President Vladimir Putin was asked whether it could reach $100. He…
You may find it curious that the price of oil is still above $80 a barrel. This is also why gasoline prices are at the…
The third quarter of 2021 closed on September 30th. The S&P 500 returned 1.4% for the quarter, and eight of eleven S&P 500 sectors posted…
In the previous article, I outlined the growing global problem of plastic pollution. Global treaties and new technologies that address the manufacture, use, and reuse…
Just about anywhere you travel in the world, you will encounter plastic pollution. Even the beaches of remote tropical islands are littered with plastic waste.…
No article of mine has generated more views and more reader feedback than my Forbes piece in March of this year: Who Is To Blame For…
The supply chain disruptions which marked the early months of the coronavirus pandemic have cast a long shadow. Once economies around the globe began to…
This is the final article in a series that examines Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) programs in the oil industry, with an emphasis on…