The story we published on Friday comparing the costs of new nuclear, now that they have been defined by contract signed by the UK Government for the construction of the $24 billion […]
Nuclear energy verdict: Costly, slow and very high maintenance
When will the Shale Bubble Burst?
Most of us are aware by now that the introduction of widespread hydraulic fracturing into the oil and gas business has resulted in a rapid growth in U.S. production. U.S. crude output […]
PADD regions enable regional analysis of petroleum product supply and movements
The Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts (PADDs) are geographic aggregations of the 50 States and the District of Columbia into five districts: PADD 1 is the East Coast, PADD 2 the Midwest, […]
Sustainability: How Humans’ Economy Differs from Natures’
A few years ago, I had an ah-ha moment when it comes to what we as humans would need to do to live in a sustainable manner. It is very easy. All […]
When, not if, China taps into shale gas
The continuing smog incidents in China highlight the social effects of relying heavily on coal-fired power generation (in addition to agricultural field burning practices). You can see the scale of pollution in […]
Mars and LLS, key Gulf crude oil grades, can’t keep up
Have Mars and Light Louisiana Sweet crudes become marginalized after failing to rise with a wide Brent-WTI spread? In the past week, with the ICE Brent-NYMEX WTI spread blowing out—it was at […]
Rethinking rig count as a predictor of natural gas production
In the past, the number of gas-oriented drilling rigs in a particular region has been a common metric for estimating the production of natural gas. However, technological advances have led the way […]
From Big Foot to Bluto, Gulf of Mexico set for record oil supply surge
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (Reuters) – The Gulf of Mexico, stung by the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history in 2010 and then overshadowed by the onshore fracking boom, is on the […]
1 Real Threat That Could Kill America’s Oil Boom
The one thing you see in the energy section of any news publication is the price of oil. Most of the time, it will give some doom-and-gloom reason that has little to […]
Coal and the Changing Energy Industry
Supporters of coal have called the planned new rules from the EPA on CO2 emissions from coal-fired power generation a war on coal and have pledged to fight the rule-making process. It […]
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