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The Coming Electrification of Everything
At Obvious Ventures, we believe stored electricity, increasingly derived from renewable sources, will entirely replace fossil fuels as the preferred method to power everything in our lives. From cars to scooters to […]
This Suggests An Oil Price Recovery Might Be On Its Way
Oil futures prices are below $38 but there is a glimmer of hope in EIA’s Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) released today–world consumption increased in November and supply fell.OPEC did what everyone expected […]
Is 2015 The Final Oil Production Peak?
The below charts were derived from the data published by a very reputable oil and gas analyst and forecaster in Texas. Because the firm charges for their data forecast I am at […]
Carbon Emissions Sources and Measurement
With world leaders meeting in Paris this week and next to formulate plans for tackling carbon emissions, I believe it’s critical to understand the source of those emissions. After all, if you […]
Oil Price Rebound Might Come Too Late For These Bakken Producers
After years of following developments in extraction of light tight oil (LTO) in the Bakken, the oil price, studying actual well production data from the North Dakota Industrial Commission (NDIC) and the […]
EIA expands monthly reporting of crude oil production with new data on API gravity
New data released yesterday by the U.S. Energy Information Administration show that for the first nine months of 2015, most (50.8%) of the crude oil produced in the Lower 48 states were […]
Are OPEC Countries Creditworthy At $50 Crude?
As the December 4, 2015 OPEC meeting in Vienna approaches, all eyes are on Saudi Arabia and its Gulf Arab allies in OPEC—Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, and Qatar—and their decisions on crude […]
The Climate Evolution Of Barack Obama Is An Activist Fantasy
President Obama gave almost the same speech in Paris Monday that he gave in Copenhagen in 2009. He targeted emissions limits that are slightly weaker. So why do environmentalists think Obama has […]
Oil Price Rebound Not Imminent, But Underway
Oil markets will remain depressed through the fourth quarter of this year as oil storage levels continue to rise around the world.The closely watched EIA figures detailing weekly gains in inventory levels […]
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