This post is based on a talk I gave as an “undistinguished speaker” to the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) oil finders lunch in Aberdeen a few weeks ago. This will […]
Post-2003 blackout rules lead to millions in fines
Regulators have imposed millions of dollars in civil penalties against energy companies that risk the dependability of the U.S. electrical grid since new rules following the 2003 Northeast blackout made such fines […]
GDP Growth must Slow as Oil Limits are Reached
We know the world economic pattern we have been used to in years past–world population grows, resource usage grows including energy resources, and debt increases. The economy grows fast enough that paying […]
The Wind Industry Gets Its Groove Back
Money is flowing back into wind after a first-quarter hiatus stemming from policy uncertainty. The Q2 2013 venture capital investment of $210 million dwarfed the Q2 2012 $16 million VC funding, according […]
The coal export bubble
Coal’s price collapse spells trouble for terminal investors. via Grist http://grist.org/article/the-coal-export-bubble
Australia undergoing solar ‘revolution’: Climate Commission
A quiet solar “revolution” in Australia over the past three years means 11% of the population now use PV technology, a study by the country’s Climate Commission claims. via News – PV-Tech […]
Maugeri Misses Bakken ”Red Queen”
In this post I will, amongst other things, present the results from my review of the Bakken portion of Leonardo Maugeri’s discussion paper “The Shale Oil Boom: A U.S. Phenomenon” Leonardo Maugeri […]
Beware Energy Efficiency Overpromises
Over the past decade, energy efficiency has come to be seen as a fast, cheap and even profitable way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But behind the scenes a growing number of […]
The rise in the price of RINs is eating into refining margins
US refining margins edged higher last week, but remained below elevated levels seen during the first half of the year because of a rise in RINs costs and higher crude prices. Platts […]
Shale Gas: Why Reality has not Lived Up to the Dream
The development of the shale gas deposits in the United States, led by the drilling and fracking of horizontal wells into the Barnett Shale of Texas at the turn of the century, […]
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