U.S. oil production, including crude oil and lease condensate, has grown steadily since 2008, a change from the two decades of declines before 2008. This growth has been driven mainly by increased […]
Capturing Distributed Benefits
Factoring customer-owned generation into forecasting, planning, and operations. As with most utilities, Con Edison has long planned its distribution system based on a unidirectional flow of electricity to customers. This design assumption […]
Corn Exports Shrivel as U.S. Ethanol Demand Grows
As an increasing amount of U.S. corn is being used to meet rising ethanol demand, the United States—the world’s dominant producer and exporter of corn—is exporting less. The first chart shows how […]
Don’t Count on Revolution in Oil Supply
*** Editors Note: One of the most thoughtful and profound articles written recently – particularly coming from an Aramco executive*** Leonardo Maugeri’s recent paper Oil: The Next Revolution on the presumed future […]
The Climate Change Limits of U.S. Natural Gas
The Associated Press reported last week that U.S. greenhouse gas emissions have dropped to a twenty-year low on the back of abundant natural gas. “The question,” it correctly observed, “is whether the […]
Shale Gas Assets – Overpriced Or a Liquid Turn for Mining Giant BHP?
Australian mining giant BHP has lost a quarter of its former market capitalization since its acquisition of US shale acreage from Petrohawk and Chesapeake last year. The company is keen to point […]
CO2 emissions in US drop to 20-year low; some experts optimistic on global warming
n a surprising turnaround, the amount of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere in the U.S. has fallen dramatically to its lowest level in 20 years, and government officials say the […]
Curbing Aviation Emissions 101: Everything You Need To Know About U.S. And EU Policies
Addressing the projected growth in greenhouse gas emissions from the aviation sector will be integral to solving climate change. Aviation accounts for 13 percent of global transportation carbon dioxide emissions, and emissions […]
China’s Coal to Chemical Future
In this post, I give an overview of developments in China to create a coal to chemicals industry, primarily using methanol as an intermediary feedstock. In doing this research, to my surprise, […]
We’re Headed To $8 Natural Gas
There is a glut of natural gas. Everybody knows that. There’s so much of the latest multi stage hydraulic fracturing going on from New York State to Texas and all places in […]
Prometheus Institute 