Author: G Allen Brooks

• Separatism Is Alive And Well In Canada, But Will It Work?
• Actually, Getting Oil Out Of Canada Isn’t As Easy As Thought
• Natural Gas Prices Come To Life With Winter’s Arrival
• The Energy Industry Dodges Bullets This Election Season
• It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Winter – Houston Style!
• Climate Change, Hurricanes And Florida – One Analysis

Musings From The Oil Patch, November 20, 2018 Read More

• As Oil Prices Fluctuate, Attention Shifts To Natural Gas
• Snow Globes And The 2015-2018 Energy Market
• AVs And MaaS Clash, With City Life Potentially The Big Loser
• Pace Of EV Sales Up, Lifting Forecasts For Future Growth
• IMO 2020 Will Not Be Delayed; Possibly Disappointing Shippers

Musings From The Oil Patch, November 6, 2018 Read More

• The New IPCC Report Lands With A Thud
• We’re Back, With Greater Appreciation For The Real World
• Renewable Power Loses Out To Natural Gas In Power Market
• Trying To Dodge Florence On Trip Home Was Unnecessary

Musings From The Oil Patch, October 23, 2018 Read More

• Natural Gas Storage And Possible Market Outlooks
• Gun Smoke From Trans Mountain Decision Hasn’t Cleared
• Is New England Waking Up To Future Energy Problems?

Musings From The Oil Patch, September 18, 2018 Read More

• IMO 2020 To Create New Natural Gas Demand
• Is The Future Of EVs About Their Cost Or Government Policy?
• UK July Electricity Data Shows Problem Of Renewables
• As If You Didn’t Already Know The Pain Of Energy Investing
• Which Winter Forecast Should You Believe?
• Correction:

Musings From The Oil Patch, September 4, 2018 Read More

• Natural Gas Use Curbs Injections And Lifts Prices
• California’s Electricity Revolution And Renewables
• Rhode Island Environmentalists On Both Sides Of The Fence
• Autonomous Vehicles – Good, Bad or Who Cares?
• Shale Gas Success Upends Historical Economic Evaluations
• Saudi Oil Minister Rewriting History – Too Young To Know?

Musings From The Oil Patch, August 21, 2018 Read More

• IMO 2020: Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come Or Next Y2K?
• Trying To Sort Out The Reality Of Electric Vehicle Forecasts
• Lawsuits Over Oil Industry Hiding Climate Risk Roll On
• New Renewable Technology Effort Derailed By Economics

Musings From The Oil Patch, August 7, 2018 Read More

• Natural Gas: The Forgotten Fuel’s Future Needs LNG Exports
• Another Decarbonized World View Has Serious Limitations
• How Important Are Subsidies For Electric Vehicles?
• Renewables Growing, But Momentum May Be Slowing

Musings From The Oil Patch, July 24, 2018 Read More

• From Coast To Coast Oil Companies Under Climate Attack
• California Gasoline Sales: Warning Or One-Off For Industry?
• German Auto Companies Fight EU And Merkel On Emissions
• EV And AV Futures Brighten; But As Much As Anticipated?
• A Potpourri of Energy News Of Note

Musings From The Oil Patch, July 10, 2018 Read More

BP Sees Record Renewables Growth In 2017, But Costly

Politicizing Hurricanes Is Dangerous In Year Of Less Activity

Is Canada’s Oil Industry Nightmare Heading For An End?

EV Forecasts Continue Rising Due To Government Spending

It’s Not Even Earth Day, But Pope Is Lecturing Oil Companies

A Surprising Thing About Australia We Recently Learned

Musings From The Oil Patch, June 26, 2018 Read More