Author: G Allen Brooks

• Emissions Goal Failure May Force Direction Re-examination
• Why Saving Coal Plants Is An Inspector Clouseau Moment
• The Battle For East Coast Wind Industry Supremacy Begins
• Germany’s Clean Energy Revolution Hurts Its Residents
• The Race To Electrify The Global Vehicle Fleet; But When?

Musings From The Oil Patch, June 12, 2018 Read More

• A Europe Surprise: It Is Losing The Carbon Emissions Battle
• Transitioning From Texas To Rhode Island For The Summer
• New England – What’s Wrong With This Picture?
• Visiting Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Power Plant
• California As Don Quixote Chasing Carbon Emissions
• Will East Coast States Stumble With Offshore Wind Power?

Musings From The Oil Patch, May 29, 2018 Read More

• Will Gas Injection Season Need A Tsunami Or Just A Wave?
• The Global EV Revolution: Are We At An Inflection Point?
• Is Pace Of Change In Energy World Accelerating Or Not?
• Is It “California Dreaming” Or “Hotel California”?
• The Cauldron For Forecasting Natural Gas Market

Musings From The Oil Patch, May 15, 2018 Read More

Shell’s Latest Scenario: Realistic, Pie-in-the-Sky or CYA?

2018 Oil Market Challenge: Can It Be About Noble Goals?

Wall Street’s Disaffection With Energy Needs A Revolution

Promises Of Wind Energy May Not Be As Great As Thought

A Name From Industry’s Past Surfaces In FBI Scandal

Oil Industry Confronts Ghost Of Future Regulation (Nov. 9, 2010)

Musings From The Oil Patch, May 1, 2018 Read More

• What To Make Of Shell’s Sky Planning Scenario?
• The Never-ending Winter Creates Challenges For Natural Gas
• StormGeo And Others Issue Early Hurricane Forecasts
• Will Kinder Morgan Close Down Canada’s Energy Business?
• Is Climate Change In Danger Of Becoming Irrelevant?

Musings From The Oil Patch, April 17, 2018 Read More

• Uber Car Accident Shocks Hopes For New Era Auto Market
• Worst Stock Market Week Also Showed Oil’s Problem
• Boy, Was Punxsutawney Phil Right. Now What?
• Natural Gas Continues To Struggle – Some Are Writing It Off
• Canada’s Fractured Energy Politics May Reflect Cabin Fever
• Auto Executives Are In The Center Of A Storm

Musings From The Oil Patch, April 3, 2018 Read More

• California Dreaming, Or Is There A New Oil Reality?
• Demographics, Automation And Inequality, And Energy
• The Global Oil Market And The Shale Oil Challenge
• Autonomous Cars Or Autonomous Skies?
• The Greening Of The Electric Vehicle Fleet Helps Its Future

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

• EVs, AVs And TaaS: The Hype Versus Reality
• Pipeline War Ignites Constitutional Battle Across Canada
• The Electrification Of Europe’s Auto Industry Continues
• Energy Market Hypocrisy In New England
• Spring Approaches, But Offers Little Hope For Natural Gas

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

• Considering EIA’s Peak Oil Production Forecast
• Opportunities And Challenges In Utility Infrastructure
• From Tailwind To Headwind: Natural Gas Market Suffers
• Moral Decisions Confront Autonomous Vehicles
• How Much Do Your Eating Habits Hurt Our Climate?

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

• Survey: Those Four Famous Words May Be Right This Time
• We Will Be Saved By Millennials, EVs and AVs – Really?
• January Cruel To Natural Gas Although Good For Crude Oil
• Auto Executives Survey Offers View Of Market’s Evolution
• California Imposes More Aggressive Vehicle Fleet Transition
• B.C. Pipeline Battle Is Problem For Canada’s O&G Industry

Musings of the Oil Patch, February 6, 2018 Read More