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Musings From The Oil Patch, June 12, 2018

June 11, 2018December 16, 2020 - by 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?

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Musings From The Oil Patch, May 29, 2018

May 28, 2018December 16, 2020 - by G Allen Brooks
  • 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?

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Musings From The Oil Patch, May 15, 2018

May 14, 2018December 16, 2020 - by G Allen Brooks
  • 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

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Musings From The Oil Patch, May 1, 2018

April 30, 2018December 16, 2020 - by G Allen Brooks
  • 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)
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    Musings From The Oil Patch, April 17, 2018

    April 16, 2018December 16, 2020 - by G Allen Brooks
    • 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?

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    Musings From The Oil Patch, April 3, 2018

    April 2, 2018December 16, 2020 - by G Allen Brooks
    • 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

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    Musings From The Oil Patch, March 20, 2018

    March 19, 2018December 16, 2020 - by G Allen Brooks
    • 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

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    Musings From The Oil Patch,March 6, 2018

    March 5, 2018December 16, 2020 - by G Allen Brooks
    • 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

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    Musings From The Oil Patch, February 20, 2018

    February 19, 2018December 16, 2020 - by G Allen Brooks
    • 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?

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    Musings of the Oil Patch, February 6, 2018

    February 5, 2018December 16, 2020 - by G Allen Brooks
    • 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

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    Allen Brooks

    Mr. Brooks is a long-time participant in, observer of, and commentator on the energy industry. He has been a Wall Street securities analyst, an oil service company manager, a consultant to energy company executives, a member of the boards of directors of numerous energy companies, and a writer and commentator on energy markets and trends. Mr. Brooks has been writing his highly regarded energy newsletter, Musings From the Oil Patch, which is now distributed by PPHB LP, a boutique oilfield service investment firm, with which he is affiliated.

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