Author: G Allen Brooks

• Implications of Anadarko Buys
• 2006 Capex Spending Projected Higher
• Were PSAC Presenters in Denial About Market?
• Reality Sets In At the EIA
• Wonder Where the Money Went?
• Mackenzie Pipeline Project Pauses
• Publicity You’d Rather Not Have: Nabors Industries
• Energy bits

Musings From the Oil Patch – June 27, 2006 Read More

• The Kinder Morgan Buyout Message
• How Healthy is China’s Oil Demand?
• OPEC Struggles With a Well Supplied Market
• An Upside Revision to Energy Demand Growth
• Upcoming Natural Gas Price Crash Predicted
• Nigerian Kidnapping Sends Chill Through The Oil Industry
• Energy Bits

Musings from the Oil Patch – June 13, 2006 Read More

• Let the Hurricane Season Begin
• Weakening Natural Gas Market
• New England Wind Saga Continues
• Energy Stocks: 12 Days in May
• Urban Wood: The New Fuel Source
• Democrats and Energy: The Party of Ideas?
• Energy Market Insights
• Nabors 101 – The Missing Chapter

Musings from the Oil Patch – May 30, 2006 Read More

• IEA Cuts Oil Demand Estimate Once Again
• Impressions of OTC 2006
• Coal Is Making a Big Comeback
• ExxonMobil – The Reluctant Growth Company
• The Impact of High Gasoline Prices
• Energy and Global GDP
• Presidents and the Gasoline Market

Musings from the Oil Patch – May 16, 2006 Read More

• The Feds Are After the Oil Industry
• Russia Sees Little Additional Oil Supply in 2007
• Gasoline Price Gouging
• Utilities Prepare Rate Cases – Inflationary Pressure Starts
• China is Bigger Than You Think
• Cape Wind Project Update
• Oil Service Stocks Soar to New Highs
• Not Everyone Is Getting $70+ per Barrel
• Straits of Malacca: Another Oil Hot Spot
• Gasoline Cartoons

Musings from the Oil Patch – May 2, 2006 Read More

Note: Musings from the Oil Patch reflects an eclectic collection of stories and analyses dealing with issues and developments within the energy industry that I feel have potentially significant implications for executives operating oilfield service companies.  The newsletter currently anticipates a semi-monthly publishing schedule, but periodically the event and news flow may dictate a more frequent schedule. As always, I welcome your comments and observations. Allen Brooks

Musings From the Oil Patch – April 18, 2006 Read More

Note: Musings from the Oil Patch reflects an eclectic collection of stories and analyses dealing with issues and developments within the energy industry that I feel have potentially significant implications for executives operating oilfield service companies.  The newsletter currently anticipates a semi-monthly publishing schedule, but periodically the event and news flow may dictate a more frequent schedule. As always, I welcome your comments and observations. Allen Brooks

Energy Claiming More of America’s Income

 

Musings From the Oil Patch – April 4, 2006 Read More

• The Windfall Profits Tax Issue Won’t Go Away
• Tipping Point Soon for Oil Prices
• Americans Fear and Oil Crisis
• Is Mexico on the Venezuela Road?
• Wonder Why Natural Gas Prices Are Weak?
• Hurricane Forecast Moderated
• Colorado Gas Producers to Pay Impact Fees
• Hurricane and Climate Battle Continues

Musings From the Oil Patch – March 21, 2006 Read More

Note: Musings from the Oil Patch reflects an eclectic collection of stories and analyses dealing with issues and developments within the energy industry that I feel have potentially significant implications for executives operating oilfield service companies.  The newsletter currently anticipates a semi-monthly publishing schedule, but periodically the event and news flow may dictate a more frequent schedule. As always, I welcome your comments and observations. Allen Brooks

The Pain of Gasoline Prices

 

Musings From the Oil Patch – March 7, 2006 Read More

Note: Musings from the Oil Patch reflects an eclectic collection of stories and analyses dealing with issues and developments within the energy industry that I feel have potentially significant …

Musings From the Oil Patch – February 20, 2006 Read More