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Ethanol Facing Blending Wall
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Musings From the Oil Patch, November 6, 2012

November 5, 2012December 16, 2020 - by G Allen Brooks
  • Green Energy, The Presidential Debates And Labor IG’s Audit
  • Gasoline Prices Remain Political Issue But Not Ethanol
  • Media’s View Of Oil Industry Experts Is Highly Questionable
  • Gulf of Mexico Is In A Growth Mode – Will It Continue?
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Winter Temps To Be Colder Than 2011
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Musings From the Oil Patch, October 23, 2012

October 23, 2012December 16, 2020 - by G Allen Brooks
  • BSEE Vs. Offshore Service Industry: A Compromised Policy?
  • Does Rebound In Price Signal Return To Health For Gas?
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Musings From the Oil Patch, October 9, 2012

October 8, 2012December 16, 2020 - by G Allen Brooks
  • Is BSEE Regulation Another Example Of Ideological Agendas?
  • Arabia’s Seasons Of Discontent And Saudi Black Swans
  • Is America Knocking On The Door Of Energy Independence?
  • Driving, Gasoline Use And Texas Subject Of NRDC Study
  • Why Aren’t Gasoline Prices A Campaign Issue?
  • Are GM’s Volt Sales Figures Being Manipulated?
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Recent History Of Natural Gas Prices
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Musings From the Oil Patch, September 25, 2012

September 24, 2012December 16, 2020 - by G Allen Brooks
  • Ruling Footnote Says BSEE Fines To Hit Service Companies
  • Energy Industry Redesign And Implications For Its Future
  • Falling Oil Prices Provide Help For Obama In Election Race
  • Professors Say Wind Is Answer To Planet’s Energy Needs
  • Energy, Unemployment And The Health Of The U.S. Economy

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Latest Revised Keystone Route
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Musings From the Oil Patch, September 12, 2012

September 10, 2012December 16, 2020 - by G Allen Brooks
  • Is Keystone XL A Glutton For Punishment With New Route?
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Fossil Fuel And Renewable Subsidies And Power
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Musings From the Oil Patch, August 28, 2012

August 27, 2012December 16, 2020 - by G Allen Brooks
  • BSEE Actions On Drilling Catches OFS Industry In Net
  • Will They Or Won’t They Extend The Renewable Tax Credit?
  • Notes From A Different Part Of The Country
  • AWEA CEO Argues Critics Of PTC Missing The Boat
  • Are U.S. LNG Exports Now A Go With Exxon Onboard?
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Listen my children and you shall hear…
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Musings From the Oil Patch, August 14, 2012

August 13, 2012December 16, 2020 - by G Allen Brooks
  • Sierra Club Takes On Coal And Other Fossil Fuel Supporters
  • The Chinese Are Coming! The Chinese Are Coming!
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Waste Indicator Foreshadows Weak Economy
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Musings From the Oil Patch, July 31, 2012

July 31, 2012December 16, 2020 - by G Allen Brooks
  • Thoughts From The Road Confirm Uneven Recovery
  • Figuring Out Where Economy And Stocks May Be Headed
  • “All-Of-The-Above” Energy Except When It Involves Offshore
  • Ethanol and the EPA Continue To Make Strange Bedfellows
  • Random Updates On Energy And Past Musings Topics

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True Unemployment Is Actually Worse
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Musings From the Oil Patch, July 17, 2012

July 16, 2012December 16, 2020 - by G Allen Brooks
  • Green Job Mystery: Where Are They? Are They Everywhere?
  • Who Doesn’t Get The Keystone Pipeline And Global Politics?
  • High Commodity “Tax” Switches To Economic Stimulus
  • Is America About To Enter The Offshore Wind Era?
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Oil Prices Break Into Low Territory
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Musings From the Oil Patch, July 3, 2012

July 2, 2012December 16, 2020 - by G Allen Brooks
  • Concerns About Economy’s Health Weigh On Oil Price
  • Strange Thinking About Government Support For NGVs
  • Electric Power Consumption In The Age Of Connectivity
  • US Energy Independence: What If The Numbers Are Wrong?
  • How To Support The Highway Trust Fund Of The Future
  • Improved Economic Prospects Due To Housing Recovery?
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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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