Musings Newsletter

• Trying To Solve Mystery Of Missing Marcellus Resource
• Whither The Direction Of Natural Gas Markets
• In Job Search Obama Keeps Targeting Green Job Potentia
• World Wind Energy Market Continues To Grow
• Can A Government’s Business Policy Screw Up A Market?

Musings from the Oil Patch – September 13, 2011 Read More

• Marcellus Shale: The Glass Half Empty Or Only Half Full?
• Obama Backs Electric Vehicles – Public Grows Skeptical
• Racing Irene To Rhode Island – Quick Thoughts
• Obama Plans Reorganization Of Climate Change Initiative
• Slowing Global Growth Portends Pressure On Oil Prices
• UK Power Market Encounters True Cost Of Green Energy
• Another Bad Sign For Energy – Auto Sales Forecasts Cuts

Musings from the Oil Patch – August 30, 2011 Read More

• The Value Of Shale Gas Is In The Eye Of The Beholder
• High Speed Rail Aim Skips Fastest Growing Transport Sector
• Does Gore’s Climate Change Rant Signal Movement’s End?
• New Auto Efficiency Standards Arrive As Oil Prices Collapse
• Incandescent Light Bulb Ban Nears As New Types Appear
• U.S. Credit Downgrade Unleashes Doubts About Growth
• Energy Policy Causes Pain For Utility, Citizens and Canada

Musings from the Oil Patch – August 16, 2011 Read More

• Gas Shale Debate May Be Moving To Next Higher Stage
• Marcellus Impact Study Rests On Some Shaky Assumptions
• Are You Smarter Than A GPS?
• Thoughts About The Changing Future Of Gas Shales
• Is RFK Jr.’s Attack On Mass. Wind Farm Act of Desperation?
• Shell U.S. President Warns Of Environmental Lawsuit Danger
• The Innovators In The Oilfield Service Industry Identified

Musings from the Oil Patch – August 2, 2011 Read More

• Gas Shale Debate Creates Strange Producer Economic Analysis
• Al ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ Gore Returns To Climate Stage
• EPA Pollution Rules Drive Energy Market Transformation
• Gas Shales And Chesapeake’s Bold Investment Move
• Economy Struggles With Serious Issues – Energy Impact?
• Divergent Views On Future Of Auto Industry
• Greening Economy Has To Pick More Vs. Less Green Cars

Musings from the Oil Patch – July 19, 2011 Read More

• Natural Gas Shale Debate Becomes Front Page News!
• Maybe Offshore Rhode Island Wind Moves Forward
• Encana-PetroChina Deal Collapse: Canary In The Gas Well?
• Being Green Or Creating Green Economy Not Easy
• Politics Of Oil Rises To A New Level With Oil Release
• Clueless RI Media Lauds Opposition To Hess LNG Terminal

Musings from the Oil Patch – July 5, 2011 Read More

• Future Of Petroleum Framed By Politics And Economics
• Environmentalists Hit BOEMRE With Suit Over Gulf Permits
• Green Energies Clash And Suffer Under Renewable Mandate
• Is High Unemployment Destined As The New Normal?
• People Starting To Connect Dots Of Renewable Energy Cost
• U.S. Hurricane Forecast Explains How 2011 Could Be Worse

Musings from the Oil Patch – June 21, 2011 Read More

• A Real Game-Changer – Saudi Aramco’s ATP Effort?
• UK Hydraulic Fracturing Report Supports Technology Use
• If U.S. Follows Canada’s Fiscal Solution, Energy Use To Fall
• Frac Attack: Burning Water And Earthquakes
• Scientists: Forget About Peer Review; Fear Legal Action!
• Tornadoes Give Climate Change Supporters Ammunition
• Will Canada’s Summer Help Global Warming Proponents?

Musings from the Oil Patch – June 7, 2011 Read More

• “And I Can’t Wait To Get On The Road Again”
• Government, Energy Efficiency And Dirty Clothes
• New England Wind Projects Struggle To Move Forward
• The Economic Pain Of Gasoline Prices
• Wind Energy Rebound Confronting Economic Challenges
• The Green Energy Movement In Ontario May Be Changing
• NOAA 2011 Hurricane Forecast Repeats Last Year’s Pattern

Musings from the Oil Patch – May 24, 2011 Read More

• Gas Shales Face Conflicting Future Based On Recent Events
• Rig Count Climbs; Rig Orders Up; Overbuilding Coming?
• Housing And Autos Still Key Growth – 1Q11 GDP Not Good
• Is The China Energy Growth Machine Slowing Down?
• Will My Visibility Be Compromised By Wind Turbines?

Musings from the Oil Patch – May 10, 2011 Read More