Musings Newsletter

• Natural Gas Is So 2010; Now It’s All About Liquids-rich Shale
• Never Fear, Your Governments Is Here To Protect You!
• Ever Wonder Why Wind Power Needs To Be Offshore?
• Climate Change Debate Becoming Harder On Supporters
• Water Concerns Trump Climate Change – Gallup Poll

Musings from the Oil Patch – April 26, 2011 Read More

• Are Prospects For Natural Gas Shifting To The Plus Column?
• Chesapeake Energy And Natural Gas In The News
• Rising Energy Prices Hit U.S. Consumers And Economy
• Scotland Wind Power Report Challenges Proponent Claims
• Using Food For Fuel Creating Unintended Consequences
• Updated 2011 Hurricane Forecast Still Calls For Active Year

Musings from the Oil Patch – April 12, 2011 Read More

• Are The Shale Resource Estimates Realistic Or Fantasy?
• U.S. GDP Up, But Economic Recovery Continues To Struggle
• BP Spill Study Says BOP Needs Further Work
• China Planning To Go Green On Energy?
• Can Katrina Offer Any Guide For Japan’s Energy Outlook?
• Are Houston Drivers Spending Less Time Stuck In Traffic?
• Your Tax Dollars At Work In World Of Green Energy
• Wind Energy Continues To Find More Problems

Musings from the Oil Patch – March 29, 2011 Read More

• Will Japan Become 2011’s Energy Black Swan?
• Does Lack Of Sunspots Signal New Little Ice Age Start?
• Environmentalist Victory In Eastern Canada Gas Shale Play
• Gasoline Pump Prices Creating Political Problems
• The Undoing Of Mubarak In Egypt: Problems For Others?
• Does Daylight Savings Time Actually Save Energy?
• Buffett And New England Look To Change Energy Use
• Zigzagging: ConocoPhillips Cuts Gas Drilling In Canada
• Electric Vehicles Struggle To Gain Ground On Battery Cost

Musings from the Oil Patch – March 15, 2011 Read More

• Recession Threat Due To Higher Oil Prices Grows
• Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Libya – The Beat Goes On
• Gas Shale: And The Beat Goes On!
• Is The Oil Industry On The Verge Of Major Restructuring?
• Rain, Rain Go Away, Come Again Another Day; But Can It?
• Offshore Wind Power Gets Push From East Coast State

Musings from the Oil Patch – March 1, 2011 Read More

• Random Thoughts While Traveling Middle Eastern Waters
• Business Reality Confirms Problem Of EV Strategy
• Groundhog Day Storm Drives Debate Over Climate Change
• China’s Energy Shopping Spree Stops In Canada Again

Musings from the Oil Patch – February 15, 2010 Read More

• Natural Gas Shales A Game Changer, But LNG Exports?
• Crying For The Old Days; Will They Ever Come Back?
• Meteorologists At A Loss To Explain The Winter Weather
• Incandescent Bulb Ban Nears; Study Shows CFL Issues
• Cost Of Electric Vehicle Technology Doesn’t Pan Out

Musings from the Oil Patch – February 1, 2011 Read More

• Offshore Industry: Waiting For Godot; Will He Ever Come?
• Why Are Electric Vehicles Darlings Of Detroit Auto Show?
• Seismic Replaced By Fracturing, But E&P Cycle Building
• Dutch Opt For New Strategy On Energy And Renewables
• What Vintage Is Your Barrel Of Crude Oil?

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

• Surprise Of 2011: Crude Oil Down And Natural Gas Up
• 2011 Another Year Of Robust Industry Capital Spending
• A Simmons’ Bet Matt Would Have Likely Doubled Down On
• Will China Prevent $5 A Gallon Gasoline Here?
• East Coast Blizzard And Snowy Europe = Climate Change?

Musings from the Oil Patch – January 4, 2011 Read More

• EIA Forecasts More Shale Gas Resources And Greater Use
• Natural Gas Vehicles And Hybrids Fighting For Market Share
• Canadian Study Tries To Start Adult Discussion Of Oil Sands
• Hurricane Forecast Calls 2011 Potentially Worse Than 2010
• Climate Conference Ends With Minimal Accomplishments
• Administration’s Auto Mandates Raise Costs And Emissions
• A Merger Of Canada And The U.S. Merely Fiction?

Musings from the Oil Patch – December 21, 2010 Read More