Musings Newsletter

• Deciphering Current Natural Gas Market Data
• ConocoPhillips And Oil Industry Capital Spending In 2010
• Mexico Hits Service Sector With Doubts On Chicontepec
• Road Warrior Observations About Our Economy
• Peak Oil Will Influence The Shape Of Our Future World

Musings from the Oil Patch – October 13, 2009 Read More

• Recession Over! What Does It Mean For Energy Stocks?
• Administration Targets Oil & Gas Industry And Children
• Treasury’s Inconvenient Truth: Cap-and-Trade Costs Billions
• Recent Oil Discoveries Gaining Media Attention
• Is The Recession Over? Drivers May Be The Key
• Iran Political Tensions Revive Strait of Hormuz Focus
• Stock Buybacks Decline – Energy, Too
• Attacking Energy Subsidies Is Big Sport Now
• Can You Believe Government Statistics?

Musings from the Oil Patch – September 29, 2009 Read More

• What Glut? Oops, Maybe There Is A Glut After All
• The Strange Case of Oil Prices And Tankers
• Is Resolution Of Natural Gas Conundrum About To Emerge?
• Is There Something Wrong With The Crude Oil Market?
• Thoughts From The Road To Rhode Island
• An Inconvenient Truth: Global Cooling Age Developing?
• And You Thought Watermelons Were Only For Eating

Musings from the Oil Patch – September 15, 2009 Read More

• Choking On Natural Gas, But Is It About To End?
• Crude Oil Prices Track Stock Market Performance
• Time To Bet On Natural Gas Or Short Crude Oil?
• Electric Vehicles And Their Role In Our Energy Future
• June Vehicle Miles Up – Return of The American Driver?
• Global Warming Lawsuit May Raise Temperatures
• Cash For Clunkers Impact On U.S. Energy Markets

Musings from the Oil Patch – September 01, 2009 Read More

• Natural Gas Markets Headed For A Crash?
• CSU Hurricane Forecast Trimmed Once Again
• The Famous Four Words: It’s Different This Time
• GM Jolts Electric Car Debate With Volt Mileage Claim
• Every Energy Action Causes A Counter Reaction
• Laughs From the Energy Market
• Crude Oil Market Disconnect: A Problem Emerging?
• A Lesson About Saving Energy

Musings from the Oil Patch – August 18, 2009 Read More

• Is It Possible To Have Sub $4/Mcf Gas For Five Years?
• Interesting Bits of Energy Market Data
• Energy R & D and Pet Food
• Cartoon Explains Cap-and-Trade Bill and Climate Change
• A Strange Case of California Energy Regulation
• Transport Fuel Future: Natural Gas Or Electricity?
• Economic And Energy Impressions From The Road
• Nat Gas Players And Farmers: Watching The Weather

Musings from the Oil Patch – August 4, 2009 Read More

• Natural Gas, Electricity And The Vehicle Market
• Can A National Energy Strategy Be Built On Green Jobs?
• Wind Power’s Profile Is Climbing Along With Problems
• Is OPEC Talking Its Book?
• The Achilles Heel Of Renewable Energy – The Cost
• A Cool Northeast June Is Topic Of Interest
• Recovery Prospects Drove Metals Prices In First Half

Musings from the Oil Patch – July 21, 2009 Read More

• The Future For Natural Gas In The U.S.
• Weak Recovery, Lower Financial Returns and Dividends
• IEA Oil Demand Forecast Ramped Down Sharply
• Hurricane Early Warning Prediction Phenomenon?
• If At First You Don’t Succeed, Try Alberta’s Plan
• Massachusetts & Rhode Island – Hotbed For Wind Energy

Musings from the Oil Patch – July 7, 2009 Read More

• Is Rig Count About To Rebound?  Scenarios For The Future
• Natural Gas Trade Challenged By Commodity Focus Shift
• New Fed Global Warming Report Breaks No New Ground
• More Gas Than We Ever Expected – A Good Thing?
• Do Global Warming Models Have A Key Assumption Wrong?
• U.S. Oil Imports At Risk And At Odds With Obama Goal
• Laughs From Rhode Island

Musings from the Oil Patch – June 23, 2009 Read More

• Will Higher Oil Prices Drive Petroleum Industry Recovery?
• New Diet Attacks Cause of Global Warming
• Auto Emissions, Global Warming And New Car Economics
• CSU Hurricane Forecasters Lower Storm Projections
• GM Bankruptcy Signals New Era For Autos And Gasoline
• Commodities Soar – Green Shoots or Underlying Inflation?
• Environmentalists and Green Energy Meet In Conflict

Musings from the Oil Patch – June 9, 2009 Read More