By Allen Brooks on May 23, 2011
“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 read more […]
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged AccuWeather 2011 hurricane forecast, Atchafalaya basin, barges on Mississippi River, Cape Wind, Colorado State University 2011 hurricane forecast, Cracker Barrel, DeepWater Wind, front-loading washers, gasoline pump prices, green energy, hand-crank washers, McDonald’s, Musings From the Oil Patch, NOAA 2011 hurricane forecast, Ontario PM2.5 concerns, road trip, top-loading washers, washing machines, wind power
By Allen Brooks on May 10, 2011
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? read more Source: Energy Musings
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged Baker Hughes drilling rig count, Boone Pickens, Boots & Coots, Charlestown, Chesapeake Marcellus well spill, China 2010 population census, CUDD, drillships, floating drilling rigs, gas shales, GM car sales, green energy subsidies, green jobs, housing double dip, jackups, Musings From the Oil Patch, newbuild offshore drilling rigs, Potential Gas Committee, Rhode Island, semisubmersible rigs, unemployment claims, wind power
By Allen Brooks on April 25, 2011
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 read more Source: Energy Musings
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged Andrew Revkin, Anthony Watts, Art Berman, Baker Hughes rig count, Barnett Shale, Braes O’Doune, Chesapeake Energy, climate change, CO2, EUR, Gallup poll, gas rigs, gas shales, global warming, liquids-rich, Little Ice Age, Musings From the Oil Patch, Obama and gasoline prices, oil rigs, Roy Spencer, Shanghai trucker strike, Six Americas, Stirling Castle, UN Environmental Program, UNEP, water, wind power, Yale Report on Climate Change Communication
By Allen Brooks on April 11, 2011
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 read more Source: Energy Musings
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged 2011 hurricane forecast, agricultural prices, Aubrey McClendon, cavassa, Chesapeake Energy, CNG, compressed natural gas, corn, CPI, drilling efficiency, ethanol, Gas shale, gasoline prices, grains, horizontal rigs, John Muir Trust, LNG, Musings From the Oil Patch, natural gas, oily plays, Scotland wind power, uncompleted wells, wheat, wind turbine efficiency
By Allen Brooks on March 28, 2011
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 […]
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged automobile manufacturers, Bakken, BOP, BP, Cameron International, China green energy, CNG, Deepwater Horizon, electricity, electronics, ethanol, Gas shale, housing sales, Hurricane Katrina, isobutanol, Kobe earthquake, LNG, Macondo well, Marcellus, Musings From the Oil Patch, MV-1, Ohio Oil & Gas Association, Sec. Chu, traffic congestion, Utica, wind power
By Allen Brooks on March 15, 2011
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 […]
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged battery costs, ConocoPhillips, daylight savings time, Egypt, electric vehicles, gasoline pump prices, Japan earthquake, Little Ice Age, LNG, Maunder Minimum, Mubarak, Musings From the Oil Patch, nuclear power, Quebec gas shale drilling, railroads, sunspots, trucking, tsunami, Utica gas shale, vehicle miles driven, Warren Buffett
By on March 1, 2011
The decoupling of oil and gas prices that’s occurring in the mature US markef heralds a progressive gas price decoupling from oil throughout the world. However, outside North America the world has been slow to adapt to this change. Here, Ruud Weijermars and Crispian McCredie, Alboran Energy Strategy Consultants, look at the worldwide pace of […]
Posted in Research Articles | Tagged Decoupling, gas decoupling, Gas Pricing, natural gas prices, oil prices
By Allen Brooks on March 1, 2011
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 […]
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged BHP, Chesapeake Energy, climate change, Egypt, Fayetteville shale, gas shales, greenhouse gases, Iranian revolution, Libya, Middle East oil, Musings From the Oil Patch, offshore wind power, real oil prices, Saudi Arabia
By Allen Brooks on February 15, 2011
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 read more Source: Energy Musings
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged 2010-2011 winter weather forecast, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, electric vehicles, EnCana, gas shales, lithium, Middle East, Montney, Musings From the Oil Patch, Oman, PetroChina, Prius hybrid, Sharjah, start-stop idle elimination, UAE
By Allen Brooks on February 1, 2011
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 read more Source: Energy Musings
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged AGW, auto sales, CFL bulbs, electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles, incandescent light bulbs, Musings From the Oil Patch, new housing starts, oil prices, Pacific Decadal Oscillation, Polar Vortex, sun spots
By Allen Brooks on January 23, 2011
In the span of two weeks, the Gulf of Mexico oil and gas industry has been presented two assessments of when drilling activity may begin to pick up. About a week and a half ago, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement Director Michael Bromwich, in a speech in Washington, D.C., said that his organization […]
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged corn, deepwater drilling, ethanol