- “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
2011
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Musings from the Oil Patch – May 10, 2011
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Musings from the Oil Patch – April 12, 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
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Musings from the Oil Patch – March 29, 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 In World Of Green Energy
- Wind Energy Continues To Find More Problems
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Lifting the price
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 decoupling and its implications for future gas pricing. (more…)
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Musings from the Oil Patch – 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
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Musings from the Oil Patch – February 15, 2010
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Musings from the Oil Patch – February 1, 2011
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Outlook for Gulf of Mexico and Food Not Good
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 was working hard to grant offshore deepwater drilling permits. When pressed during the question and answer session, he said he would be “stunned” if it wasn’t until the third or fourth quarter before permits were awarded. He also said that in the future, the pace of granting permits in the Gulf of Mexico would not be as fast as in the past, which he knew would disappoint the oil and gas industry.