Allen Brooks
Musings From The Oil Patch, August 7, 2018
IMO 2020: Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come Or Next Y2K? Trying To Sort Out The Reality Of Electric Vehicle Forecasts Lawsuits Over Oil Industry Hiding Climate Risk Roll On New Renewable Technology Effort Derailed By Economics Read article »
Musings From The Oil Patch, July 24, 2018
Natural Gas: The Forgotten Fuel’s Future Needs LNG Exports Another Decarbonized World View Has Serious Limitations How Important Are Subsidies For Electric Vehicles? Renewables Growing, But Momentum May Be Slowing Read article »
Musings From The Oil Patch, July 10, 2018
From Coast To Coast Oil Companies Under Climate Attack California Gasoline Sales: Warning Or One-Off For Industry? German Auto Companies Fight EU And Merkel On Emissions EV And AV Futures Brighten; But As Much As Anticipated? A Potpourri of Energy News Of Note Read article »
Musings From The Oil Patch, June 26, 2018
BP Sees Record Renewables Growth In 2017, But Costly Politicizing Hurricanes Is Dangerous In Year Of Less Activity Is Canada’s Oil Industry Nightmare Heading For An End? EV Forecasts Continue Rising Due To Government Spending It’s Not Even Earth Day, But Pope Is Lecturing Oil Companies A Surprising Thing About Australia We Recently Learned Read […]
Musings From The Oil Patch, June 12, 2018
Emissions Goal Failure May Force Direction Re-examination Why Saving Coal Plants Is An Inspector Clouseau Moment The Battle For East Coast Wind Industry Supremacy Begins Germany’s Clean Energy Revolution Hurts Its Residents The Race To Electrify The Global Vehicle Fleet; But When? Read article »
Musings From The Oil Patch, May 29, 2018
A Europe Surprise: It Is Losing The Carbon Emissions Battle Transitioning From Texas To Rhode Island For The Summer New England – What’s Wrong With This Picture? Visiting Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Power Plant California As Don Quixote Chasing Carbon Emissions Will East Coast States Stumble With Offshore Wind Power? Read article »
Musings From The Oil Patch, May 15, 2018
Will Gas Injection Season Need A Tsunami Or Just A Wave? The Global EV Revolution: Are We At An Inflection Point? Is Pace Of Change In Energy World Accelerating Or Not? Is It “California Dreaming” Or “Hotel California”? The Cauldron For Forecasting Natural Gas Market Read article »
Musings From The Oil Patch, May 1, 2018
Shell’s Latest Scenario: Realistic, Pie-in-the-Sky or CYA? 2018 Oil Market Challenge: Can It Be About Noble Goals? Wall Street’s Disaffection With Energy Needs A Revolution Promises Of Wind Energy May Not Be As Great As Thought A Name From Industry’s Past Surfaces In FBI Scandal Oil Industry Confronts Ghost Of Future Regulation (Nov. 9, 2010) […]
Musings From The Oil Patch, April 17, 2018
What To Make Of Shell’s Sky Planning Scenario? The Never-ending Winter Creates Challenges For Natural Gas StormGeo And Others Issue Early Hurricane Forecasts Will Kinder Morgan Close Down Canada’s Energy Business? Is Climate Change In Danger Of Becoming Irrelevant? Read article »
Musings From The Oil Patch, April 3, 2018
Uber Car Accident Shocks Hopes For New Era Auto Market Worst Stock Market Week Also Showed Oil’s Problem Boy, Was Punxsutawney Phil Right. Now What? Natural Gas Continues To Struggle – Some Are Writing It Off Canada’s Fractured Energy Politics May Reflect Cabin Fever Auto Executives Are In The Center Of A Storm Read article […]