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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 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 January 4, 2011
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? read more Source: Energy Musings
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged $5 a gallon gasoline, 2011 E&P capex spending survey, ANO, Beijing auto licenses, Beijing traffic congestion, Blizzard of 2010, Chinese auto manufacturers, climate change, crude oil prices, gas drilling rigs, gas shale production, gas shales, horizontal drilling rigs, John Hofmeister, Julian Simon, Matt Simmons, Musings From the Oil Patch, natural gas prices, natural gas production, Paul Erhlich, Polar Vortex, THC
By Allen Brooks on January 3, 2011
This morning the business talk shows focused on crude oil futures price climbing above $92 per barrel. The talking heads are commenting on the oil price move being part of a upward trend that will soon break the $100 a barrel price barrier last experienced in 2008 – both on the way up to $147 […]
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged China energy consumption, crude oil price, gas shales, natural gas price, Potential Gas Committee report
By Allen Brooks on December 7, 2010
The Role Of Natural Gas Grows Despite Economics Looks Like Offshore O&G Regulated To Energy Backseat Mary Meeker And The Future Of Clean Energy Technology Wind Energy Advances; Remains White House Darling A Record Hurricane Year But U.S. Dodges A Bullet read more Source: Energy Musings
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged 2010 hurricane season, 2011 hurricane forecast, BP Macondo, Cape Wind, clean tech, CNG, Deepwater Horizon, gas shales, global warming and hurricanes, green energy, Gulf of Mexico, heavy-duty trucks, John Doerr, Kleiner Perkins, LNG, Mary Meeker, Musings From the Oil Patch, natural gas, natural gas vehicles, OCEANA, offshore leasing plan, Rice Alliance, tight gas sands, unconventional resources, venture capital, wind energy, wind turbine spacing
By Allen Brooks on November 23, 2010
Separating Wheat From The Chaff Of Unconventionals Fuel Economy And Electric Vehicles – The Future Vision Northern Hemisphere Wind Speeds – Wind Energy Problem? Taxes And A Rapidly Changing Ethanol Market Offshore Wind Conference Points Out Jobs Problem read more Source: Energy Musings
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged 100 years of gas supply, AWS Truepower, Cape Wind, DeepWater Wind, E-10, E-15, electric vehicles, Electrification Coalition, Environmental Protection Agency, ethanol, ethanol blender credit, EVs, Fleet Electrification Roadmap, gas shales, green jobs, Musings From the Oil Patch, Nature Geoscience, North American gas, Northern Hemisphere wind speeds, Siemens AG, vehicle fleet fuel efficiency, wind power