Musings From the Oil Patch
By Allen Brooks on October 9, 2017
Understanding The Energy Revolution In Transportation Shaking Up Saudi Arabia May Dislocate Global Oil Markets It Was The Best Of Trips And It Was The Worst Of Trips Natural Gas Injection Season Will Leave Storage Nearly Full TransCanada Kills Energy East And Alters World Oil Market Read article »
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged electric vehicles, internal combustion vehicles, Musings From the Oil Patch, natural gas prices, natural gas storage, Saudi Arabia driving ban, Saudi Arabia non-oil economy, TransCanada pipeline projects
By Allen Brooks on December 17, 2012
Climate Change Proponents Target Energy Stock Holdings E&P Spending Survey Gives Cheer Not Lumps Of Coal Energy In Crosshairs; Is The Fiscal Cliff Has War Lost? The Ups And Downs Of The Global Natural Gas Business Record New Fleet MPG May Be Due To Cooking The Books Canada Open For Business; But The Open Door […]
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged 350.org, climate change, CNOOC, Consumer Reports, E&P, EPA, Exxon Hates Children, ExxonMobile Energy Outlook to 2040, Ford C-Max, Ford Fusion, Green Car Reports, Musings From the Oil Patch, Nexen, Oil Change International, PETRONAS, Progress Energy, Sierra Club, spending in 2013
By Allen Brooks on December 3, 2012
Health Of Saudi Ruler Could Become Black Swan In 2013 Abandoning Nuclear Power Creating Problems For Germany OPEC, Oil Markets And Their Future Challenges The Perversion Of Green Energy Credits And Server Farms Oil Market Dislocations And Gasoline Prices In Texas America’s New Vehicle Fleet Gains Fuel-Efficiency Record Cape Wind Project Moves One Step Closer […]
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged Cape Wind power rates, European electricity costs, gasoline prices, German green energy policy, Google green energy investments, green energy tax credits, Iowa wind power, light duty vehicle mpg, Musings From the Oil Patch, nuclear power, OPEC dilemma, OPEC member breakeven oil prices, Saudi Arabia royal family succession, vehicle emissions, WTI prices
By Allen Brooks on November 20, 2012
Canada, O Canada: What Direction For 2013 O&G Capex? Is The Oilfield Service Industry Staring At The Up Escalator? Demographics Dictate World’s Future Economy Will Slow Natural Gas Industry May Give Up Waiting For Godot If You Believe The IEA, Our Energy Worries Are Over Super Storm Sandy And The Great Global Warming Debate New […]
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged Art Berman, Canada E&P spending, CAPP, Form 914, gasoline rationing, global warming, hockey-stick temperature graph, horizontal rig count, IEA, IPCC, Michael Mann, Musings From the Oil Patch, natural gas production, OECD, Peter Tertzakian, PSAC, Sandy, Texas natural gas production, US energy self-sufficiency
By Allen Brooks on November 5, 2012
Green Energy, The Presidential Debates And Labor IG’s Audit Gasoline Prices Remain Political Issue But Not Ethanol Media’s View Of Oil Industry Experts Is Highly Questionable Gulf of Mexico Is In A Growth Mode – Will It Continue? Hurricane Sandy Becomes Magnet For Global Warming Hype Shale Gas Being Attacked On Safety And Emissions Canada […]
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged carbon emissions, climate change, CNOOC, Department of Labor Inspector General, ethanol, gasoline, General Accounting Office, global warming, green energy, Gulf of Mexico permitting, Michael Bromwich, Musings From the Oil Patch, National Resource Defense Council, Nexen, offshore drilling, Sandy, shale gas, Tyndall Center
By Allen Brooks on October 23, 2012
BSEE Vs. Offshore Service Industry: A Compromised Policy? Does Rebound In Price Signal Return To Health For Gas? Thoughts About The Changing Energy Industry Landscape Politics Hampers Efforts For Correcting Energy Imbalances Energy Poll Backs Obama But By People Without Knowledge Global Economic Growth Continues Slowing: Hurts Energy Everyone Loves Wind Energy Except For Its […]
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged BSEE, Celtic Exploration, Energy demand, ExxonMobil, Gateway pipeline, global economic growth, Keystone pipeline, MMS, Musings From the Oil Patch, natural gas prices, Obama, offshore service contractor regulation, oil demand, oil pipeline infrastructure, renewable production tax credits, Romney, shale investments, TransCanada, UT energy poll, wind energy protests
By Allen Brooks on October 8, 2012
Is BSEE Regulation Another Example Of Ideological Agendas? Arabia’s Seasons Of Discontent And Saudi Black Swans Is America Knocking On The Door Of Energy Independence? Driving, Gasoline Use And Texas Subject Of NRDC Study Why Aren’t Gasoline Prices A Campaign Issue? Are GM’s Volt Sales Figures Being Manipulated? The Energy Debate According To VP Joe […]
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged Austin, Black Swan, BSEE, Dallas, Energy independence, EPA, Fort Worth, gasoline prices, gasoline use, Houston, Joe Biden, King Abdullah, Musings From the Oil Patch, San Antonio, Saudi Arabia, SPR, Texas cities, Volt car sales
By Allen Brooks on September 10, 2012
Is Keystone XL A Glutton For Punishment With New Route? UK Wind Power Battle And A New Rhode Island Wind Twist Battle Over Fracturing In New York State Is Ramping Up Americans Rate Oil And Gas Industry As Worse Than Feds Lower 48 Land Natural Gas Production Continues To Grow Gasoline Consumption Up For Labor […]
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged Artists Against Fracking, California high-speed rail, Ed Klein, Gallup, gas drilling rigs, gasoline consumption, Hurricane Irene, Jerry Brown, Keystone XL, Lower 48 natural gas production MasterCard Spending Pulse survey, Musings From the Oil Patch, Oil and Gas Industry ratings, oil drilling rigs, Pipeline, Riggs FERC complaint, Sean Lennon, The Amateur, TransCanada, UK wind energy, Yoko Ono
By Allen Brooks on August 29, 2011
Marcellus Shale: The Glass Half Empty Or Only Half Full? Obama Backs Electric Vehicles – Public Grows Skeptical Racing Irene To Rhode Island – Quick Thoughts Obama Plans Reorganization Of Climate Change Initiative Slowing Global Growth Portends Pressure On Oil Prices UK Power Market Encounters True Cost Of Green Energy Another Bad Sign For Energy […]
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged 2011 and 2012 automobile output estimates, A123 Systems, advanced batteries, Baker Institute, BYD, Chevy Volt, China car industry, climate service reorganization, CNW Marketing Research, EIA, electric vehicles, Ford, GM, green jobs, HIS Automotive, INTEK, J.D. Power & Associates, Johnson Controls, Ken Medlock, Marcellus Shale, Musings From the Oil Patch, Nissan Leaf, NOAA budget, plug-in vehicles, shale gas, Terry Engelder, USGS, Wood Mackenzie
By Allen Brooks on August 16, 2011
The Value Of Shale Gas Is In The Eye Of The Beholder High Speed Rail Aim Skips Fastest Growing Transport Sector Does Gore’s Climate Change Rant Signal Movement’s End? New Auto Efficiency Standards Arrive As Oil Prices Collapse Incandescent Light Bulb Ban Nears As New Types Appear U.S. Credit Downgrade Unleashes Doubts About Growth Energy […]
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged 2017-2025 CAFE standards, Al Gore, Amtrak, Aspen Institute, CFL, Chesapeake Energy, Chinese high speed train accident, CHK, climate change, electric vehicles, EV Energy Partners, EVEP, gas shale economics, global warming, green jobs, high-speed rail, hybrids, Hydro One, incandescent light bulbs, intercity buses, LED, miniFIT, Musings From the Oil Patch, Ontario renewable energy policy, plug-in hybrids, solar power, unemployment, US credit downgrade and economic growth, US GDP, Utica shale acreage values
By Allen Brooks on August 1, 2011
Gas Shale Debate May Be Moving To Next Higher Stage Marcellus Impact Study Rests On Some Shaky Assumptions Are You Smarter Than A GPS? Thoughts About The Changing Future Of Gas Shales Is RFK Jr.’s Attack On Mass. Wind Farm Act of Desperation? Shell U.S. President Warns Of Environmental Lawsuit Danger The Innovators In The […]
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged 3D seismic, Barnett Shale, BOEMRE, Cameron International, Cape Wind, Captain America, China Oilfield Services, Davy Crockett, disruptive innovators, EPA, FMC Technologies, Gas shale, gas shale producers, green energy subsidies, Gulf of Mexico, gurgling, Halliburton, innovative stock market premium, Jr., Marcellus Shale, motor homes, Musings From the Oil Patch, Offshore wind, passive seismic listening, Robert F. Kennedy, Schlumberger, SEC, Shell Oil US, Tenaris, travel trailers, truck traffic, Ultra Petroleum