Musings From the Oil Patch
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 18, 2011
Offshore Industry: Waiting For Godot; Will He Ever Come? Why Are Electric Vehicles Darlings Of Detroit Auto Show? Seismic Replaced By Fracturing, But E&P Cycle Building Dutch Opt For New Strategy On Energy And Renewables What Vintage Is Your Barrel Of Crude Oil? read more Source: Energy Musings
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged 2011 Detroit auto show, cabled data acquisition systems, Dawson Geophysical, deepwater drilling moratorium, Deepwater Horizon, EIA, electric vehicle fleet penetration rate forecast, electric vehicles, fine wine prices, fleet fuel-efficiency standard, Gulf of Mexico drilling permits, ION Geophysical, Macondo, Michael Bromwich, Musings From the Oil Patch, Netherlands renewable subsidy program, Offshore wind, OYO Geospace, President’s commission on BP oil spill, seismic data acquisition equipment, solar PV, wireless data acquisition systems
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 December 21, 2010
EIA Forecasts More Shale Gas Resources And Greater Use Natural Gas Vehicles And Hybrids Fighting For Market Share Canadian Study Tries To Start Adult Discussion Of Oil Sands Hurricane Forecast Calls 2011 Potentially Worse Than 2010 Climate Conference Ends With Minimal Accomplishments Administration’s Auto Mandates Raise Costs And Emissions A Merger Of Canada And The […]
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged 2011 hurricane forecast, AEO2010, AEO2011, auto mandates, Clive Cussler, dry natural gas reserves, EIA, GSA vehicle purchases, hybrid vehricles, Musings From the Oil Patch, natural gas demand, natural gas prices, NGV, Night Probe!, oil sands report, plug-in vehicles, Royal Society of Canada, technically recoverable unproven shale gas resources, vehicle fuel-efficiency standards, vehicle safety standards
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
By Allen Brooks on November 9, 2010
Oil Industry Confronts Ghost Of Future Regulation Energy Stocks Have Mostly Trailed Market This Year Future Of The Gulf Of Mexico Oil And Gas Industry J.D. Power Didn’t Get The Electric Vehicle Hype Memo Third Quarter Wind Speed Data Shows Variability Debate Continues About Volt’s Status As An Electric Vehicle read more Source: Energy Musings
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged BOEMRE, Chevy Volt, deepwater drilling moratorium, Director Michael Bromwich, electric vehicles, energy stocks, EPX, EVs, Gulf of Mexico, ICE, J.D. Power, Musings From the Oil Patch, North Sea, offshore regulators, OSX, permitorium, range anxiety, wind power, wind speeds, XNG, XOI