U.S. Oil Rig Count Continues To Collapse
The total oil and gas rig count in the United States now stands at 936 rigs, up 430 rigs from the year prior, with the number of oil rigs in Continue Reading
U.S. Gulf Coast Refiners Are Bouncing Back
Nearly twenty days (or over 450 hours) after Hurricane Harvey made landfall between Port Aransas and Port O’Connor in Texas, there are a number of signs emerging in our ClipperData Continue Reading
U.S. Diesel, Heating Oil Inventories At Historical Low
Even before Hurricane Harvey shut down more than 20 percent of U.S. refining capacity, U.S. diesel, jet fuel, and heating oil stocks had dropped during the summer months, for the Continue Reading
Eagle Ford Shale’s big operators getting output back to pre-Harvey levels
Three weeks after Hurricane Harvey slammed into the lower Texas coast and caused widespread production shut-ins, although little actual damage, in the Eagle Ford Shale play, several big upstream operators Continue Reading
US Haynesville gas production hits 4-year high – Natural Gas
Natural gas producers in the US Southeast are beginning to yield dividends from a bid to reverse declining production in one of the region’s seemingly forgotten shale plays. Recent data from Continue Reading
Perry Highlights Need for Oil Reserve in Rebuke of Trump’s Plan
Hurricanes Harvey and Irma demonstrate the importance of keeping the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Energy Secretary Rick Perry said, in a not-so-subtle rebuke to President Donald Trump. “This is a Continue Reading
First-ever U.S. coal shipment arrives in Ukraine
The first batch of U.S. coal sent to Ukraine could open additional doors for bilateral energy trade, the Ukrainian minister of infrastructure said. Minister Volodymyr Omelyan said Friday that, after Continue Reading
European consortium launches 4-year, $80M L3Pilot research project to test Level 3, 4 autonomous driving in 11 countries
A European research consortium under the management of the Volkswagen Group launched the four-year L3Pilot project to test the viability of automated driving as a safe and efficient means of Continue Reading
How (Not) to Run a Modern Society on Solar and Wind Power Alone
While the potential of wind and solar energy is more than sufficient to supply the electricity demand of industrial societies, these resources are only available intermittently. To ensure that supply Continue Reading
Scientists warning of sand scarcity
f you’re looking for a way to express something that’s staggeringly hard to count, you won’t find a more reliable metaphor than grains of sand. There is indeed quite a Continue Reading