As a new normal appears to be setting in at $40 oil, companies large and small are counting their quarters and weighing their options. Lawyers, analysts and investors are lining Continue Reading
Strapped for cash, Chesapeake Energy Corp canceled its traditionally grand display of holiday lights this year, but like most oil and gas drillers it is still dreaming of a white Continue Reading
For anyone elated by the climate-change accord in Paris, the commodity markets have a reality check for you. World leaders may have vowed to wean the world from fossil fuels, Continue Reading
U.S. commercial crude oil stocks likely rose last week for a second consecutive week, a preliminary Reuters survey showed on Monday. The poll of five analysts, taken ahead of weekly Continue Reading
In fact, it seems like the world is moving in exactly the opposite direction. Los Amigos de la Tierra called the COP21 conference in Paris a “farse,” and Vía Campesina, Continue Reading
This past week, I gave a presentation to a group interested in a particular type of renewable energy–solar energy that is deployed in space, so it would provide electricity 24 Continue Reading
The Texas RRC Oil and Gas production data is out. All the RRC data below is through October 2015 and all the EIA data below is through September 2015. Important: Continue Reading
A new report published by the Post Carbon Institute concludes that Texas’ Eagle Ford Shale basin, the most prolific shale oil basin in the U.S., has peaked and reached terminal Continue Reading
Oklahoma earthquakes linked to disposal well injection activity show remaining challenge for oil and gas industry in addressing induced seismic activity. Earthquake activity in Oklahoma, believed to have been triggered Continue Reading
Early last month, we noted that something very strange was happening off the coast of Galveston, Texas. As FT reported, “the amount of oil [now] at sea is at least Continue Reading
