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• Obama's Empty Gasoline Tank

  Published 06 April 2011 | viewed 0 times

  There is a piece of doggerel which goes: They said it couldn't be done. So I went right to it -- that thing they said…

• After 40 years of Nuclear Passion, It Hurts

  Published 28 March 2011 | viewed 0 times

  For 40 years I've written about nuclear power, defended it and believed, as I still do, that it offers the best signpost to a great…

• Stand Up to NIMBY - and Create Jobs

  Published 15 February 2011 | viewed 0 times

  In Britain, they call it "DADA." It means Decide. Announce. Defend. Abandon. In America we call it "NIMBY" - "not in my back yard." It…

• Israel Set To Join the Rich Countries Club

  Published 08 February 2011 | viewed 0 times

  From Israel, there is good news and bad news. The good news - and it is huge - is that Israel will soon be awash…

• In the Head of Energy Secretary Chu

  Published 07 February 2011 | viewed 0 times

  As most readers of this short paper probably know, Dr Steven Chu is the energy secretary of the United States, a physicist, and a Nobel…

• Oil Price Could Doom Obama

  Published 01 February 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Like death and taxes, the price of oil is always with us. And like taxes, it may be President Barack Obama's worst nightmare at election…

• Who, How and Why: $140 Oil and $5 Gas

  Published 13 January 2011 | viewed 0 times

  According to a loosely-organized apocalyptic Christian movement, May 21, 2011 will be the "end of days." On or about that same date, the price of…

• Russia's Sakhalin-1 Natural Gas Development

  Published 15 December 2010 | viewed 0 times

  SITUATION: In early 2009, Russia inaugurated its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant for East Asia at Sakhalin. After ramping up to three times its…

• WikiLeaks - State Secrets or Clever Tactics?

  Published 07 December 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Is the US Government Machiavellian enough to orchestrate the recent brouhaha over the so-called website WikiLeaks, is this a real embarrassment, or will it indeed…

• Energy Tells Tale of Fading West, Booming East

  Published 22 November 2010 | viewed 0 times

  The patient is the United States and the diagnosis is "Asia shock." It is a psychological disease with physical symptoms and no known cure. However…

• Oil and Gas News from This Week

  Published 05 November 2010 | viewed 0 times

  European Energy Consortium to Sign Turkmen Gas Deal A consortium of two European energy companies and a financial institution are seeking to strike a major…

• The Unconventional Gas Red Zone

  Published 20 October 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Great chart from PFC Energy. Presented at an Institute of Energy Economics, Japan seminar last month. The piece shows the "red zones" in global unconventional…

• Foreigners Buy $117 Billion in Treasuries During August

  Published 20 October 2010 | viewed 0 times

  The U.S. bond market is murky these days. Yields have been plummeting. But some of the action is almost certainly due to the Federal Reserve…

• What Do Katy Perry and Eminem Have in Common?

  Published 19 October 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Answer: both were quoted in the keynote speech last week by U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioner Scott O'Malia, at the 13th Annual Energy…

• Weaker Dollar Propels Oil Higher Amid Mixed Economic News

  Published 24 September 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Oil Market Summary for 09/20/2010 to 09/24/2010 Crude oil prices battled their way to a gain for the week as worries about the economy warred…

• Worries About Consumer Demand, Deflation Drive Down Oil Prices

  Published 19 September 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Oil Market Summary for 09/13/2010 to 09/17/2010 Flagging consumer sentiment and renewed concern about deflation sent oil prices into the doldrums this week, as prices…

• Washington Turf Wars

  Published 15 September 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Washington's bureaucratic turf wars are a dismal reality of politics in Beltwayistan, but are now threatening national policy, as competing agendas threaten policies extending far…

• Market Seizes on Bullish News to Push Oil Prices to Gain for Week

  Published 13 September 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Oil Market Summary for 09/06/2010 to 09/10/2010 An uneasy market seized on an upward revision in crude oil demand this year and other bullish news…

• Liberia Moves to Allow Foreign Oil and Gas Exploration

  Published 10 September 2010 | viewed 0 times

  For the first time since it gained independence over a century and a half ago, Liberia has struck an agreement with a foreign company for…

• Oil Prices Buffeted In Narrow Range But End Week Little Changed

  Published 06 September 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Oil Market Summary for: 08/30/2010 to 09/03/2010 Oil prices continued to move basically sideways as bullish and bearish news buffeted prices up and down in…