Domestic Oil Consumption in the Middle East may put Pressure on Export Capacity

While oil prices hover around $80 a barrel, in Saudi Arabia you can buy a barrel – for domestic use – for $5. The subsidy might not seem so unreasonable in the current climate, when Saudi and other OPEC members find themsel...

Posted Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 at 8:32 am | Filed in: Energy Demand, Energy Supply, Oil Prices

Scrutiny for security?

This morning's NYT runs a piece entitled Interior Chief Vows Scrutiny of Oil and Gas Leases (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/business/energy-environment/07lease.html?ref=energy-environment) that deserves attention from those wh...

Posted Thursday, January 7th, 2010 at 8:36 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Natural Gas, Oil Dependence

Looking beyond emissions

Yesterday, an E&E article (subscription required) made reference to a study on greenhouse gas emissions from aviation and marine transportation by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change (full report available here).  Several...

Posted Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 at 7:45 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Environment, Transportation