Category: ‘ Energy Demand ’

 

WaPo wrong on CES

The WaPo has been right so often on energy security lately that we were beginning to doubt it -- or ourselves.  All's right with the world today, though, as the Post ran a misguided editorial praising a so-called "clean energy st...

Natural Gas and America’s Power Mix

On Tuesday, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its most recent Short Term Energy Outlook.  This monthly report updates EIA’s projections for 2012 and 2013 across numerous energy supply and demand sectors and p...

The New American Oil Boom

What is driving the current surge in American petroleum production, how will it influence the nation’s energy landscape, what are the implications for our energy security, and what is the relationship between energy security and...

Natural gas exports are a win-win(-win-win)

The WaPo has another sound energy-related editorial this morning (remember they've been pro-Keystone XL pipeline from the beginning).  This one is on natural gas exporting, and the hook is the local terminal at Cove Point, owned ...

Press Roundup: Iranian Sanctions are Working

The Financial Times has great coverage this week of the situation in Iran. Commodities editor Javier Blas reported on Tuesday that Iranian sanctions are working—maybe even a little too well. The original goal of the sanctions wa...

Press Roundup – Saudi Spare Capacity Dwindling

This week, there is plenty to watch in global oil markets. A Tuesday OpEd in the Wall Street Journal, “The End of the Saudi Oil Reserve Margin,” by Cambridge professor and author Jim Krane illustrates how Saudi Arabia’s s...

Intelligence Report: Greece’s Debt Woes Deepen Reliance on Iranian Oil

Securing America’s Future Energy has released a new intelligence report detailing the surprising linkage between two pressing international economic and national security crises: Greece’s sovereign debt and Iran’s nuclear am...

The double-edged shale gas sword

Does cheap natural gas represent an unalloyed good for American energy security and economic health?  Or is it an easy quick fix, lulling us into a false sense of security that will prove damaging down the road?  Those are the q...

Yes, there’s no free market in oil

It's always useful, if depressing, to have the facts of the oil market set out in the mainstream media.  In today's case, Steven Mufson of the WaPo has a piece about our friends in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia seeking to help calm...

Fundamentals of gasoline price disparities

Those who decry the state of journalism in the 21st century should take a look at the March 10 NYT piece by Jeff Sommer -- a strong, substantive and balanced account of the market forces (and policies) that account for regional di...
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