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Today, in its Energy Source blog, the Financial Times looked at the possibility of a broad switch from coal plants to natural gas power plants. It cites Bernstein Research as predicting that this shift will come despite uncertai...
Posted Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at 8:55 am | Filed in: Electricity, Energy Demand, Energy Supply
The Financial Times reported this week that the outgoing Africa chief of Royal Dutch Shell issued a stinging public criticism of the Nigerian government over proposed legislation that could raise royalties from 1-2 percent to more...
Posted Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 at 10:07 am | Filed in: Energy Supply
Since the 1950s, when M. King Hubbert correctly predicted a 1970s peak in U.S. oil production, the “peak oil” debate has roiled industry and policy groups as different stakeholders try to prove that either we are rapidly runni...
Posted Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 at 6:43 am | Filed in: Energy Supply, Gas Prices
Later today, we expect to learn that the President’s FY 2011 budget will include $54 billion in loan guarantees for the construction of new nuclear power plants. This is a critical step forward to the revitalization of the nucle...
Posted Monday, February 1st, 2010 at 4:47 am | Filed in: Electricity, Energy Supply, Nuclear, Uncategorized
The Financial Times reported yesterday that Kazakhstan is threatening to extract higher taxes from western oil majors. Contracts on the country’s three largest oil projects (led by ChevronTexaco, BG/Eni and Eni respectively) w...
Posted Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 at 8:05 am | Filed in: Energy Supply
This morning WTI crude traded at above $80 per barrel. A year ago they traded closer to $40 per barrel. The OECD oil demand projection is set to fall by 4.3% (-2.0 mb/d) year-on-year in 2009 and remain flat in 2010. Notably,...
Posted Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 at 6:02 am | Filed in: Energy Demand, Energy Supply, Oil Prices
For many parts of the world, 2009 has been a year of decline. We need 2010 to be a year of recovery and renewal. This process starts with sound investment strategies for long-term growth. In the case of oil, the outlook is g...
Posted Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 at 7:26 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Energy Supply, Oil Dependence
In an effort to cobble together 60 votes on energy and climate legislation before the legislative session’s clock strikes midnight, ‘tripartisan’ Sens. John Kerry (D-MA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) relea...
Posted Friday, December 11th, 2009 at 2:06 pm | Filed in: Energy Supply, Environment, Legislation, Nuclear
Liberating Iraq from the politically repressive and economically backwards regime of Saddam Hussein ought at this point to at least have liberated a few of the 40 billion barrels of oil known to be lying just underneath Kurdistan....
Posted Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 at 11:16 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Energy Security, Energy Supply
