Category: ‘ Gas Prices ’

 

Plenty of blame to go around in the GOM

Stephen Power and Ben Casselman have a nice piece in this morning's WSJ (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704405704576064122843672118.html?mod=WSJ_hp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsTop) on the impending report from the Reilly-G...

$100 Oil by Christmas? (An Update)

Early last month, we wondered whether crude oil could reach $100 per barrel by Christmas.  That day (November 9), the spot price for WTI was $87.04 per barrel.  A month before, it just over $82 per barrel, and a month before tha...

$100 Oil by Christmas?

Maybe, according to Shokri Ghanem, Chairman of Libya’s National Oil Corporation.  He was preceded by Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi who appeared to revise his stance on a “right range” at $70 to $90 (late last year...

I’ll take my corn in a bottle, thanks

This morning's E&E ( http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/2010/07/15/2/) continues the on-going debate over taxpayer subsidies for corn-based ethanol -- a poster-child for the government picking winners based on persistent lobbying...

The Rise of Gas OPEC?

Natural gas will assume an increasing share of the U.S. energy mix over the next several decades. That is one of the few certain trends in the energy field today, rightly identified by a recent MIT report on the future of natural ...

Weekly Political Roundup – The Future is Now

Political observers may not be able to look ahead even a few weeks to gauge whether energy legislation stands a chance of being enacted this year, but you know the future is now when underwater robots are helping with the Gulf oil...

Thoughts About Gas Taxes

Gas taxes.  Oh . . . .  the trouble we get into when we talk about raising gas taxes. So I am not going to suggest that we increase gas taxes, even though thoughtful people on the left (here) and right (here, here) have st...

Weekly Political Roundup–Are Gas Prices the Game Changer?

What would be a game changer in the energy debate?  A brand-new technology?  Maybe, but unrealistic.  A sudden discovery of new supplies of some crucial fuel?  Less of a game changer, and still unrealistic.  How about somethi...

OPEC and the politics of oil

This site blogged yesterday about OPEC's decision to fix prices at $80 per barrel of oil.  This morning's WaPo piece by Steven Mufson ("OPEC will hold oil prices, production steady -- for now" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp...

Cap and trade; bait and switch

Much is being made of the prospect of new Senate energy and climate legislation that reportedly will walk away from cap and trade in favor of a new, more politically appealing approach.  (A good example is a Greenwire article tha...
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