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Oil Prices ’
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Last month, this blog discussed the beginnings of a potentially severe oil crisis, as Iran began running drills to close the Strait of Hormuz. In the weeks since, the situation has steadily escalated, and this morning the Wall S...
Posted Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 at 3:41 pm | Filed in: Energy Security, National Security, Oil, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices
Global oil markets are changing in ways that have never been seen before, promising high prices and continued volatility next year that certainly will not help America’s energy security. Citigroup’s commodity research unit ear...
Posted Tuesday, December 27th, 2011 at 7:51 am | Filed in: Energy Demand, Energy Supply, Oil Prices
The drip-drip "scandal" of Solyndra makes another appearance today, with the "revelation" that the major funder of the project, Obama donor and Tulsa billionaire George Kaiser, exchanged emails with his own staff about conversatio...
Posted Thursday, November 10th, 2011 at 4:08 am | Filed in: Alternatives, National Security, Oil, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices, Policy
Last week, Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann’s promise of $2 per gallon gasoline under a Bachmann presidency rose more than a few brows. First, Bachmann’s remark that Obama’s presidency began with a $1.79 ...
Posted Monday, August 22nd, 2011 at 11:41 am | Filed in: Oil, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices
Today's WSJ has an interesting piece entitled "As Oil Spiked, Many Traded." Reporters Ianthe Jeanne Dugan and Liam Pleven described a "world of oil investors" reaching "far beyond Wall Street in recent years as foreign pension...
Posted Thursday, August 18th, 2011 at 11:14 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Energy Demand, Oil, Oil Prices, Uncategorized
Yesterday, the S&P Index dropped 6.7 percent, and by 12:15 p.m. today, it was up 2.7 percent. The entire market has been in a state of extreme instability, and oil prices are no exception. Crude futures closed at $81.31 yest...
Posted Tuesday, August 9th, 2011 at 12:50 pm | Filed in: Economic Security, Energy Demand, Energy Security, Gas Prices, Oil, Oil Prices
If we need any further proof that America’s oil dependence keeps us beholden to outside players, we can look to comments made by Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed bin Talal earlier this week. Voicing what can be interpreted as the...
Posted Friday, June 3rd, 2011 at 10:02 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Energy Security, Oil Prices
Strong global fuel demand growth and tighter OPEC spare capacity has led investment banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to raise their oil price forecasts for 2011 and 2012.
Goldman Sachs raised their end-2011 price forecast...
Posted Wednesday, May 25th, 2011 at 7:22 am | Filed in: Energy Supply, Oil Prices
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