By Allen Brooks on June 22, 2011
Last week Hess Corp. announced it was withdrawing its application to construct an LNG receiving terminal in the Providence, Rhode Island area. A local newspaper congratulated itself that its editorials helped mobilize the opposition it credits with stopping the terminal. Not surprisingly, New England has little appreciation for the energy business, except when oil prices [...]
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged gas shale revolution, Hess, LNG
By Allen Brooks on April 11, 2011
Are Prospects For Natural Gas Shifting To The Plus Column? Chesapeake Energy And Natural Gas In The News Rising Energy Prices Hit U.S. Consumers And Economy Scotland Wind Power Report Challenges Proponent Claims Using Food For Fuel Creating Unintended Consequences Updated 2011 Hurricane Forecast Still Calls For Active Year read more Source: Energy Musings
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged 2011 hurricane forecast, agricultural prices, Aubrey McClendon, cavassa, Chesapeake Energy, CNG, compressed natural gas, corn, CPI, drilling efficiency, ethanol, Gas shale, gasoline prices, grains, horizontal rigs, John Muir Trust, LNG, Musings From the Oil Patch, natural gas, oily plays, Scotland wind power, uncompleted wells, wheat, wind turbine efficiency
By Allen Brooks on March 28, 2011
Are The Shale Resource Estimates Realistic Or Fantasy? U.S. GDP Up, But Economic Recovery Continues To Struggle BP Spill Study Says BOP Needs Further Work China Planning To Go Green On Energy? Can Katrina Offer Any Guide For Japan’s Energy Outlook? Are Houston Drivers Spending Less Time Stuck In Traffic? Your Tax Dollars At Work [...]
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged automobile manufacturers, Bakken, BOP, BP, Cameron International, China green energy, CNG, Deepwater Horizon, electricity, electronics, ethanol, Gas shale, housing sales, Hurricane Katrina, isobutanol, Kobe earthquake, LNG, Macondo well, Marcellus, Musings From the Oil Patch, MV-1, Ohio Oil & Gas Association, Sec. Chu, traffic congestion, Utica, wind power
By Allen Brooks on March 15, 2011
Will Japan Become 2011’s Energy Black Swan? Does Lack Of Sunspots Signal New Little Ice Age Start? Environmentalist Victory In Eastern Canada Gas Shale Play Gasoline Pump Prices Creating Political Problems The Undoing Of Mubarak In Egypt: Problems For Others? Does Daylight Savings Time Actually Save Energy? Buffett And New England Look To Change Energy [...]
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged battery costs, ConocoPhillips, daylight savings time, Egypt, electric vehicles, gasoline pump prices, Japan earthquake, Little Ice Age, LNG, Maunder Minimum, Mubarak, Musings From the Oil Patch, nuclear power, Quebec gas shale drilling, railroads, sunspots, trucking, tsunami, Utica gas shale, vehicle miles driven, Warren Buffett
By Allen Brooks on December 7, 2010
The Role Of Natural Gas Grows Despite Economics Looks Like Offshore O&G Regulated To Energy Backseat Mary Meeker And The Future Of Clean Energy Technology Wind Energy Advances; Remains White House Darling A Record Hurricane Year But U.S. Dodges A Bullet read more Source: Energy Musings
Posted in Energy Musings | Tagged 2010 hurricane season, 2011 hurricane forecast, BP Macondo, Cape Wind, clean tech, CNG, Deepwater Horizon, gas shales, global warming and hurricanes, green energy, Gulf of Mexico, heavy-duty trucks, John Doerr, Kleiner Perkins, LNG, Mary Meeker, Musings From the Oil Patch, natural gas, natural gas vehicles, OCEANA, offshore leasing plan, Rice Alliance, tight gas sands, unconventional resources, venture capital, wind energy, wind turbine spacing