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U.S. Oil and Foreign Nationalism
Western nations - the U.S., in particular - are now experiencing the bow wave of a profound change in the current and future availability of oil. According to recently published data, oil output from all major Western oil companies is…
10Sep2008 | Energy and Oil | 0 comments | ContinuedHurricanes, Price of Oil, Rising Dollar…
Well, what’s the big story for this week? Is it the hurricane named Gustav, which was supposed to out-Katrina Katrina? Or is it another hurricane? Or does the story focus on the fall of oil prices? Or is it the…
9Sep2008 | Energy and Oil | 0 comments | ContinuedAn Inside Look at the Boeing Plant at Everett
How big is the Boeing Everett plant? It’s big. Very big. (It’s also big on energy and technology, we’ll get to that in a minute…)
You could fit the Pentagon inside the Boeing Everett plant. It’s the world’s largest building, by…
4Sep2008 | Energy and Oil | 0 comments | ContinuedPeak Oil, Politics, and U.S. Energy Supply
Western nations - the U.S., in particular - are now experiencing the bow wave of a profound change in the current and future availability of oil. According to recently published data, oil output from all major Western oil companies is…
29Aug2008 | Energy and Oil | 0 comments | ContinuedOil Exploration — A Lot of Looking, Not Much Finding
I discussed the short-term weakness in oil prices. Let’s discuss the long term. Oil is headed back up, for all the familiar reasons.
Really, it’s not like anyone is finding new large oil deposits out in exploration land. Indeed, a whole…
20Aug2008 | Energy and Oil | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Gold and Oil Correction
What’s going on with gold and oil?
Here’s what we know. Prices for both gold and oil were moving upward for most of the spring and well into summer. Then prices hit a peak. Gold touched $980 per ounce. Oil topped…
15Aug2008 | Energy and Oil | 0 comments | ContinuedNorth Dakota Oil Is “Burning Up The Roads”
As I’ve driven across Canada and down into North Dakota, I’ve been seeing energy everywhere.
The farms are well tended, and the agricultural productivity is awe inspiring. There are wind farms up, and going up, on many a hillside. Power lines…
7Aug2008 | Energy and Oil | 0 comments | ContinuedMajor U.S. Oil Supplier, Nigeria In Trouble
You certainly know that energy prices have gone up this year. In particular, the price of oil has risen. And energy price increases have played havoc with Western economies.
Doubtless, your personal costs of living have gone up. It costs more…
5Aug2008 | Energy and Oil | 0 comments | ContinuedWhere Is Oil Headed?
The Price of Oil
Oil made two runs toward $150 recently, and failed both times. Now oil is in a retreat. Oil was trading near $121 earlier this week. And it appears that support at that price is crumbling. This will…
1Aug2008 | Energy and Oil | 0 comments | ContinuedI.O.U.S.A. — What George Bush signed behind closed doors…
What George Bush signed behind closed doors…
I understand this topic isn’t something we normally cover here at Energy and Oil — but nontheless it should be a priority topic for investors and U.S. tax payers…
Hidden in today’s headlines was a…
31Jul2008 | Energy and Oil | 0 comments | ContinuedHow Much Is The Price Of Gas Affecting You?
Check out the map below, it shows estimated monthly fuel costs as a percentage of household income:
Source: Oil price Information Service/Wright Express, USA TODAY
For the most part a map is a map is a map. But the reason that this…
30Jul2008 | Energy and Oil | 0 comments | ContinuedU.S. Energy Prices and the Declining Dollar
On the energy front, we’ve seen several days of declining prices. Oil has led the way, falling from about $146 to $126. Coal and natural gas sold down, as well, as did many energy companies and service firms.
So we’ve seen…
25Jul2008 | Energy and Oil | 0 comments | ContinuedUS Offshore Drilling…and Politics
Bush lifting the OCS ban changes the political dynamic.
The Republican message is singular…… “Drill, Drill, Drill.” That’s it. No “conservation & efficiency.” No “alternative energy” stuff. Just DRILL!!! And no, they are NOT crazy, just being politically pragmatic. It’s a…
23Jul2008 | Energy and Oil | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Great U.S. Energy Transformation…
U.S. Energy Transformation…
This is a wide-ranging topic, in fact people write books on it. So I’ll give you just a bit of my thinking. Looking forward, the U.S. and the West simply have to buckle down and decide that it’s…
17Jul2008 | Energy and Oil | 0 comments | ContinuedRising Energy Costs and the U.S. Economy
June 2008 was the second worst June in the history of the Dow Jones. The only June that was worse was in 1930, at the beginning of the Great Depression. That’s not exactly encouraging.
Why was June so bad? The dollar…
16Jul2008 | Energy and Oil | 0 comments | Continued
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