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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…
10Sep2008 | Energy and Oil | Comments Off | 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?…
9Sep2008 | Energy and Oil | Comments Off | 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…
4Sep2008 | Energy and Oil | Comments Off | 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…
29Aug2008 | Energy and Oil | Comments Off | 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…
20Aug2008 | Energy and Oil | Comments Off | 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…
15Aug2008 | Energy and Oil | Comments Off | ContinuedNorth Dakota Oil Is “Burning Up The Roadsâ€
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…
7Aug2008 | Energy and Oil | Comments Off | 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…
5Aug2008 | Energy and Oil | Comments Off | 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…
1Aug2008 | Energy and Oil | Comments Off | 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…
31Jul2008 | Energy and Oil | Comments Off | 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…
30Jul2008 | Energy and Oil | Comments Off | 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…
25Jul2008 | Energy and Oil | Comments Off | 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 
23Jul2008 | Energy and Oil | Comments Off | 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…
17Jul2008 | Energy and Oil | Comments Off | 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…
16Jul2008 | Energy and Oil | Comments Off | ContinuedRussian Oil Exploration — And Why The US Will Be Playing Catch-up
I told you so.
While the U.S. dawdles, hems and haws over offshore drilling, the Russians are committed to developing the Arctic.
And the Russians are going…
14Jul2008 | Energy and Oil | Comments Off | Continued
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