I have said on many occasions that I think Saudi’s recent production decline is voluntary, and that I expected them to raise production by summer. However, judging from record-high crude inventory levels (in the U.S.), […]
Saudi to Raise Production
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Refining 101: Winter Gasoline
Originally posted a year ago today (9/14/06), this one is due for a bump since RVP transition is once again upon us. This is going to make product inventory forecasts a bit tricky over the […]
Wisconsin Tops Minnesota
This is a guest entry from Gary Dikkers who explains that Minnesota and Wisconsin are near twins, except in the category of fuel economy. —————————— One of my cars is a 1999 GMC Sonoma light […]
Jatropha in NYT
An interesting jatropha story in today’s New York Times: Mali’s Farmers Discover a Weed’s Potential Power It will be archived pretty soon, but here are a couple of excerpts to chew on: But now that […]
Notes from the Energy Tour
I have mentioned here before the town halls being conducted by Shell and ConocoPhillips that are designed to capture the concerns of the American public on energy issues. I think these tours are important, because […]
Biodiesel Misconceptions
Sometimes I am astonished at the misconceptions people have. Take this article: Old cars become green machines The story is about a woman who has a number of cars that have been modified to run […]
Where Your Tax Dollars Are Likely Headed
I have said before that a shakeout in the ethanol industry is inevitable. As I wrote here: When a commodity has such incredibly low barriers to entry, it is only a matter of time before […]
The Week in Energy – September 7, 2007
Note: This will be my last time to post in this format (a block of stories in one post). Others have commented, and I agree, that this is a bit unwieldly. Besides that, I have […]
This Week in Petroleum 9-06-07
Another week, another all-time low on gasoline inventories. As I wrote last week: Gasoline inventories were not this low following Hurricane Katrina, and yet we have had an uneventful summer. It is very possible that […]
World’s Smallest Gasoline Engine
While I try to be very careful about posting hype masquerading as a legitimate technology breakthrough, this story is too good to pass up (even though it contains a lot of hype). I don’t know […]