R-Squared Energy

It’s been years since I looked at this article I wrote on LanzaTech in 2007, but today I was made aware that it’s been linked to from an article in Biofuels Digest: Junk or treasure? […]

The US Shale Oil Boom There have been a lot of stories over the past few years about the implications of the US shale boom. To review for those who might have been living in […]

A Lesson Learned If there’s one thing billionaire venture capitalist Vinod Khosla has learned over the past decade, it’s that the oil companies aren’t as stupid as he thought. In 2004, Khosla was telling anyone […]

The Ban on Crude Exports One of the 2014 predictions that I made back in January was “The crude oil export ban will not be lifted in 2014.” The present ban on US crude oil exports […]

I saw a very interesting graphic several days ago that shows the most consumed fuel in every state in the US: Image Credit: Movoto

Introduction This is the 4th installment in a series that examines data from the recently released Statistical Review of World Energy 2014. The previous posts covered the world’s growing fossil fuel consumption: World Sets New Oil […]

This week we have a guest post for readers. The following article was written by S. Michael Holly, the Chairman of Sorgo Fuels & Chemicals, Inc. Sorgo has developed technology for the production of ethanol, […]

Introduction to the GSR Today I want to take a deep look at the global biofuels picture, drawing mainly from the Renewables 2014 Global Status Report (GSR) that was released in June by REN21, the […]

Over the course of the next two columns, I plan to finish up the recent look at BP’s Statistical Review of World Energy 2014. The final two columns will focus on renewable energy, and carbon dioxide […]

Introduction This is the 3rd installment in a series that examines data from the recently released Statistical Review of World Energy 2014. The previous posts — World Sets New Oil Production and Consumption Records and The US […]