Last month BP (NYSE: BP) released the Statistical Review of World Energy 2014. This report is one of the most comprehensive sources of global and country level statistics on production and consumption of oil, natural gas, coal, […]
Where The US Got Its Oil in 2013
How Much Oil Do We Import? As events in Iraq continue to unfold, we have been getting quite a few queries on just how much oil the US imports from Iraq. In my previous post […]
The Top 10 Oil Producers in 2013
This week BP (NYSE: BP) released their Statistical Review of World Energy 2014. I have been diving into the report, and as always will write a series of articles based on the latest results. Today […]
The Oil Markets as a Thanksgiving Turkey
This week BP (NYSE: BP) released their Statistical Review of World Energy 2014. This is always a big event for energy wonks, and as always I will break it down in a series of articles. […]
When the Wind Doesn’t Blow
Every morning after I wake up, I have a routine. The first thing I do, regardless of how sleepy I might still be, is slip on my shoes and run a mile. This erases the […]
The MLP Parity Act is a No-Brainer for Renewable Energy
Introduction to MLPS A Master Limited Partnership (MLP) is a publicly traded partnership with a tax structure that enables it to attract low-cost capital. The main attraction of an MLP from an investor’s point of view […]
Hoping for a Rational Climate Change Discussion
The Best Path Forward on Coal? This week the Wall Street Journal is running the latest set of answers from their “Experts Panel.” Four questions were posed to the energy panel, and I chose to […]
How Fossil Fuels Subsidize Us
Meet Nate Hagens A good friend of mine said something to me the other day that I thought was profound. Nate Hagens is a former editor for The Oil Drum, and has written and lectured […]
Keystone XL’s Emissions Versus Coal-Fired Power
Another Courageous Punt I hadn’t planned to write yet another Keystone XL pipeline article, but I have gotten a lot of questions since the recent announcement by the Obama administration that they are still unable to […]
Renewable Hydrogen on the Big Island
The Big Island For the past five years, home for me has been on the northern end of the island of Hawaiʻi. For those unfamiliar with the Hawaiian islands, they consist of eight major islands. […]