Help Brainstorm the Top Energy Stories of 2007

While Platts has done a great job listing all of the major oil company stories of 2007, I am working on a Top 10 list for energy in general. I am about to be offline […]

Al Gore Makes Amends

Better late than never: Gore makes Nashville home more ‘green’ NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — Al Gore, who was criticized for high electric bills at his Tennessee mansion, has completed a host of improvements to make […]

Rank the Top 10 Oil Stories of 2007

While I intend to write a post covering the top energy stories of 2007, Platts is asking for reader input on the top oil industry stories of 2007: The top 10 oil industry stories of […]

This Week in Petroleum 12-12-07

Updated: You would think if last week’s large inventory drop was due to fog-induced delays, all of that crude would show up this week. Not so, as another drop in crude inventories was recorded: U.S. […]

Pacific Ethanol Woes Continue

I have been a critic of Pacific Ethanol’s (PEIX) business model for a long time. I criticized it a year and a half ago in an article I wrote for Financial Sense, arguing that it […]

Holiday Travel Plans and a Letter from a Reader

I will be traveling from December 16th until January 13th with intermittent Internet access. During this time, I hope to put up some posts covering the year in energy, my $1,000 bet on oil prices […]

Al Takes the Train

Because I gave Al Gore such a hard time over his electric bill, I thought I would mention this story. Gore is in Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Price, and he took public transportation […]

BioOil Gains Traction

BioOil, also known as pyrolysis oil, is not quite renewable petroleum, but it is a renewable liquid fuel made from the destructive distillation of biomass. A Canadian company has announced that they will build a […]

House to Vote Today on Energy Bill

The House is scheduled to vote today on their latest incarnation of an energy bill: Energy bill vote pushed to today amid opposition WASHINGTON — Congressional Democratic leaders pushed back a vote on an energy […]

This Week in Petroleum 12-5-07

Update following the release: Big surprises all around this week: Summary of Weekly Petroleum Data for the Week Ending November 30, 2007 U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) dropped […]