No article of mine has generated more views and more reader feedback than my Forbes piece in March of this year: Who Is To Blame For Rising Gasoline Prices? At present, there are nearly 900,000 […]
Will The Copper Deficit Derail The Renewable Revolution?
The supply chain disruptions which marked the early months of the coronavirus pandemic have cast a long shadow. Once economies around the globe began to reopen in the second half of 2020, numerous shortages cropped […]
Hydrogen Applications In Midstream
This is the final article in a series that examines Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) programs in the oil industry, with an emphasis on how some companies are using hydrogen to improve their metrics. […]
Addressing Blue Hydrogen Critics
My previous article — How Blue Hydrogen Can Help Decarbonize The Economy — generated a lot of feedback and discussion on social media. Today I had intended to provide specific examples of how some companies […]
Using Blue Hydrogen To Improve ESG Scores
In the previous article, I discussed the growing importance of Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) for companies. Perhaps no industry has a higher visibility on ESG metrics than the energy sector. After all, a […]
The Cost Of Ignoring ESG
Environmental accountability has exploded in recent years. Climate change has been a dominant driver of this growth. There is broad agreement among nations that rising global carbon dioxide emissions must be addressed. This growing awareness […]
Renewable Energy Bucked The Trend In 2020
The is the sixth article in a series on BP’s recently-released Statistical Review of World Energy 2021. Previous articles were: Highlights From The BP Statistical Review Of World Energy 2021 A Record Decline In Carbon Emissions […]
U.S. Coal Consumption Falls To 60-Year Low
The is the fifth article in a series on BP’s recently-released Statistical Review of World Energy 2021. Previous articles provided an overview of this year’s Review, an examination of the data on carbon emissions, a look […]
The U.S. Maintains Its Natural Gas Dominance
The is the fourth article in a series on BP’s recently-released Statistical Review of World Energy 2021. Previous articles provided an overview of this year’s Review, an examination of the data on carbon emissions, and a […]
The U.S. Remained The World’s Top Oil Producer In 2020
Last month BP released its Statistical Review of World Energy 2021. The Review provides a comprehensive picture of supply and demand for major energy sources on a country-level basis. Each year, I do a series of articles […]