Lots of very crazy stuff going on behind the scenes that’s been keeping me very distracted, and writing to a minimum. Fortunately, Money Morning sent me a very timely essay this morning on crude prices. […]
Tag: American Petroleum Institute
The API on Cap and Trade
Yesterday the American Petroleum Institute conducted a blogger’s conference call to talk about various energy issues that they are focused on. I used to regularly attend these calls, but things have been quite busy and […]
An Urban Legend Falls
Figure 1. Classical Outlier or Amazing New Discovery? On November 16, 2007 a study was released that stirred up a lot of excitement in ethanol circles. The study was titled Optimal Ethanol Blend-Level Investigation. The […]
The 2009 EIA Energy Conference: Day 2
Energy and the Media This was the panel I had been asked to participate in. My fellow panelists were Steven Mufson (one of my favorite mainstream energy reporters), from the Washington Post; Eric Pooley from […]
The Art of Spinning
As the previous post indicated, we in the U.S. have a pretty low energy IQ. One of the reasons is that energy stories are often reported in a very biased or uninformed manner, which tends […]
More Signs of Demand Destruction
This time, the news comes from the API: U.S. oil demand drops in first half of 2008 WASHINGTON – U.S. oil demand was significantly down for the first six months of 2008, API said today […]
America’s Energy IQ 2008
Update: I was on the call, asked the first question (about the disconnect in the EIA projections for ethanol usage of less than 10% in 2030 versus the mandate of 36 billion gallons by 2022) […]
API Conference Call on Biofuels
After missing about 10 API conference calls in a row, I finally found time yesterday to participate in one on biofuels. Participants per the API web site were: Devil’s Advocate of Copious Dissent, Nate Hagens […]
API Year End Statistics
The API has released their year end report on consumption, and some of the results were quite interesting. They held a blogger call today to discuss the results, but I got tied up and couldn’t […]
Who Owns Big Oil?
When politicians promise to “stick it to Big Oil”, just who do they think they are sticking it to? A new study commissioned by the API, and done by Robert J. Shapiro of the former […]