I almost never talk about distillates, which are hydrocarbons that are heavier than gasoline and are used to make diesel and heating oil. I don’t use heating oil or diesel, so I don’t think about […]
Tag: gas inventories
This Week in Petroleum 9-26-07
Three weeks ago I wrote that I expected gas prices to rise, which is unusual for this time of year: I predict that prices will continue to rise. I think they have to. I also […]
This Week in Petroleum 9-19-07
Some surprises in this week’s numbers: The Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration reported that crude inventories fell by 3.8 million barrels during the week ended Sept. 14, more than double the 1.5 million-barrel decline analysts […]
This Week in Petroleum 9-06-07
Another week, another all-time low on gasoline inventories. As I wrote last week: Gasoline inventories were not this low following Hurricane Katrina, and yet we have had an uneventful summer. It is very possible that […]
The Week in Energy – September 1, 2007
As I mentioned in the previous post, I plan to start posting on a more infrequent basis. Every 5-10 days, I will post some short excerpts/links to energy stories I found interesting, odd, or comical. […]
This Week in Petroleum 8-01-07
Edited to add: Just got a note from the API. They added: According to today’s API report outlining last week’s production figures, gasoline production reached an all-time high of 9.63 million barrels per day, nearly […]
This Week in Petroleum 7-25-07
Just a quick update on the highlights of the weekly EIA report: U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged over 15.8 million barrels per day during the week ending July 20, up 172,000 barrels per day […]
Predictions: Hits, Misses, and Pending
I have made a lot of predictions in my writings, and my own impression is that my track record has been pretty good. But I started wondering a few days ago if that’s because I […]
This Week in Petroleum 7-18-2007
It’s been a while since I updated one of these, but this seems like a good time for an inventory review. Crude inventories are very high, distillate inventories are about normal, and gasoline inventories were […]
A Seamless Transition to a Post-Fossil Economy?
I am going to be covered up through the weekend, but there have been some good discussions down the page that I want to bump up as stand alone posts. One is a discussion of […]