Climategate 2, more unethical Team behavior

The second batch of e-mails, ( Climategate 2 )(you have to register) documenting the “behind the scenes” activities of the scientists that h...

OGPSS - a second look at natural gas in the Bakken

The comments on the recent post on natural gas flaring drew a few comments, when posted on The Oil Drum that I would like to discuss, bef...

El Niño, La Niña and Regional US temperatures

Changes in the temperatures in the Pacific that are described as El Niño and La Niña events.( NOAA ) One of the increasingly obvious drive...

More pipelines reverse flow as US demand falls

A recent post covered the plan to reverse the flow of oil along the pipeline that runs sensibly from Detroit to Portland, ME (Or if you are...

The Icelandic volcano at Katla is becoming yet more active

I realize that any claims I have as a prophet have faded as the ash that lies on the Myrdalsjokull glacier from the Eyjafjallajokull eruptio...

OGPSS - gas flares, their significance in Russia

Over the weekend I went to a talk on the promise of shale oil and gas, given by Sid Green , a friend and one of those members of the Nation...

The Keystone pipeline - A Canadian response

Well that didn’t take long! (With a hat tip to Art Berman). I mentioned at the end of the last post that the loss of the oil market throug...

OGPSS - A review of North American future production

This is a good point to recap the intent of the current series of OGPSS articles. Internally, this marks the end of the segment that has dea...

OGPSS - Drilling off the Atlantic Coast

When the Presidential Administration changes, particularly when that change involves different political parties, the results on energy poli...