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...

Fuel for America's transport needs

When groups such as OPEC try to predict the future demand for oil and petroleum products, one of the significant factors in that analysis ...

A VMT oddity and the latest TWIP

I have been writing about the use of the monthly reports from the Federal Highway Administration (FHA) on vehicle miles travels, at intermit...

September TWIP and July VMT

One of the metrics of the economy that serves as a marker to me on how we are doing relates to the use of vehicles, and as a consequence the...

TWIP for August 11th

Before the Deepwater Horizon incident I would follow the EIA weekly announcements known as This Week in Petroleum and occasionally comment ...

As demand rises, can oil supply keep up?

Liquid hydrocarbons provide the fuel for the vast majority of the vehicles that carry us to and fro over the course of a day. The latest ed...

Gasoline demand, August driving and winter weather

Wednesdays are when the TWIP ( This Week in Petroleum ) is issued by the EIA. Today’s cover note deals with the relatively changing prices...

Promising signs and a gentle cough toward Michael Lynch (again)

Another monthly Traffic Volume Trends this time for June, is now out and confirms the uptick in driving that I have been noting for the pas...

New cars, miles travelled, crude oil and Charles Gibson

Over the past three weeks we have driven to Maine and back, putting 3,000 miles on the new Fusion Hybrid and, in the process averaging some ...

Some new vehicle travel numbers

As I sit waiting for “ This Week in Petroleum ” to update I wandered over to the Federal Highway Administration to see if the latest Traffic...