OGPSS - Shell looks to the future

Each year the larger oil production companies provide their views of the future, and I recently reviewed that for ExxonMobil . Shell has no...

OGPSS - China's energy and a conclusion

Although Energy Policy has not been a significant issue in the current political debate over who should be the next President of the United ...

The ExxonMobil view of the future

A couple of weeks ago I reviewed the BP Energy Outlook to 2030, and noted, in passing, that there were a couple of assumptions that might ...

OGPSS - Some closing (for now) thoughts on Venezuela

I had not intended to start my new series of Tech Talks by looking at Venezuela, but that is how is has worked out, with three posts now on ...

Climategate becomes more visible, data is analyzed

Slowly but surely greater attention is being given to the potential scandal that has acquired the “Climategate” label. There are 28.5 millio...

The CRU data dump and the journalistic integrity question

I would be obtuse, perhaps, this week to comment on anything other than the release of information from the Climate Research Unit (CRU) at ...

The Gathering Storm

It seems relatively quiet on the “Peak Oil” front. So much so that there are blogs, such as Peak Oil Debunked that are, you might say, powe...

Geologic Time, Oil Formation and Secretary Chu

Last week ,as Climate Audit caught , the Seretary of Energy was asked about how oil and gas got into the Arctic Rocks. Now there is a littl...

A quick look at some Russian numbers

This is the beginning of the new month and so time to have a quick check on how Russian production is getting along. It is somewhat inaccur...

Why we really need Cap and Trade

In President Obama’s interview with the NYT he said “We have proposed a cap and trade system, which could create some additional costs, bu...

Jobs in a changing economy

The debate over the mixture of sources that will make up the supply portfolio from which America will draw its energy in the next twenty yea...