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Tourism Resorts and Oil Exploration in the Caspian Sea

October 08, 2010 By: oilguy Category: O&G News No Comments →

SITUATION: One indirect consequence of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is the impact it may have on the financing of the many tourism projects that have sprouted along the Caspian Sea.

Full article at: Oil Exploration

Russia-Germany Nord Stream Pipeline Under Way

October 02, 2010 By: oilguy Category: O&G News No Comments →

SITUATION: Russia has succeeded in getting funding for the Nord Stream gas pipeline (formerly North European Gas Pipeline, NEGP), which will go under the Baltic Sea to Germany. It obtained environmental approvals from the littoral states concerned rather easily and earlier this year began to lay the pipes undersea.

Full article at: Nord Stream Pipeline

OilPrice.com Oil Market Summary for 09/20/2010 to 09/24/2010

September 25, 2010 By: oilguy Category: O&G News No Comments →

Crude oil prices battled their way to a gain for the week as worries about the economy warred with the upward pressure from a weakening dollar.

Full article at: http://oilprice.com/Energy/Oil-Prices/Weaker-Dollar-Propels-Oil-Higher-Amid-Mixed-Economic-News.html

They Died Before the Oil Ran Out

August 20, 2010 By: oilguy Category: O&G News, Peak Oil No Comments →

There is an open secret in the oil industry that dare not speak its name: peak oil. Well, two did speak its name and gained no acclaim for it. One, M. King Hubbert, died years ago. The other and the most controversial, Matthew Simmons, died at his Maine summer home Aug. 8.

Full article at: http://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/They-Died-Before-the-Oil-Ran-Out.html

The Price of Oil is Going Up

August 06, 2010 By: oilguy Category: Energy & Capital, O&G News No Comments →

I received another scratchy, crackling cell phone call from my drilling buddy in the Texas natural gas fields today. You could almost choke from the dust on the line. He told me that the BP Gulf disaster was turning the fundamental assumptions of the oil industry upside down, and that sharply higher oil prices were in the cards, probably $100/barrel by year end.

Full article at: http://oilprice.com/Energy/Oil-Prices/The-Price-of-Oil-is-Going-Up.html

Is Matt Simmons Credible?

July 29, 2010 By: oilguy Category: O&G News, Peak Oil No Comments →

Claims like “BP will file for Chapter 11 by July 9,” and that “the ‘real, untold story’ is another leak that is 5-7 miles away spewing 120,000 barrels per day” are ruining Matt Simmons’ credibility.

Full article: http://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Is-Matt-Simmons-Credible.html

Why Alternative Energy Will Never Pencil Out

July 24, 2010 By: oilguy Category: O&G News 2 Comments →

Advocates of a smooth transition away from petroleum may be surprised by the consequences of huge swings in the cost of oil.

Full article at: http://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Renewable-Energy/Why-Alternative-Energy-Will-Never-Pencil-Out.html

Government Insiders: Get Ready for the Gulf Dead Zone

June 26, 2010 By: oilguy Category: Gulf News, O&G News 1 Comment →

Bad news concerning the Gulf oil disaster continues to come from WMR’s federal government sources in the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the US Army Corps of Engineers. Emergency planners are dealing with a prospective “dead zone” within a 200 mile radius from the Deepwater Horizon disaster datum in the Gulf.

http://oilprice.com/Environment/Oil-Spills/Government-Insiders-Get-Ready-for-the-Gulf-Dead-Zone.html

A Bankrupt BP – Worse For The Financial World Than Lehman Brothers?

June 24, 2010 By: oilguy Category: O&G News 1 Comment →

The BP crisis in the Gulf of Mexico has rightfully been analysed (mostly) from the ecological perspective. People’s lives and livelihoods are in grave danger. But that focus has equally masked something very serious from a financial perspective, in my opinion, that could lead to an acceleration of the crisis brought about by the Lehman implosion.

Full article: http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/A-Bankrupt-BP-Worse-For-The-Financial-World-Than-Lehman-Brothers.html

Obama Administration Knew About Deepwater Horizon 35,000 Feet Well Bore

June 23, 2010 By: oilguy Category: Gulf News, O&G News 1 Comment →

President Obama and Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates were informed that BP would drill an unprecedented 35,000 feet well bore at the Macondo site off the coast of Louisiana.

Full article at: http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Obama-Administration-Knew-About-Deepwater-Horizon-35000-Feet-Well-Bore.html


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