Category Archives: Energy markets

Gaius Publius: The Dying Fossil Fuel Industry

The oil industry is on a downward trend, and the trajectory could be faster than most anticipate.

Dakota Access Pipeline Divestiture and Climate Change Politics

Divestiture initiatives are unlikely to halt DAPL’s construction, but show cautious promise for stopping future US pipeline projects.

Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin Signs Law Imposing Hefty Fines and Lengthy Jail Terms for Anti-Pipeline Protests

Oklahoma becomes the first state to enact an anti-trespass law aimed at pipeline protests. Will this spark a national trend targeting protest and dissent?

Why Are The Oil Markets Crashing?

Sunny predictions for oil prices in 2017 are looking a tad premature.

Newspaper Owned By Fracking Billionaire Leaks Memo Calling Pipeline Opponents Potential “Terrorists”

States such as Oklahoma and North Dakota lead the way in repressing protest over pipeline and fracking activities.

Wolf Richter: Great Debt Unwind: Consumer Bankruptcies Jump, First Since 2010; Commercial Bankruptcies Spike

Both consumer and commercial bankruptcies spiked in March– and the oil bust’s not to blame.

The Clean Carbon Bad Joke

How viable are “cleaner” coal technologies? And can carbon sequestration save the day?

Small California Towns Are Facing Off Against Oil Companies — And Winning

California towns are winning David. v. Goliath battles with oil companies.

Trump Approves Keystone XL Pipeline, Making Good on Campaign Promise

Although additional regulatory approvals, lawsuits, and protests loom, the controversial Keystone XL pipeline now looks likely to proceed.

Oil And Gas States Forced To Cut Education Spending

The oil price slump has put pressure on the budgets of the U.S. oil and coal states.

New Oil Price War Looms As The OPEC Deal Falls Short

The OPEC deal last year was weak and is vulnerable to US shale players increasing production.

How Russia Is Using Oil Deals To Secure Its Influence In The Middle East

A string of oil deals between Russian oil companies and Arab petrostates have shifted the center of political gravity in the Middle East and North Africa towards Moscow

Iraq: “Is It Oil?”

Why the Iraq oil problem was not so much access, as in meeting U.S. oil needs, but that U.S. firms had been frozen out of Iraq.

Biggest Gasoline Glut In 27 Years Could Crash Oil Markets

High gasoline and crude inventories do not bode well for oil prices this year.

Rex Tillerson Backs Aggressive Policy in Disputed South China Sea as Exxon, Russia Eye Region’s Oil and Gas

Oil may be a big reason behind the Trump Administration’s aggressive stance towards China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea.