When gasoline prices are rising, as they have been recently, I often get asked by readers to write about speculation. Usually the request is that I “expose” how speculation is driving up prices.  More »

Speculators tend to get blamed for rising oil prices, but rarely get thanked when prices fall.  More »

The talk of the town these days is gas prices and what to do about them.  More »

If Delta’s looking for a way to make its losses more consistent and pervasive, buying a refinery might be the ticket.  More »

Faced with the scathing results of a bankruptcy examiner’s report, Houston-based Dynegy has finally agreed to acknowledge the claims of its creditors, something the company should have done all along. Dynegy’s treatment of creditors leading up to its bankruptcy filing was more noxious than the emissions from its coal plants. Last summer, it created a [...]  More »

The U.S. Commerce Department recently announced import tariffs on Chinese solar panels after declaring that Beijing illegally subsidized manufacturing.  More »

The Commerce Department’s decision to slap import tariffs on Chinese solar panels smacks of sour grapes. Having been bested by the Chinese in the manufacture of the panels, the Obama administration is hoping to cover up its own failed development policies. In this case, the victor is penalized by the loser. Alex B. Berezow and [...]  More »

Late last week, I filled up for $3.88 a gallon. Four days earlier, gasoline was 4 cents a gallon cheaper, and by this week, prices were inching toward the dreaded $4 a gallon threshold.  More »

I filled up yesterday for $3.88 a gallon, which was 4 cents more than what I paid four days earlier. Consumers are painfully aware that gasoline prices have been on the rise for the past few months, and while such increases had been predicted since last fall, no one’s happy that the predictions proved correct.  More »

Rising gasoline prices are telling consumers that gains in U.S. oil production isn’t enough to offset global demand for oil.  More »

While the ongoing settlement issues involving BP and business owners hurt by the Deepwater Horizon spill still dominate the news, a judge in another BP legal battle has thwarted the company’s attempt to keep much of the evidence in that case hidden.  More »

While the ongoing settlement issues involving BP and business owners hurt by the Deepwater Horizon spill still dominate the news, a judge in another BP legal battle has thwarted the company’s attempt to keep much of the evidence in that case hidden. U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes in Houston told both parties in a case [...]  More »