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An Overgoverned Society

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 12:37 pm by William O'Keefe in General |

This is the title of a book written in 1976 by W. Allen Wallis, Chancellor of the University of Rochester. The first page of the book quoted President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. “(W)e have built up new instruments of public power in the hands of the people’s government. This power is wholesome and proper, but in [...] More »

The Bigger Meaning of the Syrian Crisis

Posted on May 19, 2013 at 12:16 pm by Amy Myers Jaffe in General |

For decades, academic scholars and regional political commentators have written about the “Arab order” which loosely referred to the trend line in the political economy of the Middle East. The musings about the new Arab order gained prominence with independence movements in the early twentieth century and remain in today’s discourse. The promise of past [...] More »

A More Personal Take On Oil & Gas

Posted on May 16, 2013 at 1:25 pm by David Vaucher in Crude oil, People, Texas, Workforce |

Welcome to “Building Hydrocarbon Bonds!” I’m David Vaucher, the lucky author of this new “Voices” column in FuelFix. More »

Commentary: US NGLs to crowd OPEC Asian exports

Posted on May 15, 2013 at 2:40 pm by Amy Myers Jaffe in Middle East, Natural gas |

Middle Eastern countries are starting to feel the pinch of the U.S. shale revolution. Even Saudi Arabia will find new competition for its liquefied petroleum gas and other feedstock exports, as the United States hikes its exports of natural gas liquids. More »

Twitter, Millennials and Accountability in the Gulf and Beyond

Posted on May 13, 2013 at 12:03 pm by Amy Myers Jaffe in General |

The ins and outs of futball staffing in the oil-rich Gulf would seem at first glance to be a subject too esoteric to watch from the oil industry but writer James Dorsey’s recent comments on the fan-driven removal of royal family member Prince Nawaf Bin Feisal, former head of the Saudi Football Federation, are worth [...] More »

Commentary: Environmentalists are hurting the US economy

Posted on May 13, 2013 at 11:14 am by Michael Economides in Coal, Keystone XL, Natural gas |

Last month, Earth Day came and went. Perhaps you missed hearing about it. For 2013, the theme was “The Face of Climate Change.” Other than a change in the Post Office cancellation mark on your letters from the usual wavy lines, to the four stick-like wind turbines and a sun symbol, there was little note of what was once an event celebrated by 20 million Americans. More »

Foreign Policy Considerations Should Be Central To U.S. Oil And Gas Export Discussion

Posted on May 7, 2013 at 11:22 pm by Amy Myers Jaffe in General

Foreign policy considerations should be central to the discussion of U.S. oil and natural gas export policy. Barriers to energy trade and investment between major oil and gas rich regions and consuming countries can harm the global economy, leave the U.S. and its allies subject to energy blackmail, and create artificial shortages of vital energy [...] More »

Interview With Nick Grealy, The Shale Gas Guru

Posted on May 7, 2013 at 1:26 pm by Matt Smith in Hydraulic fracturing, Natural gas

Nick Grealy is one of the leading advocates of shale gas in Europe. As well as being the publisher of the site No Hot Air, Nick consults on the impact of shale gas, and has appeared in front of UK Parliamentary Committees and on such shows as BBC’s Newsnight to discuss the topic. Nick is very passionate, [...] More »

A Profile of Mieko Mahi – Photographer to the Oil Industry

Posted on May 6, 2013 at 12:31 pm by Michael Economides in OTC, People

For the last few years, along with a bunch of other folks, I’ve been receiving the web blasts of Mieko Mahi, an unusually named photographer who works in the oil and gas industry. Eventually I met her, entirely accidentally, and we struck up an acquaintance. I was impressed by her work, but I was even more intrigued by what motivates her, what makes her tick. More »

Commentary: The Coming Arab Winter

Posted on May 1, 2013 at 1:32 pm by Michael Economides in Middle East

Forget the Arab Spring. Islamists have already hijacked it. But, as if internally extinguishing the hope of democracy isn’t enough, dark clouds are now gathering to blot out the economic ‘sun’ for the oil-powered Middle East states, ushering in – courtesy of the West’s technological fracking ‘miracle’ – a new Arab winter. More »

Son of a BTU

Posted on April 29, 2013 at 5:53 am by William O'Keefe in General

Ever since the Clinton Gore Administration, climate advocates have been working on schemes to put a price on carbon. Their goal is to force fossil energy out of our economy. The first attempt was the ill-fated BTU tax, introduced in the early days of the Clinton Gore Administration. Clinton-Gore quickly abandoned their proposal when confronted [...] More »

Commentary: Joining the dots between record low mortgage rates and the recent sell-off in oil

Posted on April 26, 2013 at 8:00 am by Matt Smith in Crude oil

Commodities — specifically oil, which has taken part in the risk-on trade for much of the recovery of the last few years — is diverging from the equity market. More »

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