Category Archives: Analysis

Don’t Blame the Speculators

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Mazama_admin

This is a guest post by Derik Andreoli, Senior Analyst at Mercator International LLC (dandreoli@mercatorintl.com) Never trust a politician to explain oil prices I believe in markets. I believe that when supply falls short of demand, prices increase, and in …  read more …

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Gas Boom Goes Bust

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Jonathan Callahan

The current boom in drilling for ‘unconventional’ gas has helped raise US production to levels not seen since the early 1970′s. This has been an incredible boon to consumers and has kept spot prices contained below $5 per million BTU …  read more …

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The Bakken Boom – A Modern Day Gold Rush

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Jonathan Callahan

This is a guest post by Derik Andreoli, Senior Analyst at Mercator International LLC (dandreoli@mercatorintl.com) “That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach”. …  read more …

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An Engineer’s View of Peak Oil — Part 1

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Jonathan Callahan

This a guest post by Ian Sutton, whom I had the pleasure of meeting at this year’s ASPO-USA conference. The author of this essay has worked in the process industries, both onshore and offshore, for forty years. He has extensive …  read more …

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Energy Strategies

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Jonathan Callahan

If there is one thing that policy wonks are good at it is sifting through lots of information and writing documents with plans for the future. The plans they come up with reflect not only the quality of the information …  read more …

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