Tag Archives: gasoline

Futures markets vs. emerging markets

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Jonathan Callahan

Gasoline prices have people squealing and calling for heads to roll.  It must be market manipulators! Oil companies! The EPA! Politicians should do something!! Presidential popularity ratings are at risk!!! The hyperventilations in the daily news speak of little else. But …  read more …

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Who’s to blame for high oil prices?

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Jonathan Callahan

A week ago the Seattle Times carried the following story:  Murray, Cantwell blame speculators for gas prices. This past Saturday the Times article titled Obama pumps plan to develop renewable energy reported that … the Justice Department will begin looking …  read more …

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Oh-oh say can you see … the future price of gasoline?

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Jonathan Callahan
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What is “our” oil doing in their economy? — Saudi oil consumption trends

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Jonathan Callahan

Oil importing nations have long treated Saudi Arabia as an infinitely deep well of crude oil supplies.  In 2005, Matt Simmon’s book Twilight in the Desert did much to call attention to the possibility of diminishing production from the desert …  read more …

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Japan’s Immediate Liquid Fuels Crisis

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Jonathan Callahan

There are so many issues that the Japanese must deal with in the immediate aftermath of their huge quake and tsunami — humanitarian relief, damaged nuclear reactors, general disruptions and shortages of all kinds.  While the ongoing troubles at the …  read more …

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