Guest “When did The Babylon Bee take over The Grauniad?” by David Middleton I couldn’t make this sort of schist up, even if I was trying In the wake of…
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Energy Information Has Never Mattered More—So It’s Time to Reform the IEA
… the U.S. should suspend payments to the IEA until it has been restructured in a fashion suitable for the times. There’s plenty of precedent for such an action, from…
Haynesville Natural Gas Production Sets New Record… Again
Featured image from Midwest Capital Advisors Guest “Déjà vu all over again” by David Middleton From the US Energy Information Administration: Just over one year ago… Frac On! From 2000…
California’s Retail Electricity Price Highest in the Continental U.S. & More than Double the Western U.S. Average Price
Incredibly, California’s year 2021 average retail electricity price has now grown to be 214% greater than the average of the other 10 western continental U.S. states.
California Gov. Newsom to make gas prices even higher!
Governor Newsom says “California Took on Big Oil and Won.” Reality says Californian politicians are the reason why gasoline prices are so high in The Golden State.
US Gas Consumption Trends
No surprise there, as gas has steadily been replacing coal in the electricity mix.
US Grid Needs Fossil Fuels, Not Wind
This destroys the idea that the wind is always blowing somewhere, and that all you have to do is distribute surplus power around the country in order to meet demand.
The Permian Basin: The gift that keeps on giving!
Guest “Peak Productivity” by David Middleton SEPTEMBER 30, 2022Advances in technology led to record new well productivity in the Permian Basin in 2021 The Permian Basin in western Texas and…
America Is Successfully Pursuing ESG = Extreme Shortages Guaranteed
Everything that needs electricity is made with the oil derivatives manufactured from crude oil. In an all-electric world, there will be nothing to power without oil.
Is the EIA fudging gasoline demand numbers to lower prices?
Guest “Not adding up” by David Middleton Personally, I do not think the EIA is fudging the numbers, at least not intentionally… But some numbers just don’t seem to add…
The Texas Offshore Wind Fable
Guest “Not even wrong!” by David Middleton Offshore wind farm proposed for Gulf of Mexico near Galveston could power 2.3 million homesTwo proposed wind farms off the Texas and Louisiana…
U.S. Oil Companies Double Capital Expenditures Year-Over-Year
Guest “Slapping down another Biden lie” by David Middleton OIL Published June 11Biden points blame for record oil prices: ‘Exxon made more money than God this year’President Biden blamed oil…
SPR Oil Shipped to China, India & Europe
Guest “No Schist Sherlock” by David Middleton Why Biden Sent American Oil To ChinaReuters reports that the U.S. sent 5 million barrels of oil to China, India, and Europe last…
Biden Ahead of Schedule in Destroying US Offshore Oil Production
Guest “First, the good news” by David Middleton JUNE 21, 2022EIA expects nine new Gulf of Mexico natural gas and crude oil fields to start in 2022 In our June…
Shell Goes Full BP – Part Trois
Guest “Why would we want to be ‘competitive’ with Europe” by David Middleton Shell Is Looking To Shake Up The Energy Game In TexasBy Haley Zaremba – Jun 12, 2022,…
“Germany Poised to Become LNG Powerhouse”???
Guest “I do not think that word, powerhouse, means what you think it means” by David Middleton Germany Poised to Become LNG Powerhouse With Law to Cut Red TapeLegislation set…
2021: The Year Renewables “Lost Last Place”
Guest “Let’s go Mets!” by David Middleton There are three things that I am somewhat embarrassed of: I am not a native Texan… I was born in Connecticut, but I…
Haynesville Shale: Record Natural Gas Production
Guest “Fracking A, Bubba,” by David Middleton The Haynesville Shale (technically Haynesville/Bossier) in northeast Texas and northwest Louisiana is the third largest natural gas play, in terms of production rate…
Inflation More Than Offsets 4.3% Rise in Residential Electricity Rates
“Inflation is our friend” Joe Biden? Or Dan Akroyd? Does anyone else remember this classic Saturday Night Live skit? I still laugh my @$$ off whenever I watch this. I…
EIA: “Policies, rather than market demand, drive the adoption of biomass-based diesel fuels”…
Guest “Do they intentionally get the headlines wrong?” by David Middleton MARCH 24, 2022EIA projects U.S. renewable diesel supply to surpass biodiesel in AEO2022 In our Annual Energy Outlook 2022 (AEO2022) Reference…
We Should Not Compare Electricity Sources Using Nameplate Ratings
Renewables only “take root” because governments, market operators, utility regulators and misguided Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors – misguided only in that they do not account for how the…
EIA: US Fossil Fuels Production to Reach Record Highs in 2023… The Permian is already there!
Guest “Frac On!” by David Middleton JANUARY 21, 2022EIA expects U.S. fossil fuel production to reach new highs in 2023 After declining in 2020, the combined production of U.S. fossil…
Old King Coal Not Going “Gentle Into That Good Night”
Guest “Rage, rage against the dying of the light” by David Middleton Note: Except for Rudyard Kipling, I don’t like poetry, especially Dylan Thomas. It’s jut that I’ve just seen…
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