California is not proactively supporting the reanimating of the closed Valero Refinery in Benicia or the closed Phillips Refinery in Wilmington. In addition, California government is not making the necessary…
Category: Oil and Gas
The 1970s Oil Crisis: Never Forget
From MasterResource By Robert Bradley Jr. Ed. Note: This week marks the 55th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s 90-day wage and price order of August 15, 1971. With extensions, maximum…
Washington Lit the Fuse for Africa’s Energy Explosion
The boy in Cabo Delgado and the girl in Rivers State are the first generation with a plausible route out of poverty their grandparents never had, and that pathway runs…
Indonesia and India Are Jointly Planning a Hydrocarbon-Powered Future
The India-Indonesia trade relationship is dismissing the apocalyptic fantasy of the climate industrial complex and committing to secure the energy sources that people need to improve their lives.
North Sea Shutdown to Cost Treasury Billions
The Treasury faces a £13 billion hit from Labour’s ‘green’ North Sea shutdown, BP’s former finance chief has warned. The Telegraph has the story.
China’s Great Wall of Fossil Fuels
Instead of focusing on China’s shiny clean energy activities—which, while impressive in scale, remain largely additive rather than transformative—the developed world, particularly Europe, should take a page out of China’s…
India To Climate Cartel: Count Us Out
A country that the entire architecture of climate financing is supposedly built to help just declined to host the party. If climate summits worked as advertised, that would be unthinkable.…
The Impending Collapse of California’s Transportation Fuel Infrastructure
The 4th largest economy in the world is becoming a National Security Risk for America.
What Climate Crisis? Indonesia Taps Fossil Fuels
Jakarta is engineering a spectacular revival, rejecting the economic suicide of Western climate mandates to reclaim its energy sovereignty and resurrect its historical blueprint for prosperity.
Meet Tessa Khan, the Climate Activist-Litigator Waging War on North Sea Oil and Gas
The UK’s energy policy is too important – and the costs of getting it wrong too severe for ordinary working people – to be delegated to the climate litigation class.…
Another California refinery closure will threaten national and global economies
Jet fuel from refineries based in foreign countries face monumental logistical challenges to keep California airports open.
Water, Water Everywhere: Maximizing Oil Field Produced Water Use in West Texas
It is time for Texas leaders to come together to desalinate produced water; reduce disposed water volumes and earthquakes; sustain a cotton industry while providing relief to the Ogallala aquifer;…
Modern Society Runs on Refined Oil Products. Can California Keep Ignoring Reality?
The world is not dependent on natural fossil fuels, as no one uses “raw” crude oil that is only black tar, BUT has become dependent on the products and transportation fuels MADE…
Net Zero Just Cut Aussie Wheat Production by 50%
Too bad all those Aussie oil refineries had to close.
Energy Apartheid Denying Africa Tech Future
The suspension of the Kenyan data center reveals a chasm between the fantasies of the climate industrial complex and the gritty reality of building a modern society. Such a gap…
Photo ops are easy, turning the wheels is another matter
The world is wobbling crazily as current events threaten to dismantle decades worth of supply chain stability. There is a palpable sense among regular people that action is required. Because…
Infrastructure Week: The Real Story Is Underground
This Infrastructure Week, policymakers should recognize that pipelines are every bit as vital as highways and bridges. They may run underground and out of sight, but they help power factories,…
ASEAN Nations Return to Fossil Fuels, Back Away From Net Zero Plans
Developing economies are rejecting the climate dogma that demands their perpetual impoverishment. They are actively expanding coal mining operations to ensure a steady supply of domestic fuel. This protects their…
The United Arab Emirates Is Playing Its Own Game
Spurning the illusions of energy “transition,” the UAE pursues addition, diversification, and diplomacy based on reality and geared toward long-term prosperity for all. It is a model the EU would…
Oil Moves Our Machines, But Electricity Is the Cornerstone Of Our Quality Of Life
The ignorance of the “energy ILLITERATE” leaders is shocking, as they NEVER explain how the “energy” from wind turbines and solar panels can provide TRANSPORTATION FUELS: jet fuel for military…