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.
Category: Oil and Gas
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…
The California refinery crisis is a national security risk for America
The supply chain of fuels and products refined from raw crude oil will face severe imbalances, most likely leading to higher costs and shortages for future generations.
Keystone XL Rebranded as “Keystone Light” in Trump’s Push for North American Energy Security
This project is a leaner, faster, and more litigation-resistant project that reuses idle pipe, threads existing corridors, avoids reservation land, and is racing the clock to lock in steel-in-the-ground before…
UAE’s OPEC Exit: Pragmatic Oil Policy, Not ‘Stranded Assets’ Panic
The UAE’s departure, the largest and most consequential since the cartel’s founding, weakens OPEC+ materially and reputationally, but it does so because of internal rifts, US supply abundance and regional…
What Fuel Crisis? New Aussie Call to Tax Fossil Fuel Giants for Climate Damage
Locals ignored the advice of experts in beach sand erosion management. Now the council is blaming fossil fuel companies for the mess.
How the Free Market Cancelled BP’s Renewable Energy Push
Adam Smith’s invisible hand vs the Renewable Energy Movement.
Federal Power Meets California Resistance in Santa Ynez Oil Restart Battle
President Trump issued a Defense Product Act-based executive order to get oil flowing again off the California coast. State judge basically ruled a previous California court injunction against offshore oil…
Why the UK and EU Keep Doubling Down on Net Zero Dogma in the Face of Spiralling Economic Dysfunction
Freely chosen economic illiteracy, like other ideological afflictions, appears immune to correction by experience. The hangman’s noose may concentrate some minds, but in Westminster and Brussels, the noose is worn…
IEA Head Fatih Birol: UK should forego North Sea Oil Expansion Because Nobody Needs Oil and Gas
“… There will be a significant boost to renewables and nuclear power and a further shift towards a more electrified future …”