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…
Tag: Oil and gas
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…
The Increasing Sustainability of Conventional Energy: Shell Offshore
Major technical and economic advancements are happening within the fossil-fuel industries, not outside of it. The stock energy age–oil, natural gas, and coal age–is still young. The future belongs to the efficient,…
Tensions in the Strait of Hormuz force us to reconsider the material benefits of fossil fuels
Energy “REALITY” tells us that we need refineries to convert crude oil into usable transportation fuels and products.
“World Should be Optimistic About Our Fossil Fuel Future” (Bradley op-ed in Houston Chronicle)
Consumer-chosen, taxpayer-neutral energy is the opportunity cost of the Green New Deal. Global lukewarming is more the reality than a runaway greenhouse-gas effect. Adaptation, with the aid of fossil fuels,…
Fossil Fuels Shine Light of Hope in Africa
By embracing their oil and gas reserves, African leaders are not destroying the planet; they are saving their people.
The Strait of Hormuz’s Bitter Lesson for the European Union
Humanity remains structurally dependent on oil. This reality, first highlighted during the 1973 oil shortage and reinforced by the 1979 version – triggered by Iran – continues to be neglected, even openly dismissed, by…
Drones Over Dubai
The resilience I saw in Dubai, where life continued amid ongoing attacks, now faces an even greater test as the global energy supply chain is under strain. With escalation showing…
Will Canada unshackle itself in time? The global energy and minerals window of opportunity
Canada has to deal with some of the regulatory calcification we’ve let build up for some time, before we will be an attractive investment destination. We are still paralyzed by…
US Energy Realism Pays Off in Iran Crisis
What the current crisis proves is simple: Energy security resides in the ability to secure physical molecules – oil, gas, coal and uranium – when geopolitical storms hit. Europe, and…
New energy policies in California threatening America’s national security.
Refinery closures in California reduce fuel supply resilience on the West Coast, increasing risks to military readiness and national security. Maintaining a stable policy framework that supports continued operation of…
U.S. Gas and Renewables Help Buffer Power Consumers From War Costs
The huge growth of U.S. natural gas production and renewable energy together helps insulate consumers from global volatility and price increases today. But it also offers the opportunity through permitting…
Iran Nearly Crippled Global Energy, But Trump Found A New Weapon
On Tuesday, President Trump announced on Truth Social that the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) would provide political risk insurance and even U.S. Navy escorts for merchant vessels in the Strait…
Trump’s Withdrawal from Collapsing Climate Narrative
The curtain is falling on the world’s most expensive soap opera. For decades, a cast of unelected bureaucrats and subsidized academics fought to keep the production alive, but the audience…
Energy Transition Meltdown Could Mean Global Bifurcation
For years, the global energy strategy has been surreal. Companies that built the modern world on the back of energy-dense hydrocarbons indulged those celebrating the arrival of wind turbines and…
Is the IEA Now Telling Us That We Need More Oil for Longer?
This is the latest in a series of pivots by the IEA back to recognizing the importance of oil and gas in the long-term energy balance.
Nonprofits Cruelly Normalize Poverty for Climate Virtue
The truth: Climate policy that ignores needs of people and contributes to generational poverty is cruel, even when presented with the gloss of environmental virtue.
California Dems Scramble To Boost Oil Production After Running Refiners Out Of Town
“After years of pushing radical climate policies that punished working families, Governor Newsom is finally waking up to what Californians need, he’s now scrambling to secure the very fossil fuels…
Which Are The “Stranded Assets” Now?
The prediction that wind and solar assets will become “stranded” is fundamentally different, and fundamentally sounder, than the comparable prediction for fossil fuel assets. That is because wind and solar…