Archive for 'February 2013'

President’s Speech Resorts to Fantasy on Oil and Prices

February 21, 2013 11:18 AM by bobt

The state-of-the-union speech Feb. 12 smothered whispers of hope on energy policy with shrieks of delusional ambition.

More gasoline price elevation due from Tier 3 regulation

February 7, 2013 2:50 PM by bobt

An unseasonal but temporary increase in the price of gasoline has captured the attention of news media in the US, but regulations under development that could boost the price permanently have escaped notice.

Oil demand outlook depends more than usual on politics

February 1, 2013 12:37 PM by bobt

Forecasts of global demand for oil, always sensitive to economic fate, weather, and geopolitical surprise, are especially fragile this year. Economic growth depends extraordinarily much on another wild variable: politics.