Editor's Perspective
OPEC PRODUCTION CAPACITY RISING, IEA REPORT SAYS
November 25, 2005
While a vigorous debate proceeds among specialists about how much petroleum the world has left to produce, the number of greatest immediate importance is production capacity.
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SIMPLE QUESTIONS CAN CALL OFF HUNTS FOR SMOKING GUNS
November 18, 2005
In the matter of smoking guns, great wariness is in order. The hunt for them, including one having to do with oil, makes US politics goofy.
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OIL-PRICE HEARING A DARK MOMENT FOR FREE-MARKET PARTY
November 11, 2005
It was good to see, in this week's congressional inquisition of oil company executives, that Republicans still have among them someone willing to defend markets.
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ALL PERSPECTIVES CAN'T BE RIGHT ON OIL, GAS PRICES
November 4, 2005
Three interesting perspectives on prices of oil and natural gas are crisscrossing through the news.
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ON ENERGY, US NEEDS LEADERSHIP, NOT DEMAGOGUERY
October 28, 2005
Extraordinarily high profits by oil and gas companies occur rarely and never last long. Energy mistakes by Congress happen frequently and hurt the US for years.
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HOUSE PASSES HALF A GESTURE ON US REFINING
October 14, 2005
Gestures don't build refineries. Half-gestures build even fewer of them.
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QUESTION FOR DOE: DOES ENERGY HOG GET SUV DEDUCTION?
October 7, 2005
With good reason and constructive intent, the US government has deployed all the energy-saving persuasion at its disposal.
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HURRICANES SHOW OIL MARKET ISN'T JUST ABOUT CRUDE
September 23, 2005
As the second massive hurricane in less than a month plows across producing areas of the Gulf of Mexico and pulls within hours of major US refining centers, the need to adjust thinking about the oil market deserves notice.
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INDUSTRY SHOULD COORDINATE ITS KATRINA RELIEF
September 16, 2005
If industry profits in a supply emergency must become a political issue then industry spending on emergency responses deserves attention, too.
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US HAS SURPLUS OF EXPERTS ON OIL BUSINESS
September 9, 2005
Suddenly, the US teems with experts on the oil and gas business.
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'GOUGING' ANXIETY IS JUST OUTRAGE OVER ARITHMETIC
September 2, 2005
The problem with assumptions about gasoline price gouging is obsession over price to the exclusion of sales volume.
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HELP IS AT HAND FOR SERVICE HURT BY GASOLINE COST
August 27, 2005
Fuel costs must be crushing the services that mow grass, edge sidewalks, and trim bushes of US suburbia.
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INDUSTRY THUMPED FOR INCENTIVES IN ENERGY POLICY ACT
August 12, 2005
The US oil industry is receiving a public drubbing over the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which US President George W. Bush signed into law Aug. 8.
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Capital freedom will survive the Unocal door-slam
August 5, 2005
Congress growled. CNOOC Ltd. flinched. So Chevron Corp. will own Unocal Corp.
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MTBE liability bomb intolerable as energy policy
July 30, 2005
Comprehensive energy legislation was an unfavorable arena in which to debate limited liability protection for makers of methyl tertiary butyl ether.
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Gasoline price answers neglect elevated costs
July 22, 2005
To the question "Why are gasoline prices so high?" gushes much attention these days, not enough of it focused on an important part of the answer.
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IEA: Oil supply, demand adjusting to high prices
July 15, 2005
The most difficult prediction to make about the oil market is the reversal of current trends. Most faulty forecasts trip over the temptation to believe current trends endure forever.
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US EXPLANATIONS DIVERGE OVER HIGH GASOLINE PRICES
July 8, 2005
Two explanations of contrasting credibility emerged last month for why, beyond crude oil fundamentals, US gasoline prices are high.
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QUESTIONS HAUNT GLOBAL WARMING 'HOCKEY STICK'
July 2, 2005
In quick succession, the science of global warming has pushed its way into politics, and politics has pushed back.
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FOCUS ON FOREIGN OIL BREEDING COSTLY PROPOSALS
June 27, 2005
Much can be said about dependence on foreign oil, of course, little of it positive. But calling it a tax is a stretch.
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