Monthly Archives: September 2011

Louisiana Gulf Coast Oil Exposition, Lafayette, LA Oct 25-27

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Steve Maley

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Hubbert’s Peak or Yergin’s Plateau?

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Steve Maley

In 1956, Shell geologist M. King Hubbert correctly predicted that oil production in the United States would reach a peak around 1970. Since his Peak Oil theory fits so well with the Malthusian worldview of “Progressives”, anti-capitalists and anarchists, Hubbert … Continue reading →

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Good News: Oil Drilling Off Florida Begins Nov. 1. Bad News: It’s in Cuba.

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Steve Maley

While it’s been the subject of rumor, gossip and misinformation for the last several years, this time it’s real: drilling off the north shore of Cuba is scheduled to begin November 1. Six wells are planned to be drilled with … Continue reading →

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Louisiana Dems Field >>Zero<< Credible Candidates in Statewide Qualifying

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Steve Maley

Huey Long must be turning over in his grave. Qualifying closed today for Louisiana’s Fall 2011 statewide elections, and the once super-dominant Democratic Party has failed to field a single credible candidate for statewide office. Not a single one. Louisiana’s … Continue reading →

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Rx for Job Growth, Federal Revenue and Energy Security: Drill, Obama, Drill!

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Steve Maley

The Gulf Economic Survival Team (GEST) is a consortium of large and small companies that have been negatively affected by the Department of the Interior’s bureaucratic overreaction to the BP oil spill. Earlier this year, GEST commissioned a study by … Continue reading →

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