Category Archives: Energy

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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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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Drilling in New Jersey? No Fracking Way!

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Steve Maley

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie issued a conditional veto on a measure that would have imposed a permanent ban on hydraulic fracturing — a/k/a “fracking” — in the Garden State. Instead, Christie has suggested a year-long moratorium on the practice. … Continue reading →

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Exxon’s Offshore Lawsuit: The Rest of the Story

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Steve Maley

Last week, ExxonMobil filed a lawsuit against the Department of the Interior in the Western District of Louisiana. The lawsuit alleges that DOI, through the Minerals Management Service (MMS), acted improperly in cancelling three leases owned by ExxonMobil and Statoil, … Continue reading →

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Two Words for Michele Bachmann and the $2 per Gallon Gasoline Pledge

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Steve Maley

Here they are: Natural Gas. I’m as bullish on domestic oil as the next guy, but I’m also a realist. I don’t see any way to solve a problem with the scope and breadth of our nation’s dependence on foreign … Continue reading →

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Drilling Rigs in Pennsylvania! Hide the Womenfolk!

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Steve Maley

Democratic State Rep. Michael Sturla is apparently not the sharpest knife in the drawer. Speaking of the impact of the Marcellus Shale drilling boom on Pennsylvania, Sturla said: “Also, aside from building roads so their trucks can get to drill … Continue reading →

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Keystone XL Pipeline: Bureaucratic Hacky-Sack

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Steve Maley

The Obama Administration continues to play bureaucratic hacky-sack with what could be a key element of our nation’s secure energy future: the Keystone XL pipeline project. The new line would increase the export capacity of the Keystone Pipeline (placed in … Continue reading →

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It’s Not Easy Going Green, Part IV

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Steve Maley

Remember jatropha? In 2007, Goldman Sachs called it one of the best candidates for future biofuels. Time Magazine touted its promise in an article from January, 2009: Renewable energy, it turns out, does grow on trees. The fruit pods plucked … Continue reading →

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