On Monday, the Moscow Times ran a story on one of the most watched projects in the Caspian region. Kashagan, an offshore oil project in the Kazakh sector of the Caspian Sea, is the largest oil field to have been...
Marathon Oil made news earlier this week when it was announced that it was buying Calgary-based Western Oil Sands, to move into Canadian oil sands. The company is again in the news, this time for paying a $1 million fine...
Something of Chinese and Russian theme today. Underpinning two of the stories is China’s growing international search for oil and gas to keep feeding its rapidly expanding economy. The other issue is the geo-politics of the Russian oil industry. Lets...
Unbelievable story from the New York Times from a few days ago about oil spas in Azerbaijan. According to the Times: “The petroleum spas of Naftalan in central Azerbaijan, one of the little-known but once popular vacation spots of the...
Ever wondered how much of the oil price is pure hype or fear? Well there is an interesting article in today’s New York Times, which quotes Michael Rose, the director of the energy trading desk at Angus Jackson in Fort...
Something strange is happening. Have you noticed it? The gas price is falling. The news that the price of crude oil dipped below $60 dollars has sparked a furious response as to why it is happening. Some are arguing that...
In the latest issue of Ms. Magazine, Martha Burk's "Crude Awakening" draws fresh connections between the United States' oil interests and its willingness to overlook gross violations of women's rights, especially in oil-rich nations. Writes Burk: "Whether supporting gender apartheid...
Sunday’s local newspaper reported that gasoline sales in Vermont were 13 percent below prediction in February of this year and almost 15 percent low for May. I have no theories on the May swoon, aside from the toll continued high...
The images last year of some 500 dead and dying ducks drowning in a toxic tailings pond was not one that Canada wanted the world to see. They wanted to keep the downside of Canada's dirty tar sands business secret....
As geopolitical tensions rise, Trump’s fossil fuel billionaire donors reap windfall profits while people are being killed and working people around the world face higher energy and food costs.
