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How 30,000 Striking Steelworkers Could Affect U.S. Oil Production
Source: Thinkstock Workers are on strike at nine oil refineries and chemical plants around the United States in the largest such job action in 35 years. Members of the United Steelworkers union (USW)...
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Can U.S. Shale Rival OPEC as a Swing Producer?
Could U.S. shale rival Saudi Arabia when it comes to playing the role of swing producer? Saudi Arabia has long been the only real oil producer in the world that could ramp up or down its production at...
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How Obama Could Turn the Keystone Debate to His Advantage
Tim Aubry/AFP/Getty Images If you listen to the arguments for and against the Keystone Pipeline, you’re likely to come away thinking that either this pipeline is America’s greatest blessing or the...
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OPEC Won’t Regain Strength Until U.S. Shale Production Slows in 2030s
Source: Thinkstock For OPEC and the rest of the global oil industry, the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel is at least 15 years away. And by then, OPEC will be back as the world leader in...
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Can Utilities Survive the 21st Century Energy Market?
Source: Thinkstock The electric utility is at a crossroads. Facing flat electricity demand and a sudden insurgent campaign from rooftop solar, the large centralized utility company is entering a new...
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Congress Facing Huge Pressure to Lift Oil Export Ban
Source: Thinkstock A lobbying blitz is underway to scrap the decades-old ban on crude oil exports from the United States. Originally implemented during price spikes in the 1970s, oil exports from the...
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How a Town In Texas Is Leading the Renewable Energy Revolution
Source: Thinkstock On March 18, the city of Georgetown, Texas, announced that it would soon be generating 100% of its electricity from renewable sources. Georgetown agreed to purchase the power from...
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A Potentially Massive Win for Fracking in Texas
Spencer Platt/Getty Images Gov. Greg Abbot’s signature is all that’s needed to impose a ban on the ability of Texas’s cities to limit potentially harmful oil drilling practices, including hydraulic...
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More Bad News for North Dakota’s Oil Industry
Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images This hasn’t been a good week for the oil industry in North Dakota. First, a train carrying crude for Hess Corp. derailed and burned in central North Dakota on May 6,...
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OPEC is Forcing the U.S. to Cut Back Oil Production
Spencer Platt/Getty Images Saudi Arabia continues to ratchet up production, taking market share away from U.S. shale producers. According to OPEC’s latest monthly oil report, Saudi Arabia boosted its...
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