Energy

Chesapeake Energy Claims It’s Not Declaring Bankruptcy

The collapsing oil and natural gas prices plus the “straight line” thinking that drove Chesapeake Energy to its present precarious position is putting...

Bob Adelmann February 9, 2016

Does Cruz’s Iowa Victory Signal the End of Ethanol Subsidies?

Bob Adelmann February 3, 2016

If support for ethanol subsidies is waning in Iowa, of all places, does that spell the end of them altogether? ...

Energy Expert Sticks With Prediction of $18 Oil

Bob Adelmann February 1, 2016

John Kildruff, the founder of energy trading company Again Capital, predicts oil will reach as low as $18 a barrel. If his prediction...

Crude Prices Likely to Drop Further After Iranian Sanctions Lifted

Bob Adelmann January 18, 2016

Justice may be slow but it is sweet. Iranian oil will put additional pressure on OPEC. ...

Interior Secretary Halts All New Coal Mining on Public Lands

Bob Adelmann January 15, 2016

The announcement that the Obama administration would be stopping issuing new coal leases on federal land should catch no one by surprise. Obama...

Oil Prices Down, Oil Bankruptcies Up, Industry Safe

Bob Adelmann January 12, 2016

OPEC's hopes that low oil prices, owing to its full-tilt pumping operations, would remove production in the United States' oil fracking areas continue...

Gas & Retail Prices Drop, Consumers Not Spending; Recession Feared

Bob Adelmann December 21, 2015

Gas and retail prices are lower, but consumers aren't spending. Could a recession be on its way? ...

As Natural Gas Prices Drop, so Does Air Pollution

Bob Adelmann December 16, 2015

Natural gas prices dropped again, hitting lows not seen since March 24, 1999, and the amount of CO2 and other real pollutants has...

Crude Oil Below $35: Winners and Losers

Bob Adelmann December 15, 2015

With crude oil prices dropping below $35 a barrel on Monday, several energy companies are bing hurt, while companies such as Walmart are...

Oil Price Decline Forces Alaska Governor to Propose an Income Tax

Bob Adelmann December 10, 2015

Alaskans are soon to suffer the pain of falling oil and natural gas prices, since fossil fuel extraction has largely funded government for...

Saudi Arabia Announces Its Willingness to “Stabilize” Oil Prices

Bob Adelmann November 24, 2015

In attempting to flood the world markets with oil and put many U.S. oil fracking companies out of business, OPEC overplayed its hand,...

Oil: How Much Lower?

Bob Adelmann November 19, 2015

The question of just how far oil prices may fall remains an open question. A "black swan" event could, however, drop oil to...

TransCanada Asks State Department to Hold Its Keystone Pipeline Application

Bob Adelmann November 4, 2015

TransCanada Corporation's shrewd political ploy to avoid having the Obama administration judge the wisdom of a Keystone Pipeline expansion just might work. If it...