Resource Nationalism: The Last Stand for the Oil Optimists

23 Oct, 2009 03:53 pm The price of oil has more than doubled from its nadir of $30 a barrel earlier this year. To explain the resilience of oil prices in the face of a severe...

Iran's Oil Shield Slips

4 Nov, 2008 05:18 pm Between the US election and the gyrations of the financial markets, some important implications of the declining price of oil haven't received the attention...

Oil Prices and the Mayflower Problem

29 Aug, 2008 02:34 pm Do oil prices really tell the market what it needs to know when it needs to know it?

Drilling Into Energy Independence

1 Aug, 2008 10:08 am Another July 4th has come and gone, accompanied by the usual cries for a new "Declaration of Energy Independence." Continuing a longstanding tradition...

My Top 10 Energy Stories of 2007

3 Jan, 2008 11:53 am On his blog, R-Squared Energy Blog, Robert Rapier shares his top 10 energy stories of 2007.

World Oil Supply May Fail Within 5 Years.

25 Jul, 2007 07:14 pm Oil prices look set to skyrocket during the next five years, which coincides with peak-oil, the point of maximum global oil production beyond which an...