Category: Oil and Gas

Oil demand growth – of graphs and gasoline

A closer look at gasoline consumption suggests that central predictions for future global oil demand may still be too high Supply is

A coming change in energy provision, from extraction to manufacturing, that should reduce long-term energy costs Earlier this month Ben

“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’ Nothing beside remains. Round the

History is likely to view the last decade of conventional, mega-scale oil and gas investment as another bad commodity binge

“Well, in OUR country,’ said Alice, ‘you’d generally get to somewhere else – if you ran very fast for a

The oil industry’s main narrative remains one of increasing hydrocarbon demand requiring higher levels of investment to supply it. But

Do industrial megaprojects over-run because they are badly managed, or because they are big? It’s mainly because they are big.

“In the face of overwhelming odds, I’m left with only one option, I’m gonna have to science the shit out

In his major tome on Industrial Megaprojects[1] in 2011, Ed Merrow poured decades worth of empirical assessments and statistical analysis

Note: Whenever a post clearly makes a forecast, I will attempt to frame it specifically and also quantify the likelihood