The oil shock will be mild and short‑lived? Not so fast. Roughly 20 million barrels per day (mbpd) normally flow through the Strait of Hormuz. Emergency workarounds are moving about 8 mbpd, leaving 12 mbpd offline—about 12% of global oil supply. That is unprecedented. For comparison: The 1973 OPEC embargo removed about 7% of global supply—and oil prices quadrupled. The 1979 Iran crisis removed about 4%. The relatively mild 2022 Russia shock removed 3%, yet oil still briefly h

We conventional oil and gas producers in Pennsylvania have listened to the energy conversation for years, and for the last decade it’s been dominated by talk of “transitioning away” from oil & gas. Solar panels and wind turbines get the headlines. But the past month, since the Iran war erupted, have exposed a truth the pundits refuse to face: oil and gas aren’t optional.  They are the foundation of modern life. And the disruption in the Strait of Hormuz is about to prove it i

For conventional oil and gas producers in Pennsylvania, the EPA’s February 12 rollback of the greenhouse gas “endangerment finding” represents more than a regulatory change—it is a long‑overdue course correction. For years, the 2009 endangerment finding served as the legal foundation for sweeping federal climate regulations under the Clean Air Act, including the OOOO framework that required expensive electronic leak detection and extensive record-keeping. Those rules were imp

Ford Motor Company just pulled the plug on its all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck, shifting to a hybrid version after hemorrhaging an eye-watering $35 billion on electric vehicles since 2022. That's right—$35 billion down the drain. Why? Simple: EVs are insanely expensive to build, demand is weak without massive government handouts, and now with federal support drying up under the new administration, the math just doesn't add up. Let's break it down. Manufacturing an E

US crude oil output just hit another record high of 13.84 million barrels per day (MBPD).  That’s roughly triple the amount of crude oil produced in the US 20 years ago.  Our country’s new oil wealth comes from learning how to drill horizontal wells in shale plays like the Bakken (North Dakota) and Permian (Texas and New Mexico).  Due to the shale miracle, US oil production has increased 9 MBPD from 20 years ago.  Today the US is the world’s largest oil producer by far…with 2

The stereotype of an oil or gas producer is a cigar-smoking fat cat, rolling in money.  Reality is different, particularly for PA’s small...

In January of 2024 President Biden signed an executive order banning consideration of new liquefied natural gas export terminals.  It was...

When we nudge the thermostat, or stop at the gas station, we probably don’t think of the upstream struggles—the oil and gas worker who...

Holy Shoot.  Have you seen the numbers?  Ford Motor Company just reported it lost $5.1 billion on its EV business in 2024 and that it...

Governor Shapiro is determined to shut down Pennsylvania’s economical coal-fired power plants and increase our electricity costs. The...

We all should pay attention to what happened recently in the small city of Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia (population 20,000). ...

Here is MORE bad news about the hidden costs of wind and solar energy.  Operators of electrical grids must do a careful dance to keep the...

This blog has been posting much, recently, about the unworkability of unreliable wind and solar.  Now, Germany has given us a name for...

Below is a picture taken December 1, 2024 in Waterford, Pennsylvania.  Located just 15 miles from Lake Erie, Waterford is in the...

Martha’s Vineyard residents are angry with the company installing the wind turbines just off their coast.  We’ll tell you why in a...

The People’s Republic of California has a new plan to “improve” the petroleum industry.  In a report published August 1, 2024,...

The EPA has quietly issued another new massive regulation.  The unelected bureaucrats in DC have decided that our nation’s coal and...

In April 2024 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) passed a new rule that requires coal power plants to capture at least 90% of...

In the last blog we talked about the “Green” Agenda and how it is repeated so often that some people take the green claims as given:...

The “Green” Agenda is repeated so often that some people take the green claims as given: recycle plastic to save the planet; buy electric...