"Euan Mearns is a geologist and geochemist. In recent years he was a principal at The Oil Drum, the worlds leading energy blog, until it was archived a year ago. Since then he has founded his own blog called Energy Matters that strives to publish informed articles on the Earth energy system."
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I have become an avid reader of the International Energy Agency Oil Market Report. A ”free” synopsis is published mid-month with the full report and…
After several years, several months, several weeks and several days of crisis, it looks like things are about to come to a head for Greece…
Geothermal is presently a minor player in the field of renewable energy and for the reasons discussed here is likely to remain one, but Energy…
During May and June the oil price has stabilized and both WTI and Brent spot prices have converged on $60 / bbl; the US oil…
It has become popular to demonize fossil fuels. Pop stars, press, politicians and now pontiffs speak with a single voice: We know that technology based…
In this post I revisit the energy production and consumption data for China looking for clues about the future direction of global energy markets. China…
Since May 2005, global conventional crude oil + condensate production (C+C) has been constrained to a bumpy plateau of around 73.2 Mbpd. That limit was…
A few weeks ago I attended a small, commercial, energy storage conference in Brussels organized by Energywise where I heard a most intriguing talk on…
In How Much Battery Storage Does a Solar PV System Need? I assumed that the rooftop PV system would generate just enough power to fill…
The main oil production changes from February to March are: World total liquids up 1,000,000 bpd OPEC up 890,000 bpd N America up 80,000 bpd…
Readers are keen to know when US oil production will begin to fall. This is not an easy question to answer but in the comments…
The global rig count statistics published by Baker Hughes provide a crucial industry activity indicator and some of the most up to date industry statistics…
The IEA OMR is out early this month hence April’s edition of vital statistics comes early. The March 2015 Vital Statistics is here. EIA oil…
Two of the factors in the oil price crash are well constrained: 1) oversupply of expensive light tight oil (LTO) in North America and 2)…
As if to rub salt in the wounds of the US shale industry, Middle East OPEC oil rig count has jumped by 19 rigs to…
This is the third in a monthly series of posts chronicling the action in the global oil market in 13 key charts. The February 2015…
In the fast moving oil market much of the fundamental data only becomes available for general consumption at least one month in arrears. But EIA…
This is the second in a monthly series of posts chronicling the action in the global oil market in 12 key charts. The January 2015…
Most of us won’t have noticed much market mayhem going on in our daily lives, distracted by terrorism in the heart of Europe. An instantaneous…
Lobbyists are mobilizing to advance it. Environmentalists are mobilizing to stop it. The newly-elected Republican House has already voted to approve it. So has the…