The Colonial Pipeline Attack Is A Major National Security Incident
The majority of U.S. refining capacity is on the Gulf Coast. Refineries there receive a combination of domestic and Canadian crude via pipeline, as... read more
Equinor Blazes A Renewable Path, But Can Other Oil Companies Follow?
Up until 2018, the Norwegian oil company Statoil was one of the world’s integrated supermajor oil companies. While not quite on the level of... read more
Nuclear Reactors Could Provide Plentiful Zero-Carbon Hydrogen, If Only We Let Them
Hydrogen was thrust into the spotlight as a promising clean energy source by President George W. Bush in his 2003 State of the Union address.... read more
Surprise? Oil Demand Is Bouncing Back
As the Covid-19 pandemic began to spread last year, I developed an idea. I hypothesized that the pandemic would cause a permanent dent in oil... read more
Energy Trounced All Other Sectors In The First Quarter
After three abysmal quarters in 2020 — due to the triple whammy of an oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia, demand destruction as a result... read more
Why Gas Prices Rise Nearly Every Spring
Although it wasn’t strongly emphasized in the recent discussions on the rise in gasoline prices, those prices to rise nearly every spring. But why... read more
Asia Is Going Big on Hydrogen Power
Hydrogen power could be huge, eventually. If solar and wind are the energy of tomorrow, hydrogen is a candidate for the day after, explains Jonathan... read more
Cummins fuel cells powering North America’s first commercial zero emissions ferry
A ferry that only emits water transporting people across waterways? This will now be possible thanks to Cummins hydrogen fuel cells that are being... read more
First order of hydrogen trains in France – a historic step towards sustainable mobility
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Grand Est and Occitanie regions sign the very first order of dual mode electric-hydrogen trains in... read more
The Enormous Energy Legacy Of President George W. Bush
I often remind people that a U.S. president’s policies generally have limited impact on the energy markets in the short term. This topic often comes... read more