When flying into the Midland airport in West Texas, there was no doubt that I had arrived in oil country. It was a pleasant March afternoon and I could see drilling rigs on either side of the airport runway. Pump jacks were nodding in every direction as far as my eyes could see (see pictures […]
The energy world’s top leaders and influencers recently gathered in Houston for the annual IHS Markit CERAWeek. Discussion at the event is always a good barometer for gauging the state of the industry, both today and into the future. Climate Pressure Climate change and the energy sector’s response was a frequent topic. Recent events […]
This week’s SnapChart plots the relationship between Chinese total energy demand and population. The Country started a rapid rise in consumption in 2004, growing threefold since then at near constant population. The number of people in China is clearly not driving energy consumption, instead economic growth is the principle driver. Over the past twenty […]
This week’s SnapChart plots the costs for delivering liquefied natural gas to growing Asian markets. For Canada, we show the delivered costs estimated by the LNG Canada project. The first major LNG project in the country, LNG Canada aims to deliver 1.8 Bcf/d of gas from British Columbia’s west coast to Asian markets by […]
