LNG goes from doghouse to podium as weather fears stoke rally

How fast things can change. Just a week o so ago everybody still…

Gazprom sees European gas glut in 2021, blames U.S. LNG

Don't worry Gazprom. More renewables destroy your real competitor…

Gas Market Buys Merkel and Putin Time on Nord Stream 2

As if they would be concerned about the gas market. Because Putin…

Opec rejects projection that global demand for oil has peaked

For once I do agree with OPEC. Yes, I know why they say that…

Nigeria pushes gas into fast lane

I cannot count anymore how many times I have heard such things…

Shrinking U.S. Oil Stocks Point to Market Rebalancing

This obsession with a balanced market flies in the face of everything…

Study: “mitigation costs of limiting global warming … are higher than … avoided damages this century”

You may call it mitigation if it does anything at all to redress…

As China And Russia Grow Closer, America’s Energy Sector Loses

Let them do it - America should not be dependent on a customer…

Media Finally Wakes Up To The Problems With Wind Power

We have a saying here in Austria: "a turd will eventually float…

What the pandemic has taught us about science

When I worked for big corporations I had a rule. Every team of…

Permian Enters Uncharted Waters in Better Shape than Most Regions

The oil and gas industries are still longterm plays. Yes, I know…

Climate change could mean fewer sunny days for hot regions banking on solar power

They know that their contraptions are money munching, value-destroying…

It’s Past Time to Bring Critical Supply Chains Home From China

China has become a malignant player in the world's trade system…

What China’s climate push means for Australia

Australia has much worse problems than a phony marketing stunt…

Climate Change: The Facts 2020

People are suffering, people are dying - true words. What was…

‘The Weaponization of Weather in the Phony Climate War’

One of the reasons why we sometimes have the impression that…

Allowing LNG to boost liquidity

Oh no, its the other way around. Not LNG shall provide liquidity…

Choose Hydrogen for Shipping Because Other Industries Will Pay for Infrastructure: Shell

As if this would take care of the fundamental economic problems…

Spreading Asbestos Fibres and Running Fans Might Help Combat Climate Change

This sounds like a great idea. Let's spay cancer-inducing fibers…

Renewable Natural Gas Challenges “One-Size Fits All” Vision of Electrification

The terminology in energy has never been the smartest one. If…

Surprising science – There’s no such thing as clean energy

I think we need a new term - zero impact energy. I said it many…

Russia and India plan to join forces to encourage LNG as vehicle fuel

Common sense - something that has gone awry in the more developed…

“Zimbabwe and Puerto Rico … provide models” for our Renewable Energy Future

No average European or American can even start to imagine what…

Polish watchdog fines Gazprom $7.6 billion over Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline

Poland has fined Gazprom for having broken what law? I never…

NextDecade Targets Carbon-Neutrality at Rio Grande LNG

Do we also get a price for this mythical LNG? Because CCS is…

Qatar is winning the last great fossil fuel gold rush

The moment when everyone wakes up with a huge headache and the…

The dimmest state of the Sun: TSI and Global warming

Since I was a little boy I had known that eventually, the Sun…

Hydrogen Hyperbole: Debunking Overblown Claims That Hydrogen Can Save Intermittent Wind & Solar

A couple of years ago I was invited to come and see a wind park…

Aussie Government: “we don’t need a [carbon] price because renewables are too cheap”

Its true - if renewables are the cheapest form of electricity…

Boris’ Wind Power Speech

What did we expect - Boris is a career politician and those go…

GAZ Group launches first bus in Russia certified to run on LNG

Russia has a lot of gas it sends to China without really making…

Earth’s Optimal Temperature?

The oceans are full of hydrothermal vents, so-called black smokers,…

Full stream ahead! Denmark removes final hurdle for Russian gas pipeline to Europe

The real question is if this still matters? Because the US sanction…

Saudi Arabia Pegs Budget to Oil at Around $50, Goldman Says

OK, thats good for the figures but does it solve the real problem?…

What Would A Biden Presidency Mean For Coal?

There will be a day when we come to rue the day when we stopped…

Why U.S. Shale Gas Could Emerge From the Pandemic Stronger Than Ever

As I said many times before, shale is fast. It reacts to changes…

Prince William’s personal warning on ‘drastic’ effects of climate change

Sure thing. How did anyone expect any of those Royals to have…

BP fleshes out net-zero pledge

I just wrote about the crazy new strategy of Shell but it's not…

Forget The Russians! NATO To Combat Climate Change!

Trump has often said that the old system of alliances the US…

Amazon Commercial Illustrates the Environmental Devastation of Wind Turbines

Strangely enough, if we placed enough wind turbines on the surface…

Michael Mann: “A second Trump term is game over for the climate – really!”

Mann is doing Trump a favor. Because all this vilification goes…

Mandating electric vehicles without a plan will be devastating to California’s economy

Without a plan you say? Because I don't see what this plan is…

Peak Oil Demand and the Middle East: Even More Bad News?

Peak Oil Demand is Bogus and the world will find out soon enough.…

Restoring Scientific Debate on Climate

Debate? What debate? There is no debate. I cannot count the number…

Shell Shares Hit Lowest Point Since 1995

I always had a lot of respect from Shell. Like every oil major,…

Total CEO Calls for Aid in Fighting Islamic State

The problem of Daesh cannot be solved by constant interventions.…

The Making of a Market

Making of a market - of sots only. Because EV's are expensive…

On noes! Antarctic sea ice may not cap carbon emissions as much as previously thought

This is what happens when you substitute real data with models…

GREAT BARRIER REEF : Still Colourful Corals and Curious Fish

The oldest reefs are hundreds of millions of years old. The planet…

Italy experiences the coldest September in 50 years – with snowfall

2020 was easily the coldest summer we had in Vienna for the last…

Australia battles to become renewables superpower

Plenty of subsidies and other incentives handed out by the governing…

Levelised costs will settle the blue-green debate

If those RE enthusiasts had any balls on them they would skip…

To Believe or Not to Believe? Breaking Down the Hype Around Tesla’s Battery Day

Electric Vehicles benefited from a slew of drivers that have…

Shell to cut 11% of its workforce as virus speeds low-carbon shift

Shell does what it needs to do. I see lots of commentaries that…

Prince Charles Wants Military-Style Response To Climate Change

After WW2, Europe was a destroyed continent. People scavenged…

Are Small Scale Plants The Future For LNG?

ssLNG is still very expensive. Especially when it comes to liquefaction.…

‘Climate emergency’ soon to justify ‘house arrest’

Big brother is watching you. George Orwell only got the years…

Carnival’s largest ever cruise ship starts sea trials

Anyone who has ever done a cruise knows that the postcard pictures…