01/14/2011
Ah, January â the start of a new year and new beginnings. While Iâm not one to make resolutions, I do like to reflect on the past year. For those of you who are regular print subscribers, you may be familiar with my Charities and Champions: year in...
09/08/2010
Economic researchers in Louisiana and Texas have been busy calculating the damage to the statesâ economies caused by the Obama administrationâs moratorium on deepwater drilling. It turns out that the economic impact to businesses and workers in bot...
09/01/2010
According to the Ernst & Young Business Risk Report 2010, the country's uncertain energy policy is the No. 1 risk to the oil and gas industry. Actually, the move wasn't a monumental one as this risk ranked No. 2 in the same survey last year, topped onl...
02/26/2010
The face of the energy industry is changing. It is cyclical. It has happened before, and it will happen again. Certain independent exploration and production companies didn't survive the credit crisis. Those names are gone from the radar; that's one ch...
11/04/2009
The drop from a $100 oil environment and a $10 gas environment to a $50 or $60 oil environment and a $3 or $4 gas environment forced most E&P companies into a hibernation of sorts. Cash flows were cut in half, if not more, and companies hunkered down i...
10/08/2009
Both the Treasury Department and the CTFC believe greater oversight of financial trading activities is needed to prevent future market turmoil. Position limits on finite commodities pose challenges for companies managing energy commodity risk exposure....
