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Energy producers, consumers face more climate disclosure requirements

June 10, 2021 Energi Staff

By Ed Hirs This article was published by Forbes on April 26, 2021. More climate disclosure requirements are on the horizon for energy producers and energy consumers. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is thinking [Read more]

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Energy producers and consumers face more climate disclosure requirements

May 6, 2021 Energi Staff

By Ed Hirs This article was published by Forbes on April 26, 2021. More climate disclosure requirements are on the horizon for energy producers and energy consumers. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is thinking about [Read more]

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Opinion: The Texas grid loses — to Arizona, New York, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia

March 17, 2021 Energi Staff

This op-ed is part of a series published by The Dallas Morning News Opinion section to explore ideas and policies for strengthening electric reliability. Find the full series here: Keeping the Lights On. By Ed [Read more]

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Opinion: Oil & Gas For 2020—Follow The Money

January 15, 2020 Energi Staff

By Ed Hirs This article was published by Forbes on Jan. 15, 2020. Expect low and lower prices for oil and natural gas during Election 2020. Since long before he was elected, President Trump consistently called [Read more]

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Opinion: End blood for oil with a tariff on OPEC imports

November 29, 2018 Energi Staff

If the United States slapped a tariff on OPEC imports, the US could still source the crude it needs from Canada and Mexico.  More pipelines from Canada would be needed and boosting production in Mexico [Read more] [Read more]

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Alberta oil/gas love affair with US shale glosses over industry that can’t make a buck even with high prices

August 9, 2018 Markham Hislop

Pipeline shortages, unprofitable, high breakevens for many shale producers, trouble accessing capital, high debt levels – does this sound like a model Canada should encourage? The Alberta oil and gas industry’s United States fetish is [Read more]

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Opinion: How oil producers can go broke when the price of oil soars

August 9, 2018 Energi Staff

If the price of oil climbs high enough, some producers locked into contracts signed when oil prices were lower could find themselves losing money, not just making less.  Anadarko photo. Many oil producers entered into contracts at [Read more]

Opinion

Don’t like trade deficits? Then say hello to economic recession!

March 7, 2018 Markham Hislop

“The proposed tariffs should be dead on arrival. Let’s have larger trade deficits instead. Our trade partners are invested with us.” – Hirs By Ed Hirs, energy economist, University of Houston Trade deficits keep your [Read more]

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State of the oil patch: Permian Basin slowly ramping up for takeoff in 2017

September 7, 2016 JZadmin

Experts expect to see more E&P, service company bankruptcies before next boom starts Despite oil prices hovering in the mid-$40 range, the Permian Basin industry is shaking off two years of hibernation and readying itself [Read more]

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Energy economist explains why banning OPEC protects American consumers

April 26, 2016 JZadmin

“…we [the USA] are more exposed to high prices than we are to low prices.” – Hirs Last week I wrote about a Texas-based oil producers group that is calling for a ban on crude oil [Read more]

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How American shale producers will drive down costs, drive up efficiency

March 7, 2016 JZadmin

Continuous improvement of American shale technology, operations also important to lowering costs – Charlotte Batson One of the most interesting debates in the American oil patch is the role innovation and new technology will play [Read more]

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Notley should lead discussion about Alberta oil/gas emissions and job losses, not sabotage it

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

“[W]e are in that crisis position because of the incompetence and chaos and conflict that is constantly being generated by the UCP government.” – Notley Rachel Notley is mad as hell at Justin Trudeau and [Read more]

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