Archive for July 2018

Saudi retreat on oil IPO highlights dearth of reliable information on world oil reserves

Since late 2016 the financial media has been abuzz about what would likely be the biggest initial public offering (IPO) ever: The sale of 5 ...

I'm taking a short break from posting this week. I expect to post again on Sunday, July 29.

Last week a new acquaintance displayed mild astonishment at the volume of my writing. He asked me how I come up with ideas for my pieces. I...

Ten years ago this week—July 11, 2008 to be exact—the price of a barrel of oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange hit an intraday high of $...

As the Trump administration seeks to resuscitate the moribund American coal industry , it has decided to invoke "national security...