Reality Check

Oil Shock Part Three: Change

2009-08-13T16:58:00Z

This time on Reality Check, Richard Loomis and Jim Puplava focus on the coming response to high oil demand and low oil supply. Change will come through technology, transportation, and a renewed local focus.

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Oil Shock Part Two: Supply

2009-07-23T18:40:00Z

This time on Reality Check, Richard Loomis and Jim Puplava focus on the second twist in the oil shock: supply. A recent IEA report on global energy supply is examined, along with upcoming threats to current U.S. suppliers of oil.

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Oil Shock Part One

2009-07-03T18:14:00Z

This time on Reality Check, Richard Loomis and Jim Puplava discuss oil price volatility as a result of unwavering demand due to the needs of transportation and emerging markets.

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A Glut of Bum Data

2009-05-15T19:17:00Z

by Matthew R. Simmons, Chairman and CEO of Simmons & Company International
As seen in World Energy Monthly Review May 2009

For the last several months, I have been baffled at the widespread impression that the United States has suddenly created a serious natural gas glut thanks to the miracle of abundant shale gas plays cropping up all over the place. I now realize I had probably underestimated the remarkable growth we have seen in Barnett Shale gas and the emergence of Haynesville gas and the other shale plays. At first glance, these plays are very impressive. However, they require an exponential increase in drilling and fracing as each individual well has a high decline rate once it begins production.

But I still questioned whether the growth I read about for the past few months – as much as 8 to 9 percent – could really be right, given how high the decline rates have become for almost the entire U.S. gas production base. Moreover, real-time decline-rate data is notoriously hard to capture, even for many important producers.

When the major gas players all reported their 2008 U.S. natural gas production, I finally began smelling what seemed to be a stinking rat: the fact that the top 10 superstar domestic natural gas producers grew their total gas by only 8 percent more than the major gas oil company gas producers declined. Thus, to justify the wild claims by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) that natural gas supply had grown so high, all the small, privately owned independents would have to have grown their gas production twice as high as the top 10 superstars. That is a claim I had a hard time swallowing.

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Cap and Trade

2009-05-13T15:31:00Z

This time on Reality Check, Richard Loomis and Jim Puplava review Cap and Trade, and the White House's proposed "American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009".

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Newt Gingrich at Tulane University

2009-04-20T20:10:00Z

Newt Gingrich guest lectures for James Carville's class at Tulane University. Topics include the recent financial meltdown, historical U.S. regime changes, and a brief Q&A.

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Energy Planning in an Uncertain Environment

2009-04-13T22:57:00Z

Matt Simmons explains why planning in the oil & gas industry has been, and continues to be, particularly difficult.

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The World's Biggest Bet

2009-04-06T18:33:00Z

Matt Simmons details how pricing chaos, unwavering demand, and a rusty infrastructure heaps trouble onto the likelihood of peak oil supply. Click here to view streaming video. Or, download via iTunes: Follow World Energy on Twitter:...(read more)

State of the Energy Union

2009-03-26T22:54:00Z

Matt Simmons discusses the difference between Energy Optimists and Energy Pessimists in his latest speech.

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16 Years of Oil & Gas Trends

2009-03-16T20:27:00Z

Matt Simmons explains why planning in the oil & gas industry has been, and continues to be, particularly difficult.

Death of Consumption

2009-03-05T20:46:00Z

This time on Reality Check, Richard Loomis and Jim Puplava trace data from prior decades and discuss how it leads to the coming "Death of Consumption".

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Reality Check visits CERA Week

2009-02-25T15:24:00Z

Jim and Richard discuss the comments and predictions made at CERA week in Houston.

If you enjoyed this episode be sure to see the others at http://worldenergysource.com/wetv/realitycheck/index.cfm

Also, Jim Puplava's latest article at http://www.worldenergysource.com/wes/stores/1/Riders-on-a-Storm-P1262C106.aspx

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Kangaroo Court by Matt Simmons

2009-02-08T22:47:00Z

For more from Matt Simmons, check out these articles or visit World Energy for a list of his hot topics.

World Energy Television Presents: Energy Crisis, A Discussion with Matt Simmons
Amidst skyrocketing oil prices, considerable financial activity in the oil market, and increased gas prices, producing and consuming nations alike are concerned about efficiency and supply.

How Energy “Experts” Ruined My Saturday
When it comes to oil prices, clueless newspaper reporters and TV talking heads agree: Why let the facts get in the way of a good story?

Another Nail in the Coffin of the Case Against Peak Oil
As world demand for petroleum continues to grow, says the author, one glaring fact remains: Norway, the United Kingdom, the United States and Mexico – as well as Saudi Arabia – have all passed the peak-oil stage.

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World Energy Presents, Reality Check: Energy Wild Ride

2009-01-31T01:13:00Z

WorldEnergy.Tv presents Richard Loomis and Jim Puplava talking about the wild ride we have seen in Energy and what the future might hold.

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World Energy Presents, Energy Baggage in the Cabinet

2009-01-23T14:58:00Z

This time on Reality Check, Richard Loomis and Jim Puplava discuss the distinctly one sided view of Obama's Energy team and the rest of the cabinet. Tell us what you think. 1-800-794-6480.

If you enjoyed this video you should also read the following articles:

The New Consensus, by David J. O’Reilly, Chairman and CEO, Chevron Corporation
President Obama’s Energy Picks, “True Believers, by Richard Loomis, CEO of World Energy.
Avoid the Energy Myths and Diversity, by Thomas F. Farrell II, Chairman, President and CEO of Dominion.

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