Energy industry – Aug 15

Tropical Storm Dean heads towards Caribbean

There’s money in oil, oystermen find
Clash over Canadian oil sands inevitable

Drilling hits new high in ultra-deep Gulf of Mexico
Disappointing first half douses hope for ’07 big oil output gains

Scrabbling around for plan B

The bubble mentality that led to the current chaos in the world’s credit markets has uncomfortable parallels to the way the industrial world treats its energy resources. Will the fossil fuel-driven boom that has created modern industrial society turn out in retrospect to be akin to a speculative bubble?

Postal holiday

Posting at Energy Bulletin will be light and scattered through the weekend, returning to normal on Monday evening.