What President Trump Should Build
Readers offer their ideas, ranging from unglamorous but necessary public works projects to a new power grid and underground power lines.
Desperately Plugging Holes in an 87-Year-Old Dam
A crucial dam struggles to keep things moving as improvements are continually delayed — a symbol of the nation’s infrastructure problems.
U.S. average gasoline prices this Thanksgiving are the second-lowest in eight years
(Wed, 23 Nov 2016) Heading into the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, U.S. retail regular-grade gasoline averaged $2.16 per gallon (g), up just six cents per gallon from the same time last year. This is the second-lowest gasoline price since 2008, when the national regular gasoline price averaged $1.89/g on the Monday prior to Thanksgiving.
New infrastructure aims to increase takeaway capacity of natural gas from Utica region
(Tue, 22 Nov 2016) A number of pipeline projects that have been approved, or are in various stages of the approval process, would increase capacity to transport natural gas from the Utica production region in Ohio to natural gas markets. Collectively, these projects could add up to 6.8 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of takeaway capacity out of the Utica region by the end of 2018.
Updated Capital Cost Estimates for Utility Scale Electricity Generating Plants
(Tue, 22 Nov 2016) The current and future projected cost and performance characteristics of new electric generating capacity are a critical input into the development of energy projections and analyses.
Why Chinese steel output is up despite capacity cuts
With China’s crude steel output in the first ten months of 2016 up nearly one percent year on year, many have wondered aloud how to make sense of the data.
Build He Won’t
Don’t fall for the Trump infrastructure scam.
End of downturn at hand? Operators’ behavior suggests so: Fuel for Thought
The way US E&P operators are adding rigs, planning activity ramp-ups, preparing to raise capex and looking forward to renewed production growth in 2017, you’d be tempted to write finis to a harrowing two-year industry downturn.
EIA creates winter version of its daily energy dashboard for Southern California
(Mon, 21 Nov 2016) EIA has updated its <em>Southern California Daily Energy Report </em>to provide additional information on key energy market indicators for the winter season. The dashboard includes information that EIA regularly compiles about energy operations and the management of natural gas and electricity systems in Southern California in the aftermath of a leak at the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility outside of Los Angeles.
Donald Trump’s Art of the New Deal?
Even as he ran against President Obama’s record, Donald J. Trump endorsed some big government ideas. Will his own party try to thwart him?