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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Natural gas, solar power and data-driven efficiency are making big gains, but history shows that the shift away from coal and oil won’t be fast or neat The Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project, a 110-megawatt solar thermal power facility, near Tonopah, Nev., June 26, 2014. Officials with the project say they expect it to start […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Chili Dog Day. U.S. stocks rallied for a second day in a row yesterday with the S&P 500 leading the way gaining 16 points, 0.75%, to 17,751 followed by the Dow which posted a 121 point rise, 0.68%, closing at 17,751 and the Nasdaq in third […]
The productivity of natural gas wells in the Marcellus Shale and the neighboring Utica Shale is steadily increasing because of ongoing improvements in precision and efficiency of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing occurring in those regions. Since January 2012, natural gas production in the Marcellus and Utica regions has accounted for 85% of the […]
In its recently released Annual Energy Outlook 2015 (AEO2015), EIA expects the United States to be a net natural gas exporter by 2017. After 2017, natural gas trade is driven largely by the availability of natural gas resources and by world energy prices. Increased availability of domestic gas or higher world energy prices each increase the gap […]
EIA is currently in the process of updating maps of major tight oil and shale gas plays, including the Eagle Fordand Marcellus plays, which will help to better characterize the geology of key areas of production in the United States. EIA’s most recent maps focus on shale and tight oil plays, and characterize plays based on geologic characteristics, including […]
Good morning. U.S. equities ended lower yesterday for a second straight session with the Dow losing 97 points to close at 17,641, the D&P 500 fell 17 to 2,028 and the Nasdaq was off 39 points to 4,665. The assault on stocks was once again driven by lower oil prices as investors continue to worry […]
Good morning. Friday ended a solid week of gains for U.S. equities with the Dow closing up a hefty 128 points at 16,805, the S&P 500 adding 14 to 1,965 and the Nasdaq closing at 4,484, up a big 31. For the week the Dow rose 2.6%, the S&P 4.1% and the Nasdaq 5.3%. It […]
Good morning. Things sure have been choppy lately. After a horrible day last Thursday and a decent rebound Friday stocks once again turned for the worse yesterday with the Dow losing 42 points to 17,071, the S&P 500 fell 5 ending at 1,978 and the Nasdaq slipped 6 to 4,506. Be thankful. It was much […]
Good morning. U.S equities closed little changed from Wednesday yesterday with the Dow ending down 20 points at 17,049, the S&P 500 gained 2 to 1,997 and the Nasdaq up 5 to 4,592. And you should be very happy because for most of the day all the indexes were seriously bleeding with the Dow at […]
Good morning. A second straight lousy day for our 401K’s. The Dow lost 98 points, its biggest one day drop in a month, to 17,014, the S&P 500 fell 13 and back below 2,000 to 1,988 and the Nasdaq really got whacked closing down 40 points, 0.9%, to 4,552. Investors had little economic news to […]
