Once an oil man always an oil man. Old George W might be a lame duck President, but he still has oil flowing through his veins.
Whilst the world’s focus is on what the new Obama Presidency will do to combat climate change or energy security, old President Bush is making sure he makes the problem […]

It was Benjamin Franklin who once said: “Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.”
In these uncertain times, with a volatile oil price, rising temperatures and a sea-change of political will and ideology in the White House, who would envy the CEO of a leading Fortune 500 oil company, plot the company’s […]

Next week there is another crucial American election.
OK – its not as important as the one ten days ago, but the outcome will have a huge bearing on Obama’s plans for energy, climate change, and how he tackles America’s ailing auto industry.
The battle is for the Chairmanship of the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee. In […]

After eight disastrous years of President Bush, the bad news for Barack Obama is that his in-tray is over-flowing with problems. The good news on issues such as climate is that he does not have to do much to be seen as a real radical.
Yesterday his energy advisor,  Jason Grumet,  noted what everyone already knows: […]

As many part of the world celebrated an Obama victory last week, his resounding success would have caused deep concern to the Canadian oil sands industry and Canada’s Prime Minster, Stephen Harper.
During the campaign, Obama condemned US reliance on “”dirty, dwindling and expensive oil,”  and his campaign team singled out oil sands as a potential […]