Government Halts Oil Being Sent to Reserves

Well, it’s official. The energy department will officially suspend shipments into the strategic oil reserves stockpile starting July 1. Is it a political move? You bet. The 76,000 barrels of oil a day that was being sent to the reserves is a pitiful amount of oil compared to what we use as a country on [...]

Saudi Arabia Refuses to Increase Oil Production

I guess this comes as no surprise. Why should they? They’re reaping incredible financial rewards and this only stands to go ever higher. Well, hey it is capitalism at its best – or worst – depending on how you look at it. We pay what the market will bear, right? "Saudi Arabian leaders made clear [...]

Take Action Against the Enron Loophole

Have you heard of the Enron Loophole (see end of post)?  Up to now I hadn’t. I’ve been introduced to it by a good friend of mine, Harry Van Twistern, and the next morning I heard an ad on the radio.  It seems that oil futures have fallen under manipulation using the guise of deregulation. [...]