Another fracking Saudi conspiracy story, or Chapter 11 is a marvelous invention

Mike Smitka Let me revisit a topic that matters a lot to the auto industry, what's happening in the energy sector. Frank Gaffney, of th...

Peak Oil Revisited: Did I get anything right?

Mike Smitka, Economics, Washington and Lee University In 2014 I wrote on the arrival of peak oil. That now appears at best premature. So wha...

Low oil prices: not a Saudi conspiracy

Mike Smitka Saudi Arabia is not what it used to be. Their petroleum and other liquids production in 2014, at 11.6 million barrels per day [...