Affordable, Oil Prices, Price and United States

Commentary: Could falling oil prices spark a financial crisis?

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2014

The oil and gas boom in the United States was made possible by the extensive credit afforded to drillers. When oil prices were high and production was relentlessly climbing, energy related junk bonds looked highly profitable. The situation will compound itself if oil prices stay low.

Oil Prices

Oil Prices Oil Price North Dakota

Belfer Center Brief Urges Higher, Stable Energy Prices to Achieve Long-Term Energy Policy Objectives

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MAY 26, 2009

The brief concentrates on six topics: climate change policy, carbon capture and storage policy, oil security policy, energy-technology innovation policy, electricity market structure, and infrastructure policy. The United States cannot afford to wait any longer to enact long-term policies on these topics.

Energy

Energy Price Oil Prices Climate Change

UC Berkeley Study Concludes Battery Switching Model Would Accelerate Mass-Market Adoption of Electric Cars; Baseline Scenario Projects EVs Reaching 64% of New LDV Sales in 2030

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2009

In two other scenarios considered, a high oil price scenario (using EIA projections) and a battery swap operator-subsidzied scenario, EV new vehicle sales penetration reaches 85% and 86% respectively by 2030. Electric Cars in the United States: A New Model with Forecasts to 2030” was written by Thomas Becker, a Ph.D.

Electric Cars

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Perspective: Government Leadership Needed for Electric Vehicles to Succeed

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

In energy, a momentary signal on the price of oil doesn’t necessarily create the genesis for a 40-year investment. That’s where government comes in.only the government can help influence [change] by having a price for carbon and technical incentives. ”.

Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles Vehicles Los Angeles Canada

NETL Report Concludes CTL Plus Carbon Capture Results in Fuel with 5-12% Less Lifecycle GHG Than Petroleum Diesel; Modest Biomass Additions Lower GHG Further

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FEBRUARY 7, 2009

Background colors of the cells represent the crude oil price required for economic feasibility. These synthetic fuels are economically competitive with petro-diesel when the crude oil price (COP) is at or above $86 per barrel (based on a 20% rate of return, in January 2008 dollars, with a carbon price of zero).

Diesel

Diesel Carbon Fuel Coal

Sandia Labs/GM Biofuels Systems Study Concludes Large-Scale Production of Advanced Biofuels is Achievable and Sustainable

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FEBRUARY 10, 2009

The study, said Robert Carling, Director, Transportation Energy Center at Sandia, represents the first true value-chain approach to assessing the feasibility, implications, limitations, and enablers of large-scale production of biofuels in the United States. This is about 4 times the net energy ratio for gasoline (0.8).

GM

GM Production Conversion Oil Prices

US DOE progress report says 1M plug-ins by 2015 ambitious but achievable; not likely to be constrained by production capacity

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FEBRUARY 8, 2011

This plan is intended to drive demand and position the United States as a global leader in manufacturing and deploying next-generation vehicle technologies. Earlier post.). The performance and cost effectiveness of the early EVs in the market will be a major but unknowable factor in how many EVs are on the road by 2015.

2015

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Expert panel report finds achieving 1M plug-in vehicles in US by 2015 would require concentrated action to overcome barriers

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Recent public policies in the United States and other countries have improved the prospects for initial commercialization of PEVs. However, consumer demand for PEVs is quite uncertain and, barring another global spike in oil prices, may be limited to a minor percentage of new vehicle purchasers (e.g., Policy Instruments.

Plug-in

Plug-in 2015 Plug Recharge

IEA World Energy Outlook 2013 sees CO2 emissions rising by 20% to 2035; oil use on upward trend

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NOVEMBER 13, 2013

High oil prices, persistent differences in gas and electricity prices between regions and rising energy import bills in many countries focus attention on the relationship between energy and the broader economy. Demand for mobility and for petrochemicals keeps oil use on an upward trend to 2035, although the pace of growth slows.

Oil

Oil 2013 Energy Emissions

White House: OPEC+ oil production increases “simply not enough”

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AUGUST 12, 2021

President Biden has made clear that he wants Americans to have access to affordable and reliable energy, including at the pump. … We are engaging with relevant OPEC+ members on the importance of competitive markets in setting prices. As a result, EIA’s crude oil price forecast remains mostly unchanged from the July STEO.

Oil

Oil Production North Dakota Montana

RAND study concludes use of alternative fuels by US military would convey no direct military benefit; recommends energy efficiency instead

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JANUARY 25, 2011

In response to a congressional directive for a study on alternative and synthetic fuels, the US Department of Defense asked RAND to analyze whether alternative fuels can meet the needs of the nation’s military in a climate-friendly and affordable manner. Opportunities to Produce Alternative Fuels with Lower Greenhouse Gas Emissions.

Alternative Fuels

Alternative Fuels Fuel Energy Coal

Gas War: U.S. Oil Companies Accused of Price Fixing With OPEC, Increasing Inflation

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MAY 7, 2024

shale oil firms purposefully colluded with the government of Saudi Arabia to fix oil prices between 2021 and 2023. From BIG : Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission released evidence confirming that collusion played a serious role in hiking oil prices at that time. Since the U.S. Since the U.S.

Oil

Oil Price Companies Saudi Arabia

Opinion: Political Climate Shifting Against The Oil And Gas Industry

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NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Oil and gas companies have had a tough time over the past year trying to weather the storm of falling oil prices. But the political and financial winds are moving in the wrong direction for the industry, raising more “above ground” problems at a time that they can ill-afford it. For example, there is at least $34.2

Oil

Oil Climate Gas Industry

EV Driven

Commentary: Could falling oil prices spark a financial crisis?

Belfer Center Brief Urges Higher, Stable Energy Prices to Achieve Long-Term Energy Policy Objectives

UC Berkeley Study Concludes Battery Switching Model Would Accelerate Mass-Market Adoption of Electric Cars; Baseline Scenario Projects EVs Reaching 64% of New LDV Sales in 2030

Perspective: Government Leadership Needed for Electric Vehicles to Succeed

NETL Report Concludes CTL Plus Carbon Capture Results in Fuel with 5-12% Less Lifecycle GHG Than Petroleum Diesel; Modest Biomass Additions Lower GHG Further

Sandia Labs/GM Biofuels Systems Study Concludes Large-Scale Production of Advanced Biofuels is Achievable and Sustainable

US DOE progress report says 1M plug-ins by 2015 ambitious but achievable; not likely to be constrained by production capacity

Expert panel report finds achieving 1M plug-in vehicles in US by 2015 would require concentrated action to overcome barriers

IEA World Energy Outlook 2013 sees CO2 emissions rising by 20% to 2035; oil use on upward trend

White House: OPEC+ oil production increases “simply not enough”

RAND study concludes use of alternative fuels by US military would convey no direct military benefit; recommends energy efficiency instead

Gas War: U.S. Oil Companies Accused of Price Fixing With OPEC, Increasing Inflation

Opinion: Political Climate Shifting Against The Oil And Gas Industry

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