Energy Insights

There is almost no question that natural gas will play an important role in the U.S. energy future. With the almost continual upward revision of reserves from shale gas, there is sufficient supply to replace some coal burning power plants with cleaner burning natural gas power plants, and perhaps, use natural gas as a transportation [...]

In February, 2010, Nick Olds of ConocoPhillips visited The University of Texas at Austin to talk to us about the oil that is being extracted from the oil sands in Alberta, Canada. Nick is the Senior Vice President, Oil Sands, for ConocoPhillips Canada. In addition to providing us with access to his slides from the [...]

BP has been criticized for offering to pay all “legitimate” claims. However, a recent suggestion of the Obama administration has provided an example of the type of claim that is not legitimate, by suggesting that BP compensate oil industry workers laid off because of the federal moratorium on deepwater drilling. The claims of beach resort [...]

With the recent passage of the Lieberman-Kerry energy bill earlier this month, energy policy is again a hot topic in Washington, D.C. The Deloitte Center for Energy Services will be having a conference to discuss these issues in early June, but to get a head start thinking about key trends and topics, I had a [...]

An Interview with David Spence With the introduction of the Lieberman-Kerry energy bill earlier this month, energy legislation is again on the Senate agenda. My colleague David Spence has been doing research on energy policy and the legislative process and is the McCombs expert on this topic. When I look at the various proposals I [...]