Morris R. Beschloss

The steel collapse

At present production levels, China alone could totally requite global demand with a surplus left over.

July 26, 2016

The current global steel price collapse, whichjoins oil in a formative worldwide glut, unfortunately is signaling further deterioration.

World commodity prices plummeting

While the crude oil production inversion is impacting the U.S., the American economy’s gross domestic product is slowed.

Morris R. Beschloss

June 23, 2016

This quartet of Brent crude oil, rubber, tin and palm oil couldn’t be more diverse in their overall usage, but all are marching to the same drummer.

Liquid natural gas exports to the rescue

Natural gas prices hit new lows.

Morris R. Beschloss

May 12, 2016

Simultaneously, ports are cropping up around the rim of the Gulf of Mexico to take advantage of alternative demand, especially in Eastern and Central Europe.

WTI about to surge

This has opened the U.S.-produced West Texas Intermediate crude oil to global penetration — never before even imagined prior to the fracking breakthrough.

Morris R. Beschloss

April 21, 2016

“A veritable boom is in the making for U.S. WTI producers.”

Lifting the oil embargo

After a mediocre fourth-quarter 2015 ending, there are some unexpected flickers of encouragement in the economic arena that may yet turn into a bonfire.

Morris R. Beschloss

February 15, 2016

The 1975 Nixon embargo against U.S. global oil exports has been totally lifted as part of a 2015 year-end bipartisan U.S. budget agreement.

Problems for shale in 2016

Whatever happens, expect a major showdown and clarification of the world’s energy development future to occur this year.

Morris R. Beschloss

January 19, 2016

With negative oil demand/supply inversionhaving reached a low point as 2015 ended, there are increasing signs that the red-hot shale expansion is in a state of re-evaluation.

Lifting the oil embargo

Morris R. Beschloss

December 25, 2015

What does this change means for the U.S. energy sector?

The natural gas problem

Morris R. Beschloss

December 18, 2015

This expanding glut has encompassed fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas), plus copper, lumber, iron ore, rare metals and even most agricultural products.

The oil danger

Morris R. Beschloss

November 13, 2015

One of the more bizarre aspects of the UnitedStates administration’s energy policy has been the hesitation in removing the 1974 U.S. oil embargo.

While the administration has blocked the Keystone XL oil pipeline and retained the 1974 U.S. crude oil export embargo, reliable sources have revealed alternatives to keep major refining capacity operating at full strength.