Natural gas exports

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Rank Top 10 US Exports, 2012 Millions 1 Automotive vehicles, parts, and engines $145,992 2 Fuel oil and Petroleum Products $117,134 3 Chemicals $83,528 4 Pharmaceutical preparations $47,913 5 Industrial machines, other $46,128 6 Civilian aircraft $45,267 7 Semiconductors $42,087 … read more >

Carpe Diem

Boone Pickens: We should approve natural gas exports and approve Keystone XL, “We’re absolute fools if we don’t”

Mark J. Perry | May 15, 2013, 11:33 am

On CNBC this morning, Boone Pickens discussed natural gas exports and the Keystone XL pipeline. 1. On natural gas exports: “Producers have gone out and drilled for natural gas, and they should be entitled to the best market in the … read more >

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It’s not government’s job to intervene to depress price of nat gas just because Big Chemical prefers cheap supplies

Mark J. Perry | May 12, 2013, 12:46 am

Steve Chapman writing for Reason.com: Some [US] corporations oppose what they call “unfettered exports” [of natural gas]. Among them are Dow Chemical, Alcoa, Nucor and Eastman Chemical. They argue that selling American natural gas to Americans is good but selling it to … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy

The strategic case for natural gas exports

Stephan Burklin | May 7, 2013, 5:32 pm

Only a few years ago, the commentariat made ominous predictions about Peak Oil while editorial pages were filled with daily jeremiads about American energy dependency. But at the same time obituaries for the hydrocarbon era were being drafted, a silent … read more >

Economics, Energy and the Environment

America’s natural gas: Should exports be restricted?

Abby McCloskey | May 6, 2013, 1:46 pm

America is now the world’s biggest producer of natural gas, thanks to hydraulic fracking and drilling advances. Mark Perry has written that the US has enough gas in reserves to last the next 110 years. Yesterday, the WSJ reported the … read more >

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Dow Chemical’s real position on natural gas exports? It’s all about protecting Dow’s shareholders and its corporate profits

Mark J. Perry | May 1, 2013, 12:52 pm

Here’s an edited, and possibly more realistic and honest version of Dow Chemical’s position on natural gas exports, titled “How Do We Increase Jobs and Grow the U.S. Economy? Answer: It’s All About Balance Dow“: Economists say that, on the … read more >

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Gas-guzzling companies seek to restrict natural gas exports

Mark J. Perry | March 11, 2013, 11:49 pm

A major energy controversy in Washington right now is whether the federal government should allow US energy companies to sell some of their natural gas bonanza to eager buyers overseas, and if so, whether those gas exports should be restricted … read more >

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Former Sen. Bennett Johnston (D-La.): Allow the free market to allocate the nation’s newfound energy bounty

Mark J. Perry | March 5, 2013, 10:48 pm

From today’s WSJ, an op-ed by J. Bennett Johnston, former Democratic senator from Louisiana and chair of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources from 1986-94: On Feb. 12, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy … read more >

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USDA Secretary supports wheat exports, can we expect the same support from the Energy Secretary on nat gas?

Mark J. Perry | March 1, 2013, 3:28 pm

From US Wheat Associates: In 2008, the two national US wheat organizations urged the US government to resist requests to restrict wheat exports to ensure supplies would be available to the world’s consumers. In response, USDA Secretary of Agriculture Ed … read more >

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If Barack Obama and Dow Chemical want a cleaner world and a richer America, they should support natural-gas exports

Mark J. Perry | February 28, 2013, 3:18 pm

That sage advice for the president and Dow Chemical comes from an editorial in the current edition of The Economist (emphasis added) On America’s Gulf coast, massive industrial facilities stand idle. Miles of twisting stainless-steel pipes and huge storage tanks gleam uselessly … read more >

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