NEWS OF THE DAY: More than supply and demand in play for oil pricesBob Campbell, Odessa American /Tribune News Service, August 4, 2021 Predicting what the prices of oil and natural gas will be in the next few months requires the weighing of several factors besides just supply and demand. Oilmen Kirk Edwards and Frosty Gilliam, economist Ray Perryman and … read more

NEWS OF THE DAY: Alaska weighing options to push back on new review of ANWR leasingSean Maguire, KTUU, August 3, 2021 The Alaska Department of Law is deciding how to respond to the federal government’s announcement that it will hold another environmental review of oil and gas leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. “The continued delay tactics of the Biden administration … read more

NEWS OF THE DAY: The Infrastructure ‘Pay-Fors’ That Aren’tThe Editorial Board, The Wall Street Journal, August 2, 2021 The bipartisan deal is full of phantom revenue gimmicks. West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin and his Senate Republican friends are stressing that their infrastructure deal is “fully paid for.” Read their lips: No new deficit spending. Read their bill: It relies to … read more