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Justin Mikulka

Oil Industry Unlikely to Pay Mounting Debts Owed to America

Oil Industry Unlikely to Pay Mounting Debts Owed to America

In 2019 I wrote an article that posed the question, “Will the Public End up Paying to Clean up the Fracking Boom?” The following year I wrote the article, “With Bankruptcies Mounting, Faltering Oil and Gas Firms Are Leaving a Multi-billion Dollar Cleanup Bill to the Public” in which I

Clean Power and Storage Wars

Clean Power and Storage Wars

When people find out what I do for work, it’s not unusual for them to ask, “Are we doomed?” My usual response is, “We would be, if not for the amazing developments in renewable energy.” We know the people willing to destroy the planet for personal gain are still

Flaring methane in the Permian oil fields of Texas

New Methane Regulations Unlikely to Change Oil Industry Behavior

It is unlikely that the new methane regulations will have the large predicted impact on reducing methane emissions for the U.S. oil and gas industry. While it is unfortunate that this is the reality, after writing about the regulatory process in the U.S. for the past ten years,

East coast sunset.

Happy Oil Industry Sunset Day

Something remarkable happened today in the pages of the Wall Street Journal today. In the article Exxon and Chevron Earnings Fall Back to Earth, a rather stunning quote snuck in explaining why investors weren’t as keen on Exxon as might be expected. “There’s still a lingering concern for

Exxon vs. America

Exxon vs. America

As Law360 reported, this week Exxon’s lawyers are using a technical legal agreement to claim they want a refund of $1.8 billion from America.

As Saudi Oil CEO Claims Energy Transition is “visibly failing,” Saudi Arabia Invests Heavily in Clean Energy

As Saudi Oil CEO Claims Energy Transition is “visibly failing,” Saudi Arabia Invests Heavily in Clean Energy

One good rule of thumb in investing, never trust an oil company CEO. Last month, Amin Nasser, the CEO of Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company Aramco, told the audience at CERAWeek in Houston that the global transition to clean energy “is visibly failing on most fronts.” This line was

Oil Industry Methane Pollution Is Business as Usual, Not Accidental

Oil Industry Methane Pollution Is Business as Usual, Not Accidental

Leaks are not driving oil and gas methane pollution. Methane pollution is mostly due to normal oilfield operation.