Zman’s Energy Brain ~ oil, gas, stocks, etc…

Here's the wrap table on 2007. Um, not bad for energy.

Have A Safe New Year's Eve and Let's Have A Happy and Prosperous New Year! I'll See You Wednesday With All Kinds Of Prognostications!

 
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Energy Sectors Continued To Outperform … No matter how many [...]

This Year I Reviewed Three IPOs Of Note. What follows is a "That Was Then, Since Then, and So What Now?" look at the three.

Summary and Links To The Original Pieces

Pinnacle Gas Resources Inc (PINN)

Back in mid May, a month before this one came public, I said the valuation was too high [...]

The story of yesterday: Bigger than expected draw in crude and heating oil and a bigger than expected build in gasoline stocks. All three close higher. Stocks rally on the oil numbers despite a minor loss for the broad markets.
In Today's Post
A) The oil report review
B) The gas report preview
C) Stocks of Interest
D) [...]

House Passes Streamlined Energy Bill. The House passed yesterday and President Bush is going to sign it into law today. Major takeaways from the bill:

Corporate Fuel Economy CAFE Standards Increase to 35 MPG ……by 2030. Big deal. Increases do not begin until 2011. We need better fuel efficiency more than any piece of energy related [...]