G. Allen Brooks

G. Allen Brooks

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G. Allen Brooks currently works as a consultant for the strategic oilfield and finance industries and is a regular contributor to The Maritime Executive magazine. Over his 40 year career in energy and investment he has served as an energy security analyst, oil service company manager, and as a member of the board of directors for multiple oilfield service companies.

Offshore’s “Blowin’ in the Wind” Problems

Published Nov 3, 2023 7:18 PM by G. Allen Brooks

Posted in: Offshore

    Bob Dylan likely wasn’t thinking about how many gigawatts of offshore wind would be installed by 2030 wh...

Cleaning Up Ship and Plane Emissions

Published Sep 26, 2023 7:19 PM by G. Allen Brooks

Posted in: Shipping

“Planes, Trains and Automobiles” was a 1987 hit comedy, but cleaning up emissions from aviation and shipping is &ndash...

Walls of Worry, Rays of Sunshine

Published Jul 24, 2023 2:53 PM by G. Allen Brooks

Posted in: Offshore

Stock markets rise on walls of worry. Economies flourish with rays of sunshine. The yin-yang is on full display today. The dail...

Inflation Alert

Published May 11, 2023 4:08 PM by G. Allen Brooks

Posted in: Business

Inflation is an insidious economic cancer. It diminishes asset values, erodes wages and forces people to assume higher risks in ma...

The Demographic Challenge

Published Mar 19, 2023 11:31 PM by G. Allen Brooks

Posted in: Business

“Demographics is destiny” is an old phrase attributed to the nineteenth-century French philosopher, mathematician and...

Overlooked Resource: Bountiful Oceans Help Meet Global Energy Needs

Published Dec 23, 2022 5:19 PM by G. Allen Brooks

Posted in: Offshore

Water is crucial for human survival. It’s also critical for the health of the planet. Seventy percent of the world’s s...

Eye on Energy: Red Flag

Published Nov 27, 2022 8:17 PM by G. Allen Brooks

Posted in: Environment

The European energy crisis is barreling toward a winter cliff. Will it avoid going over? Will economies collapse?  Will peopl...

The Five Percent Threshold

Published Sep 11, 2022 11:59 AM by G. Allen Brooks

Posted in: Business

“U.S. Crosses the Electric-Car Tipping Point for Mass Adoption” trumpeted a headline from Bloomberg recently. That&rsq...

A World Turned Upside Down: Global Energy Markets & Altered Priorities

Published Jul 17, 2022 9:23 PM by G. Allen Brooks

Posted in: Maritime

The “Energy Crisis of 2021” has transitioned into the “Energy Mess of 2022.” It means the path to a decarb...

Energy Transition Rethink

Published May 24, 2022 11:45 PM by G. Allen Brooks

Posted in: Offshore

“The best laid schemes o’mice an’ men / Gang aft a-gley,” wrote Scottish poet Robert Burns more than 200 y...

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