Dr. Michael Economides
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Dr. Economides is Editor-in-chief of Energy Tribune and a Professor at the Cullen College of Engineering at UH. He is among America's leading energy analysts
The LNG Solution
Natural gas, a premium fuel for both its energy value and environmental friendliness, has suffered in the past because it’s diffic...
Battle for the Arctic
The link opens up to a colorful webpage and an animated image of the Arctic night sky. On top of the page, in large bold letters i...
China's Beleaguered Oil Giants
Just a few years ago it seemed that China’s national oil companies (NOCs) – CNOOC, PetroChina and Sinopec – could have it all: alm...
The Collapse of OPEC Power and the Coming Arab Winter
Since its inception in 1960, OPEC has never been shy about flexing its energy-fuelled power over the West. But those days are gone...
The Changing Sino-Russian Energy Dynamic
For more than a decade, Russia under Vladimir Putin has played an increasingly important role on the world energy scene. A frequen...
Critics of LNG Exports Undermine Its Strategic Benefits
In recent weeks there has been a growing debate over whether to allow American liquefied natural gas (LNG) to be exported to the g...
$80 Oil On The Way to $100 By Early 2010
Oil is now over $80 per barrel. In January, while many other analysts were predicting $40 to $60 oil, I predicted that oil would s...
Chinas Oil Imports Continued Their Gallop in 2009
by Xina Xie and Dr. Michael J. Economides It was supposed to be a year of economic slowdown and unavoidably lower energy demand. T...
Drilling Down in Obamas Oil Play
by Michael J. Economides and Peter Glover Horse trading in bygone eras, the proverbial standard of shady deals, cannot match the p...
The Keystone Pipeline Debacle
Robert Bachman, a friend from Calgary and a distinguished reservoir engineer, sent me this e-mail on November 11, 2011: “Michael,...