Sunday, January 12, 2014

There is no need to add additional transportation infrastructure for oil. Freight trains need a review of safety issues.

There is no need for any more gas drilling.

...Natural gas futures plunged 21 cents, or 5 percent, to $4.01 per 1,000 cubic feet. Natural gas last closed below $4 on Dec. 4....

The USA has oil and natural gas in abundance as long as exports are prohibited. There is no reason to allow export as the USA has it's own demand and the price is still producing a profit and SUBSIDIES for companies. To add infrastructure to any oil supply in the USA only serves greed and siphoning of monies from USA Consumers, when that spending is needed in the economy and not in the pockets of oil barons.

January 9, 2013
NEW YORK — The price of oil (click here) closed at the lowest level in eight months Thursday as traders worried about bulging supplies of crude oil and falling demand for gasoline.
Meanwhile, natural gas prices fell by 5 percent on forecasts for warmer than normal weather in the coming weeks.
Benchmark U.S. oil for February delivery fell 67 cents to close at $91.66 on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The price did rise back above $92 in electronic trading after the close, perhaps piggybacking on a move by U.S. stocks into positive territory.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Energy Department said supplies of gasoline rose by 6.2 million barrels last week, a jump of nearly 3 percent. Platts, the energy information arm of McGraw-Hill, said the data indicated that demand for gasoline was the lowest in a year. At the same time, U.S. production of crude oil is the highest in more than 25 years, and supplies "are near the upper limit of the average range for this time of year," the Energy Department said....