ENERGY

After Russian President Vladimir Putin's post-election victory speech and Q&A with the press wherein he first unveiled the possibility of creating a buffer zone between Ukrainian land and Russian border regions, the Kremlin has issued more details of the plan being mulled. 

Putin had initially described Sunday, "I do not exclude that, bearing in mind the tragic events taking place today, we will be forced at some point, when we deem it appropriate, to create a certain (more…)

Oil prices hit a fresh four-month high as macro-economic data from China came in ahead of expectations, Iraq says it has reduced its oil exports for the coming months to absorb the oversupply from Jan. and Feb, and Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries heightened geopolitical risks.

WTI broke out to test $82 overnight…

Source: Bloomberg

China's January-February activity data came in above market expectations.

Industrial production growth edged (more…)

Authored by Bernard L. McNamee via RealClear Wire,

Though windmills and solar panels get the headlines, the big energy topic in Washington is electric transmission. Whether it is Congress’s newfound interest in permitting reform, the U.S. Department of Energy’s new Grid Deployment Office, or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) upcoming final rule on transmission planning and cost allocation, how to build and pay for long-range transmission to connect generators to (more…)