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As a 30 year veteran of the energy industry specializing in Energy Security and Energy Economics, Dr. Richard Norris has some unique insights, views and opinions about current global developments across engineering research, oil and gas operations.
Never Mind The B*ll*cks, Here’s The Merchants of Boom
Fame, social status, fortune - and consequences for the rest of us. Eight years ago, someone quite influential postulated that the world would be running 100% on solar energy “by 2030”. I didn’t believe it then, and I’m not holding my breath now with eight years to...
The Asymmetry of OPEC
If OPEC+ can't cap prices by increasing production, only demand destruction can. This weeks climate angst headlines were dominated by an investigation from The Guardian that oil and gas companies are planning on developing oil and gas fields… GASP, The Horror! This is...
Brilliant Minds, Sub-Optimal Outcomes in Investing.
Ignore Oil and Gas at Everyone's Peril I published the following article on LinkedIn back in January 2020 - and am republishing it now given how much the world has changed. The current inflation in consumer prices and crash of the equity markets was not unimaginable....
It’s A Small World After All
Cheap travel has shrunk the planet and expanded our horizons, that could all change. On the 1st of April 1957 the BBC ran a spoof documentary about the Ticino spaghetti harvest – where the pasta was hand-picked from trees. A prank that worked because pasta was...
Kafka On The Offshore
Magical Realism or a Cunning Plan ? UPDATED: having found an error in my numbers - on the % increase of wind (overall a 2x from today not a 4.5x as per the original form of this article - the 4.5x is the planned increase in the offshore wind capacity) - herewith a...
Everything But The Kitchen Sink
Of side-effects of medicine, fossil-fuel subsidies and willful blindness Antibiotics are really scary. Oh boy, they should be banned! They are just plain bad for you - I mean check it out? Indigestion, Vomiting, Diarrhoea, Bloating or feeling full, Loss of appetite,...
Grid Fragility: Public Enemy No.1
Nature teaches beasts to know their friends* In art imitating life, there is a wonderful irony that the music entitled “What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down?” is performed by Public Enemy. A grid failure would indeed be Public Enemy No.1. As someone whose career...
Slings And Arrows Of Outrageous Fortune
Protesting against fossil fuels may make one feel virtuous, but the consequences will be felt for a generation.
Food for Thought
The everything price apocalypse will not be felt evenly This morning gas priced in European spot market at the equivalent of $600/barrel. Oil briefly touched $139/barrel and in less than a week petrol prices at the pump have jumped 30%. Gas and Oil and are now front...
Every Blessing Ignored …
Canada's global role in Energy Security Canada is blessed with abundant natural resources, Europe has hardly any. Europe was until yesterday obsessed with carbon emissions and is now learning the hard way about the importance of energy security, food security and...
Maths of Net Zero: Presentation to the Parliamentary Group on Energy Studies. July 2021
On July 13th 2021 I had the opportunity to make a 15 minute presentation to the Parliamentary group on Energy Studies along side Mike Larkin of Envoi and Kathryn Porter of Watt Logic. Mike did a great job of structuring and managing, I gave a macro view of issues and...
Houston, we have a problem
Houston, we have a problem... actually we have two problems Texas has massive power outages as an "unprecedented" polar vortex hits, and we just can't agree on what to conclude from this event. The current unfortunate (and I assume uncomfortable) situation in Texas...
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So Long, Nerds – A Meditation On Gaming
I’m taking a break from writing about energy today - sometimes you just need to switch off and clear your head. Seeing teenagers on their video games brings out a range of reactions - they “are a waste of time”, “full of gratuitous violence”, “disconnect from nature”...
Influencers – The Kardashians (don’t) do Energy
I like to join the dots… working on deals, advising on policy – but mostly just learning and learning. When it comes to Energy, Economics and Society I hope I have had some original thoughts, but mostly it is using OPW* as building blocks. Squinting at the world,...
Never Mind The B*ll*cks, Here’s The Merchants of Boom
Fame, social status, fortune - and consequences for the rest of us. Eight years ago, someone quite influential postulated that the world would be running 100% on solar energy “by 2030”. I didn’t believe it then, and I’m not holding my breath now with eight years to...
The Asymmetry of OPEC
If OPEC+ can't cap prices by increasing production, only demand destruction can. This weeks climate angst headlines were dominated by an investigation from The Guardian that oil and gas companies are planning on developing oil and gas fields… GASP, The Horror! This is...
Brilliant Minds, Sub-Optimal Outcomes in Investing.
Ignore Oil and Gas at Everyone's Peril I published the following article on LinkedIn back in January 2020 - and am republishing it now given how much the world has changed. The current inflation in consumer prices and crash of the equity markets was not unimaginable....
It’s A Small World After All
Cheap travel has shrunk the planet and expanded our horizons, that could all change. On the 1st of April 1957 the BBC ran a spoof documentary about the Ticino spaghetti harvest – where the pasta was hand-picked from trees. A prank that worked because pasta was...
Kafka On The Offshore
Magical Realism or a Cunning Plan ? UPDATED: having found an error in my numbers - on the % increase of wind (overall a 2x from today not a 4.5x as per the original form of this article - the 4.5x is the planned increase in the offshore wind capacity) - herewith a...
Everything But The Kitchen Sink
Of side-effects of medicine, fossil-fuel subsidies and willful blindness Antibiotics are really scary. Oh boy, they should be banned! They are just plain bad for you - I mean check it out? Indigestion, Vomiting, Diarrhoea, Bloating or feeling full, Loss of appetite,...
Grid Fragility: Public Enemy No.1
Nature teaches beasts to know their friends* In art imitating life, there is a wonderful irony that the music entitled “What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down?” is performed by Public Enemy. A grid failure would indeed be Public Enemy No.1. As someone whose career...
Slings And Arrows Of Outrageous Fortune
Protesting against fossil fuels may make one feel virtuous, but the consequences will be felt for a generation Last summer in France, over a very agreeable dinner on a warm summer evening, a good friend said he read my posts on Linkedin and he wondered why I was “so...
It was Visicalc. Read "Accidental Empires". One of the greatest industrial history books ever.