Posted on March 3, 2011

Energy and Financial Markets Overview: Crude Oil Price Formation

US DOE, Energy Information Admin. / by Richard Newell http://www.eia.doe.gov/neic/speeches/newell_02232011.pdf This report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, dated February 23, 2011, reviews economic literature regarding supply-demand fundamentals and the role of financial market speculation and investment in the oil-price formation process – the work is ongoing, but still at an early stage • Some … Continue reading »

Gulf Oil Spill Information Center (GOSIC)

University of South Florida Libraries http://guides.lib.usf.edu/gulf-oil-spill [From Press Release] This is a guide to some of the information and data concerning the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the clean-up efforts. A digital library containing many more documents and sources is under development. An online trip to this site allows … Continue reading »

Proposed 2012 U.S. Budget Available on GPO

US Government Printing Office http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/ The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) makes available the authentic, electronic version of  President Barack Obama’s Budget for FY 2012 on GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys). GPO authenticated the document by digital signature. This signature assures the public that the document has not been changed or altered. A digital signature, … Continue reading »