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title: "Big Picture Energy"
url: https://independentstockanalysis.com/big-picture-energy/
description: "North Dakata production booming, being representative of the Bakken. Be sure to click on the charts. Mark J Perry Seaway helps bridge record oil gap, but…"
published: 2012-05-16
updated: 2012-05-16
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# Big Picture Energy

Published 2012-05-16

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J.J. Butler

North Dakata production booming, being representative of the Bakken. Be sure to click on the charts. [Mark J Perry](http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2012/05/north-dakota-oil-sets-new-records-in.html)

Seaway helps bridge record oil gap, but analysts far apart: Much info at [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/16/us-oil-midwest-idUSBRE84F0KK20120516)

Gas prices by country: [Barry Ritholtz](http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/05/highest-cheapest-gas-prices-by-country/)

Rebirth of natural gas feedstock demand: [RBN Energy](http://www.rbnenergy.com/Im-a-believer-rebirth-natural-gas-feedstock-demand)

“A strong appetite for cleaner vehicles has driven up demand for natural gas. The number of natural gas-powered vehicles in China has surged from 10,000 in 2000 to more than a million last year, making the country the fourth largest natural gas-powered auto market in Asia and sixth largest in the world.” These cities with 10+million people need cleaner air and LPG and NGV’s would help. [The China Perspective](http://www.thechinaperspective.com/articles/china039s5yearn-9383/)

A ridiculous amount of easy to scan information in *2012 Energy in Charts:*[API](http://www.api.org/policy-and-issues/policy-items/american-energy/~/media/Files/Policy/American-Energy/Energy-In-Charts-2012_HiRes_FINAL.ashx)