Posts Tagged ‘ Hurricane Gustav ’

The Dollar and the Price of Oil

Sep 16th, 2008 | By Byron King | Category: Commodities, Oil
One of the major energy facilities in the Gulf is the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, or the LOOP. The LOOP is basically an oil terminal located at sea, south of Port Fourchon. The LOOP is designed to handle ultra-large oil tankers up to 750,000 tons — about 10 times the ...read more


The Dollar and Oil Prices

Sep 12th, 2008 | By Byron King | Category: Currencies, Oil
I just returned from New York City, where I had a unique perspective on the unfolding event of Hurricane Gustav. I spent Monday and Tuesday of this week as a guest in the studios of the Fox Business Network, at the corner of 47th Street West and Avenue of the ...read more