RBN Energy is probably the best blog on US energy fundamentals ... And now Rusty Braziel has a book
Assets under management, CTA’S
Here is a chart of assets under management for CTA's (commodity trading advisors) from barclayhedge.com... BarclayHedge is an excellent site for fund
Total Vehicle Miles, via Carpe Diem
The chart is from Carpe Diem,(https://www.aei.org/publication/monday-morning-links-28/)...
World Oil Transit Chokepoints, EIA
From the EIA, November 2014: http://www.eia.gov/beta/international/analysis_includes/special_topics/World_Oil_Transit_Chokepoints/wotc.pdf "Located
Crude Oil Implied Volatility (historical perspective)
Here is the all time implied vol chart for WTI since options began trading on November 14, 1986... The long term average is 32.9, with a high of 135.4
Oil Forecasters Aim High… from Bloomberg
The difficulty in predicting oil prices a year ahead is clear, as this Bloomberg chart shows... In January 2015's Short Term Energy Report (STEO),