In a desertlike stretch of scrub grass and red buttes, oil companies are punching holes in the ground in search of what might be one of the biggest recent discoveries in the Americas: enough gas and oil to make a country known for beef and the tango an important energy player. Continue reading
Category Archives: Fracking
Ezra Klein: U.S. cut its carbon emissions in 2011 — but China erased the gains
“Yes, it’s true: Americans are slowly starting to tackle global warming.:
Um, no. Americans are blessed with abundant supplies of natural gas and the ingenuity and will to harvest it, driving a move to lower carbon-density natural gas for an increasing percentage of its energy supply. “Global warming” has no part in that transition. Continue reading
Posted in Development, Fracking
Tagged carbon scam, climate hysteria, co2 emissions, dioxycarbophobia, natural gas
Fracking is not the answer to energy crisis, UK Minister admits, as he orders shale gas survey
Ed Davey, the Lib Dem Energy Minister, has hit out at his Tory colleagues for suggesting that fracking for shale gas will solve Britain’s fuel crisis. Continue reading
Some fracking good news
Of all the reasons you could possibly get excited about fracking and they choose reduced CO2 emissions? Industrial civilization is in danger of collapse due to mass sociogenic illness. Continue reading
Posted in Development, Fracking, IPCC
Tagged climate hysteria, co2 emissions, dioxycarbophobia, weather superstition
David Biello: How Can We Cope with the Dirty Water from Fracking?
Advanced membranes, unusual solvents and new drilling processes could clean and recycle a growing flood of contaminated water Continue reading
Fracking Boom Seen Slow To Develop In New York, Regulator Says
A decision to permit hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in New York state will trigger a cool response from drillers, the state’s environmental regulator said. Continue reading
Fracking Opponents Don’t Like Ohio’s Proposed Disclosure Law
Ohio legislators will vote this week on a set of new natural gas drilling regulations, including chemical disclosure laws, that opponents say favor natural gas drillers. Continue reading
Sterling Burnett: Fracking: A Tale of Two States
A recent Associated Press article highlights the differences between New York and Pennsylvania concerning natural-gas production via hydraulic fracturing. New York has a moratorium on fracking, Pennsylvania allows it. Continue reading
Natural gas fracking fizzles in Michigan
Just two years ago Michigan was well on its way to becoming Pennsylvania West — following in that state’s footsteps as the next hotbed of natural gas exploration and production. Continue reading
New Web Site: American Products. American Power.
Welcome to American Products. American Power. If you shaved today, brushed your teeth, or are reading this on a computer, you already know us. Continue reading
Shale gas boom helps slash US emissions
The shale gas boom has led to a big drop in US carbon emissions, as generators switch from coal to cheap gas. Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy, Climate Change, Fracking, Oil and gas
Joel Kurtzman: Britain Should Look To America For Real Energy Solutions
Those who doubt that market forces still have the power to transform the world aren’t paying attention to America’s revitalized energy sector. Continue reading
European Fracking Bans Open Market For U.S. Gas Exports
Opposition to a drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing has slowed the development of natural gas in Europe, creating export opportunities for U.S. producers hurt by low prices and a glut of gas at home. By 2020, Europe will be using more shale gas produced in the U.S. than from domestic fracking, Wood Mackenzie estimates. Continue reading
The Eagle Ford Soars
On January 10th, 1901, the Lucas No. 1 well made history when it began gushing oil in the town of Spindletop, Texas. It didn’t take long before the heretofore unassuming well was producing more than 100,000 barrels of oil per day, redefining production rates and catapulting Texas to the front stage of America’s new energy frontier. Continue reading
Eye-roller: Investor’s concerns lead to calls for fracking changes
A top-10 investor in BP and Royal Dutch Shell has called for changes in the way oil companies produce shale gas, in a further sign of shareholder disquiet about the environmental impact of fracking. Continue reading
UK: Experts recommend end to lockdown on fracking and a ‘cautious’ return to exploration
AS of this month, the UK’s infant fracking industry remains in lockdown in the wake of an investigation into shale gas mining operations in Lancashire. Continue reading
Fracking Is Misunderstood, It’s The Key To Energy Self-Sufficiency
The following is a guest post by Malcolm Gissen, co-manager of The Encompass Fund. Continue reading
Fact-Checking Gov. Shumlin’s Signing Statement on HF
Last week, the state of Vermont made news by becoming the first state to ban hydraulic fracturing, the proven well completion technology that’s been safely applied more than 1.2 million times since the 1940s. Continue reading
Pavel Molchanov & Alex Morris: Will LNG Exports Rescue the North American Natural Gas Market?
It wasn’t that long ago – as recently as 2008 – that people were debating whether the U.S. could build enough liquefied natural gas (LNG) import infrastructure to fulfill the needs of an undersupplied natural gas market. Continue reading
G8 warms to fracking, deep-water drilling
Members of the Group of Eight, in a declaration, said deep-water drilling and hydraulic fracturing were key to a safe and secure energy future. Continue reading
Posted in Development, Fracking, Oil and gas
Tagged deepwater drilling, natural gas, offshore drilling, shale oil
