All Posts Tagged With: "shale gas"

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Energy Plays Key Role in State of the Union

For the third year in a row energy played a central role in President Obama’s State of the Union address, with the president leaning hard this year on the twin themes of increased domestic oil and gas production and the need to invest more in renewable sources.

25Jan2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Millions at Stake for Wyoming in
Natural Gas Price

Natural gas prices will remain below $4 for the next three years, resulting in less revenue for the state and local communities like Laramie, according to a statewide report released this month.

24Jan2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Opportunities and Challenges for U.S. Shale Gas Development — A Special Report From the Bipartisan Policy Center

The in depth study articulates opportunities associated with newly accessible and economically recoverable domestic shale gas resources, and highlights the critical need to develop those resources efficiently and responsibly.

23Jan2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Group Says Study Needed on Shale Gas
Health Effects

Advances in hydraulic fracturing drilling techniques have revolutionized the natural gas industry, but researchers said more must be done to evaluate what the shale boom means for the those living near wells.

10Jan2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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GOPers Blast Administration’s Expanding Fracking Regs

The Interior Department is in the process of updating rules for hydraulic fracturing on public lands and developing a proposal to require disclosure of chemicals used in the drilling technique. The fear is it will stymie tapping the nation’s huge shale gas and oil reserves.

17Nov2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Shale Gas Bets Dominate Mergers & Acquisitions

Oil and gas deals got bigger and were dominated by foreign buyers placing bets on U.S. shale plays, according to a report on U.S. energy mergers and acquisitions released Wednesday by PwC’s energy consulting practice.

28Oct2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Bigger Players Bring Seismic Shift to Shale

Last week’s Kinder Morgan-El Paso pipeline merger announcement was the latest in a flurry of big-money deals that are ushering major energy corporations into the booming business of natural gas in North America’s complex shale rock formations.

25Oct2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Wyoming Regulators, Industry Examine
Gas Flaring Rules

The owner of the well was asking permission to flare 850,000 cubic feet a day of gas for up to six months. At current prices, that would mean the state, which gets a cut of the value of gas taken from state resources, could stand to lose more than $104,000 in value from the flared gas over the six-month period.

17Oct2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Industry Pushes Back on Shale Gas Recommendations

The American Petroleum Institute is filing 10 pages of comments that take issue with several of the group’s recommendations, which was tapped by Energy Secretary Chu to study ways to boost the safety and environmental performance of U.S. natural gas production.

18Aug2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Behind Veneer, Doubt on Future of Natural Gas

One senior Energy Information Administration official describes an “irrational exuberance” around shale gas. An internal EIA document says companies have exaggerated “the appearance of shale gas well profitability,” are highlighting the performance of only their best wells and may be using overly optimistic models. From the NY Times

27Jun2011 | | 0 comments | Continued