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Thursday, May 23, 2013

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The strategic case for natural gas exports

Stephan Burklin | May 7, 2013, 5:32 pm

Only a few years ago, the commentariat made ominous predictions about Peak Oil while editorial pages were filled with daily jeremiads about American energy dependency. But at the same time obituaries for the hydrocarbon era were being drafted, a silent … read more >

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NBC News and CNBC profile America’s energy miracle

Mark J. Perry | March 18, 2013, 2:43 pm

From CNBC — “In a four-part series starting today and continuing over the next three weeks, NBC News and CNBC will examine how the US energy boom occurred almost overnight and look at the implications that US energy independence would … read more >

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Bakken drilling times and costs are dropping

Mark J. Perry | March 2, 2013, 8:41 pm

From the Star Tribune: The cost of drilling new oil and gas wells in the Bakken region of North Dakota and Montana is dropping and the work is going faster, allowing crude oil to reach the market sooner, a Minnesota-based … read more >

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Controversial ‘pro-fracking’ documentary premieres tonight

Mark J. Perry | January 22, 2013, 8:26 am

Hollywood, CA—FrackNation, the controversial “pro-fracking” documentary, premieres on Mark Cuban’s AXS TV tonight, January 22, at 9 p.m. Eastern. “We’re excited that America gets to see the truth about fracking,” Phelim McAleer, co-director, said. “This was a film funded by … read more >

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Timelapse of drilling and fracking an Eagle Ford Shale well

Mark J. Perry | December 11, 2012, 12:39 pm

The timelapse video above shows the drilling and fracking of a typical well in the Eagle Ford Shale area of Texas. It was captured in the summer of 2012 by Marathon Oil.

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Shale gas has brought economic prosperity to key swing states PA and Ohio; will that end if they help Obama get re-elected?

Mark J. Perry | October 27, 2012, 10:31 am

FrackNation: The 2012 election may come down to two swing states: Ohio and Pennsylvania. Both states are in the midst of an economic boom brought by increased natural gas production. Does President Obama deserve praise for this boom? Will he … read more >

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Sand mining frenzy and controversy hits small Minnesota town where farmers can become ‘sand millionaires’

Mark J. Perry | September 30, 2012, 10:52 am

Last July, I wrote about how a new sand boom in Wisconsin and Minnesota (America’s “sandbox”) is creating prosperity, shovel-ready jobs, and “sand millionaires,” but is also generating lots of controversy and community resistance to “frac sand.” The sand boom … read more >

Economics, Energy and the Environment

Apparently, in energy, good news is also bad news

Kenneth P. Green | September 5, 2012, 11:28 am

Yesterday, I wrote: …environmental science must be the only scientific field where every new discovery, however seemingly beneficial, must be hedged around and caveated to insure that one does not feel good about environmental progress. How quickly time makes fools … read more >

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Economics, Energy and the Environment

The Obama war on fracking continues

Kenneth P. Green | August 10, 2012, 1:47 pm

The Obama administration continues its war on fossil fuels, leaving virtually no stone unturned in looking for ways to slow fossil fuel production. read more >

Economics, Energy and the Environment

EPA exonerates fracking in Pennsylvania

Kenneth P. Green | July 25, 2012, 3:00 pm

The Environmental Protection Agency today shattered the environmental narrative that hydraulic fracturing in Dimock, PA caused groundwater contamination so severe that residents had to survive on bottled water. Dimock has been the poster-child of the anti-fracking movement, and was featured … read more >