OGPSS - a little more detail on hydraulic fracturing

There is a real, practical limit to the amount of oil that can be recovered from a reservoir. Depending on the availability and economic v...

Me, This Week in Energy, and why Halliburton might refuse EPA

This afternoon I was an invited guest on “ This Week in Energy ” with Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield and Bob Tregelus. Among other things we talk...

Chesapeake on 60 minutes

I had forgotten that there was a story coming up on 60 minutes last night on those folk that had become millionaires from the gas in some of...

API, EPA and Hydrofracking gas shale

There has been some ongoing discussions around the country about the possibility of drinking water contamination as a result of hydrofracki...

The Professors Economides and carbon sequestration

One of the problems in ensuring that there is sufficient energy available at some future date is that the supply, in virtually all cases, re...

Making holes and cracks around oil and gas wells

This is a continuation of the technical topics that I write about on Sundays. For the past few weeks I have been writing about some of the ...