EPA seeking peer reviewers for Pavillion fracturing study
The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking experts to peer review its already-controversial draft study that suggests a likely link between hydraulic fracturing of wells in Pavillion, Wyo., and groundwater contamination. More »
Fracking political support unshaken by call for ban
Tremors in Ohio, murky drinking water in Pennsylvania and a call for a moratorium by doctors isn’t eroding political support for hydraulic fracturing in the U.S. Congress and the Obama administration. More »
Pa. families asking EPA chief to send water
Families from a small northeastern Pennsylvania town are planning to confront the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over an abrupt change in plans. More »
Hydraulic fracturing pioneer Mitchell recalls early skepticism
Oilman George Mitchell was honored at the ninth annual conference of the Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas.
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Current Natural Gas Fundamentals Explained Through Star Wars Characters
Recently I’ve been sounding like a broken record as I keep referencing how natural gas prices are re-enacting a certain scene from Star Wars. It’s the one where the Millennium Falcon is being inextricably pulled towards the Death Star by a tractor beam…except in naturalgasworld™, natty is the Millennium Falcon and the Death Star is below the $3 [...] More »
Chamber touts Keystone XL, domestic energy to create jobs
Energy topped the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s annual list of priorities for boosting the economy, with the group’s head urged approval of the Keystone XL pipeline and further exploiting domestic oil, gas and coal resources. More »
Troy Polamalu’s Gasland post leads to Facebook debate
First, it was Jerome Bettis who stepped up to the line of scrimmage to tackle harmful emissions from power plants. Now Troy Polamalu has blitzed into the debate over hydraulic fracturing — whether or not he even meant to. More »
Opinion: Separating facts from fiction in fracking
Threats by Iran to blockade the Straits of Hormuz and the political gridlock over the Keystone XL Pipeline construction project have put energy where it rightly belongs: front and center. More »
Hundreds seek answers at Youngstown quake meeting
Boos, applause and the occasional outburst marked a gathering of about 500 northeast Ohioans seeking explanations Wednesday for a series of earthquakes that has hit their area since deep injection drilling came to town. More »
Natural gas falls to lowest price in a decade
In many parts of the U.S., thermostats haven’t been turned up as much this year. More »
Super fracking goes deeper to pump up production
As regulators and environmentalists study whether hydraulic fracturing can damage the environment, industry scientists are studying ways to create longer, deeper cracks in the earth to release more oil and natural gas. More »
Exploration investment on the rise for 2012
Exploration and production investment in the United States is expected to grow 11 percent in 2012, driven by opportunities for horizontal drilling for oil and gas in the shales. More »
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