Geosciences prof: Natural gas drillers in it for the long haul
It may take a decade for companies to recover their spending on natural gas shale plays, but geoscientist Terry Engelder stresses that the energy producers know these are "long-term" investments.
View ArticleCould shale gas reserves reignite U.S. economy?
In late 1998, Chesapeake Energy Corp., an independent natural-gas producer based in Oklahoma City, exemplified an industry in decline.
View ArticleEagle Ford Shale boom helping poorest Texas counties
Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros, once worried that South Texas was a region lost to poverty, said he’s stunned by the economic opportunity coming from the Eagle Ford...
View ArticleGlobal Energy Systems – June 26-28 2013
Our energy system is evolving due to depletion of cheap fossil fuels and the need for carbon emission constraints. Government and business are under pressure to tackle the energy challenges of rising...
View ArticleSwan Song Wish List
I began posting on TOD in 2008 when I was a PhD student working with Charles Hall on basically everything energy but focusing specifically on the connections between EROI (energy return on energy...
View ArticleUS drilling boom boosting family incomes by $1,200 a year, report finds
The surge in domestic drilling that has transformed parts of North Dakota, Arkansas and Pennsylvania into modern-day boomtowns is causing ripple effects across the entire U.S. economy, spurring...
View ArticleDo gasoline prices affect home values?
Researchers say their study, based on the sales more than 900,000 homes, is the first to examine the direct impact of gasoline prices on home values using data for specific properties.
View ArticleAs crude oil prices fall, concerns about sector slowdown rise
A slew of factors - including decreased demand projections and tough words from a Middle East official - contributed to a $2.88 drop in U.S. benchmark oil prices to $60.94 per barrel.
View ArticleMoody’s: Oil bust will “deflate” Harris County economy
Both Harris County and Houston will undergo an economic slowdown as the oil and gas industry's activity level slows in the wake of low oil prices, credit ratings agency Moody's said Friday.
View ArticleFears around falling oil demand grow
Hirobumi Kawano, president of Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, said while in the past the health of the world's economy would determine oil prices, now oil prices seem to be affecting...
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