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FracFocus Turns One!

April 13, 2012

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A year ago this week the FracFocus.org online chemical disclosure registry was created, and what a year it has been: 130 companies logging in the chemicals used in the hydraulic fracturing of more than 15,000 wells. More than that, the site is information rich on fracking, groundwater protection, state regulatory efforts and more.

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Graphically Speaking: Bakken Oil & Natural Gas Production

January 6, 2012

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Pretty neat animation by the Energy Information Administration, showing the growth of oil and natural gas production in the Bakken shale play between 1985 and 2010. You can see the locations and the yields of different wells within the Bakken in time-lapse fashion. EIA:

 

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Measuring the Shale Gas Revolution

December 7, 2011

Posted by energyfromshale

New quantification of the national impact of the shale natural gas revolution going on in the United States, from IHS Global Insight, one of the world’s largest economic analysis and forecasting firms:

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Separating Fracking Fact From Fiction

December 1, 2011

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Two good links for facts on hydraulic fracturing, the process for producing natural gas and oil from shale that is turning the energy conversation in this country on its head:

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Doing the Math: E=J

November 22, 2011

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Don’t know if Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley was a math major, but he’s promoting an equation that certainly adds up: E = J.

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Krugmanland Revisited: Solar vs. Natural Gas

November 7, 2011

Posted by energyfromshale

The New York Times’ Paul Krugman likes solar energy. Lots of folks do. Here’s a post from The Times’ Green blog about Chevron’s Brightfields solar project in California.

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Natural Gas From Shale: Making The Difference

October 27, 2011

Posted by energyfromshale

People in Williamsport, Pa., have an easy explanation for city’s current economic bloom: natural gas from shale.

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Rust Belt to Energy Belt

October 20, 2011

Posted by energyfromshale

In Steubenville, Ohio, they’re talking about job growth so dynamic that every adult in town could be working by April. In Bismarck, N.D., unemployment is a microscopic 3 percent. In both, oil and natural gas development is a key driving force.

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Shale = Energy, Economic Growth

October 4, 2011

Posted by energyfromshale

Energy from shale is a game-changer — and a no-brainer — for America. Evidence abounds.

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Students of the (Shale Gas) Revolution

September 30, 2011

Posted by energyfromshale

In the Wall Street Journal, Lucian Pugliaresi asks a good question about the recent National Petroleum Council report’s point that U.S. oil production could double by 2035 to 20 million barrels per day: Where’s all that oil going to come from? His answer includes a critical lesson as we think about America’s energy future.

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