Category: ‘ Energy Supply ’

 

It’s not the Oil Imports, It’s Just the Oil!

The distinction between domestically produced and imported oil has been a subject of considerable debate and confusion.  From an energy security standpoint, a common argument goes that increased production of oil in the United St...

Unconventional Gas; Unconventional Wisdom

Today, it is widely recognized that domestic shale/tight gas and hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”) represent a key resource and technology to the future energy supply and economy of the United States. What does foreign shal...

I’ll take my corn in a bottle, thanks

This morning's E&E ( http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/2010/07/15/2/) continues the on-going debate over taxpayer subsidies for corn-based ethanol -- a poster-child for the government picking winners based on persistent lobbying...

Moves towards greater transparency improving outlook for shale gas

The Wall Street Journal reported today that Range Resources Corporation (Range), one of a large number of independent companies drilling in the Marcellus Shale, would begin submitting lists of all the chemicals and additives, and ...

The Latest on the Drilling Moratorium

In the latest update to the legal battle underway between the Obama administration and the Fifth Circuit, the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced on Monday a new drilling moratorium to halt deepwater oil and natural gas drill...

The Rise of Gas OPEC?

Natural gas will assume an increasing share of the U.S. energy mix over the next several decades. That is one of the few certain trends in the energy field today, rightly identified by a recent MIT report on the future of natural ...

An ocean of gas or a “fractured” policy?

Policy makers and stakeholders need to be paying attention to the current congressional debate on a technique used to extract natural gas from tight shale formations.  As the country focuses on the disaster in the Gulf, key legis...

Common Sense Oversight: Avoiding a Reactionary Response

With President Obama’s six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico just underway, interesting questions arise as to the future of U.S. offshore drilling, and more broadly about the difficulty of managing low...

Innovative energy policy

Multiple media cover the release today of recommendations from an impressive group of CEOs -- the American Energy Innovation Council (www.americanenergyinnovation.org).  Like the CEO and retired military-led Securing America's Fu...

Friday Political Roundup–Urgency Returns to the Energy Debate

This week, with the Gulf oil spill fresh on the minds of most Americans, leaders from both sides of the political spectrum demonstrated their desire to prioritize energy legislation. In The Hill, Alexander Bolton reports, “Se...
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