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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...
Posted Monday, July 26th, 2010 at 12:49 pm | Filed in: Economic Security, Energy Security, Energy Supply, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices
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...
Posted Monday, July 19th, 2010 at 10:50 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Energy Supply, Natural 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 ...
Posted Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 at 6:15 am | Filed in: Energy Supply, Natural Gas
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...
Posted Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 at 8:17 am | Filed in: Energy Supply, Environment
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...
Posted Thursday, June 24th, 2010 at 7:11 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Energy Supply, Natural Gas
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...
Posted Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 at 1:07 pm | Filed in: Economic Security, Energy Supply, Legislation
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...
Posted Thursday, June 10th, 2010 at 12:04 pm | Filed in: Alternatives, Electricity, Electrification, Energy Security, Energy Supply, Environment, Legislation, National Security, Oil Dependence, Renewables
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...
Posted Friday, June 4th, 2010 at 12:51 pm | Filed in: Energy Supply, Legislation
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