In this issue, we are going to do a miscellany of a few short items relating to the oil and gas industry. First of all, let’s do something we don’t do very often — let’s praise the Texas Legislature for passing SB 13.
SB 13 has two major parts. A...
After more than a month of fighting, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has devolved into a grinding war of attrition replete with indiscriminate attacks on Ukrainian civilians, cities and infrastructure. The U.S., Canada, Western European allies and others have responded with increasingly severe sanctions that have isolated Russia and decimated...
Blackouts and Power Grid: The Looming Energy Crisis in America
The Washington Post recently published an article warning of a summer of blackouts and a wheezing power grid that leaves states at risk. However, this issue is not new, as under-investment in new baseload capacity and reliance on unreliable and...
Energy prices have been rising for over a year and in recent weeks, they’ve been skyrocketing both at home and abroad. The causes of this impending energy cost crisis are multitudinous, but they are all rooted in the same problem: command and control energy and fiscal policies put in...
The hydrogen economy has been a discussion in academia and with researchers for decades. The most substantial effort to bring it to reality occurred during high oil prices in the early 2000s, yet as with every previous effort, it ended with unprofitable projects and disappointed investors. As the climate...
In reading through this issue of SHALE Magazine, you will notice a heavy focus on events surrounding Russia’s war on Ukraine. That was not our plan for this issue when the year began, but everyone has a plan and they tend to fall apart as soon as the first...
Even poor Joe Biden has seen the light on LNG as the only way to get Europe off dependence on Russian gas. What he hasn’t grasped, though, is the fact we can’t get the LNG to places such Germany without pipelines and ports.
Indeed, the Biden Administration has done nada...
SHALE Magazine hosted its annual State of Energy luncheon in Houston on April 21, 2022. SHALE would like to send a special thank you to keynote speaker Wayne Christian for his thoughtful and informative presentation. The event also featured a panel discussion including Mike Howard, CEO of Howard Energy...
The San Antonio Pipeliners Association hosted the 2022 Midstream Open Golf Tournament on April 15. The event kicked off with cool and comfortable weather for attendees to network and enjoy a day at the golf course. Sponsors and attendees were seen mingling and making industry connections throughout the tournament...
I have been surprised by the cavalier attitude I’ve seen about the rising price of gasoline and its impact on the average family or community in recent weeks and months, but I’ve been even more surprised by this attitude being parroted out by the media, the so-called cultural “elites,”...
