In the following pages, you will find a wealth of information, especially regarding the current state of events in Ukraine and its far-reaching impacts. At SHALE, we strive to provide you, our readers, with insight from our experts and relate the content to the lives of each American.
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The oil and gas industry has faced significant volatility over the past few years, including the unprecedented destruction in demand from Covid-19, the rise in ESG driven investment, and increased geopolitical risk. In addition to formulating a profitable drilling strategy in such an environment, how can North American unconventional...
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,”...
Unless you’ve already done the smart thing and retired to the wilderness of your choice, you’ve probably heard the news that the European Union struck a deal with the United States to considerably boost its intake of American LNG.
Considerably in this case means an additional 15 billion cubic meters...
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...
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...
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...
In finance, a “black swan” is an unpredictable event with severe consequences for investors. Black swans have occurred throughout modern history but rarely has the world experienced a double black swan, such as the impact of the Covid-19 crisis and the imbalance between oil supply and demand. In this...
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...
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...
