Fracking Ban
Over the past decade, the shale revolution has transformed the economy and reduced emissions. Now, a new study from the U.S. Chamber’s Global Energy Institute quantifies just how much Michigan stands to lose if some candidates succeed in ending it. The study comes as presidential candidates and activist groups have called for a...
CNG
Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for August 21, 2017, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed: Cool.: Oil Rig Count Slips by 5, Total Now Up 455 Year Over Year  via @247WallSt Boy, there's a shocker.: UT System oil money is a gusher for its administration —...
Carbon Capture Technology Gets a Boost
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is investing in furthering the technology behind carbon capture and storage. A total of $72 million has been announced to give a boost to the technology. That $72 million will be split between two funding opportunities. Carbon Capture Awards Split Two Ways According to World Nuclear...
abandoned oil well
Plugging abandoned oil and gas wells has long been an issue, which has been overlooked for decades. The health and environmental risks associated with unplugged wells are well documented. Concerns about orphaned wells across the United States leaking high quantities of poisonous gases have drawn greater attention in recent...
Energy companies operating in the current market mirror the moves of a professional boxer. They bob, duck and move to continue to compete in a threatened and changing market. Attempting to embrace the onset of an alternate-energy world, Chevron and Cummins joined forces through a memorandum of understanding (MoU)...
DJI00096
Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for October 12, 2017, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed: Well,that's pretty good news.: EIA lifts WTI, Brent oil-price forecasts for this year and next  Seasonal phenomenon: Drilling permits surge as oil hovers above $50 a barrel  via @HoustonChron #Innovation.: Team develops...
Haynesville and Appalachian basins well positioned for near-term growth
Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for January 18, 2017, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed (that’s me):   ExxonMobil makes the biggest Permian Basin deal yet.:  Rex Tillerson's Last Deal? Exxon Mobil To Pay $6B To Bass Family For Permian Oil via @forbes http://buff.ly/2iKSmtT    Funding #Climatefraud: Obama...
Shale Oil and Gas Magazine and Oil Prices
Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for October 11, 2017, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed: Why does there always have to be a 'but'?: Oil rises on signs of tighter market, but 2018 looks more uncertain  Well that ain't good.: This Unexpected Move Could Derail Mexico’s...
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Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for December 21, 2017, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed: Narrator Voice: "It was a tale of self-inflicted wounds.": How Low Oil Prices Have Decimated The Saudi Economy | OilPrice.com  #oilprice At long last.: Congress votes to open Alaska refuge to...
Nuclear Power Plants - A Matter of National Security
As a nation, we are quickly losing our ability to produce domestic uranium for the fabrication of nuclear fuel. State-owned enterprises, most disturbingly those in Russia and China, are on track to surpass the United States as a world leader in nuclear energy. It would be oxymoronic to gain...