by Jane Richey | Jun 12, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The natural gas market has been transformed by the rapid expansion of shale gas production. A dozen years ago, shale gas amounted to only about 2 percent of United States production. Today, it is 37 percent and rising. Natural gas is in such ample supply...
by Jane Richey | Jun 8, 2012 | Free Markets
From Oil City Derrick: One of the most controversial practices in the energy industry is the use of hydraulic fracturing, often called “fracking,” to develop oil and gas reserves. The technique is designed to generate fractures in an oil- or gas-bearing...
by Jane Richey | Jun 5, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The amount of methane released from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is half what the Obama administration estimates, according to a study released Monday by the American Petroleum Institute and the America’s Natural Gas Alliance. Howard Feldman, API’s...
by Jane Richey | May 3, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The Interior Department will release a new proposal to regulate “fracking” on federal lands as soon as Thursday, a top industry official told The Hill. “I expect they will be out tomorrow or Friday,” American Petroleum Institute CEO Jack Gerard said...
by Jane Richey | Apr 17, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson sent a strong message to those critics who warn the natural-gas drilling technique known as “fracking” could cause widespread public health and environmental problems. “I think we have to deal in facts,” Tillerson told Fortune...