Gas Drilling Industry Helps Pa. Become One Of Top States In Number Of New Or...
The booming gas drilling industry may have helped to seal Pennsylvania’s position as one of the top states in the nation for the number of new or expanded corporate facilities. The state ranks No. 1 in...
View ArticleHow the US Shale Gas Boom Could Derail China
With oil production at a twenty year high and predictions of a manufacturing renaissance for the U.S. economy, one of the world’s largest investment banks has detailed how the “shale revolution” will...
View ArticleUS Gas Exports Will Shake Up Global Market
Despite objections, the U.S. is heading down the road to export natural gas, and that could ultimately help shake up world energy markets. The boom in U.S. natural gas, thanks to new drilling...
View ArticleTransportation Booms Alongside Shale Industry
By Michael Pound, Calkins Media If you work on the railroad, you know the coal business isn’t what it used to be. But that’s OK — there’s a replacement on the horizon. As is the case with most segments...
View ArticleShale boom adds nearly 500,000 jobs (Video)
March 8 (Bloomberg) — Alix Steel reports on job creation in the fracking industry. She speaks on Bloomberg Television’s “Money Moves.” (Source: Bloomberg) We don’t have to look far in southwestern...
View ArticleU.S. Rep. Tim Walberg says President Obama has run out of excuses to deny...
By U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg The White House’s latest line of defense for refusing to approve the Keystone XL pipeline crumbled recently, as the State Department concluded the pipeline proposal is...
View ArticleGlobal Transition to Low-Carbon Energy Sources Would Be Unlike Any Other,...
A global shift toward low-carbon energy sources would be unlike any other in history and would create new challenges, as the world attempts to actively influence a major energy transition for the first...
View ArticleExxonMobil Major Projects To Deliver 1 Million Oil-Equivalent Barrels By 2017
Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) anticipates major project start-ups will deliver 1 million oil-equivalent barrels over the next five years, Rex W. Tillerson, chairman and chief executive officer,...
View ArticleHauling brine – what are the risks?
By Rachel Morgan, shalereporter.com The risks of hauling fracking wastewater are plenty — from leaking brine tanks to accidental spills to intentional dumps. An illegal dumping incident in Youngstown,...
View ArticleIs U.S. energy independence realistic?
After President Richard Nixon declared in 1973 that the nation’s goal should be “to meet our own energy needs without depending on any foreign sources,” he was echoed by president after president. But...
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