A forthcoming book argues that the country’s shale gas plays contain only about a quarter of the fuel that has been estimated by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, and other widely used […]
Economics 101 Comes to the U.S. Department of Energy: Exporting LNG is Good
Apparently exporting something America has in abundance creates economic value — in this case, natural gas, not wheat (but that would be obvious). And the more of it you export, the more […]
Turning gas into transport fuel
Gas producers urgently need to find a way to turn abundant and low-value gas supplies into more valuable transport fuels like gasoline, diesel and jet. The ‘hydraulic fracturing’ revolution has so far […]
Mapping Gas Leaks from Boston’s Aging Urban Pipes
Most concerns about environmental impacts and other risks from leaking natural gas have focused on the fast-expanding production end of America’s vast system of wells, compressors and pipelines. But the urban maze […]
Why Are Permits Needed for LNG Export Terminals?
Last year, the Department of Energy (DOE) granted Cheniere Energy a permit to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from a terminal at Sabine Pass in Louisiana. The terminal is currently used as […]
U.S. Natural Gas Exports Poised For Takeoff
Shale gas is the energy topic of the day. Production is increasing, but so is gas demand – for electric generation, transportation, and as an industrial feedstock. However, perhaps the most significant […]
We’ve Seen The Electric Grid At Its Worst: How About The Gas Network?
In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, the vulnerability and fragility of our current electric grid has once again been showcased in an unfavorable light. With Long Island Power Authority originally having outages […]
Natural Gas: America’s Future Electric Grid?
In August 2003, cascading electric blackouts across the northeast United States left roughly 50 million people without power and cost billions of dollars in economic losses. That incident called into question the […]
A lot fewer oil and natural gas rigs in action in the US, but it isn’t showing up in production numbers
The overall US land rig count has fallen nearly 13% in the past year, due to a combination of low natural gas prices and efficient drilling. But the largest oil producing states have […]
China’s oil and natural gas sectors ready to roar in 2013
The past year could arguably be labeled as “China’s year that wasn’t”. The Year of the Dragon, while considered the luckiest of the Chinese zodiac, did not herald particularly auspicious tidings. Instead, […]
