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Obama Admin sides with activists on methane rule putting small producers out of business

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EPA admitted that its methane emissions estimates “greatly increase” as a result of its new methodology By Katie Brown, PhD, EnergyInDepth The Obama administration has released its final Control Techniques Guidelines (CTG) for oil and gas production, and as we’ve noted before, it is officially going through with its plan to eliminate an exemption for […]

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OPEC is back in business and the market is sceptical: Kemp

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Commentary about OPEC, output agreements tends to obsess about personalities and negotiating process The agreement, coming after many observers had written off the possibility of a deal, initially pushed crude prices sharply higher (“Saudi Arabia squeezes hedge funds with bearish bets on oil“, Reuters, Oct. 10). Flat prices and timespreads firmed as traders concluded the accord

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Americans significantly overestimate renewable energy powering the nation – Survey

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Americans actively seek, pay attention to energy news on wide range of topics and what’s happening in the industry WASHINGTON – Americans considerably overestimate renewable energy’s role in the US’s overall energy use; base their energy decisions on societal impacts; have the most trust in the solar industry; and get a majority of their energy information from

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Science confirms oilfield produced water safe for irrigation

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by Dave Quast, EnergyInDepth For more than 20 years, Kern County’s Cawelo Water District (Cawelo) has helped farmers offset water shortages by recycling some water brought from the ground (“produced”) during the oil and gas development process in non-hydraulically fractured wells. The produced water is filtered and treated by Cawelo. The water district then blends

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Dozens of Dakota Access pipeline demonstrators arrested Saturday

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Around 300 protesters marched toward Dakota Access pipeline construction equipment and tried to breach a police line (Reuters) – More than 80 protesters were arrested on Saturday after clashing with police near the Dakota Access pipeline construction site in North Dakota, according to the local sheriff’s department, which said pepper spray was used on some

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Former Greenpeace boss rebukes “Keep-It-In-The-Ground”

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Tindale’s background as a Greenpeace leader shows just how extreme anti-fracking groups like Greenpeace actually are by Lily Emamian, EnergyInDepth A former head of Greenpeace made headlines this week when he rebuked his former colleagues’ “Keep-It-In-The-Ground” platform by noting that hydraulic fracturing was “part of the answer” for climate change. Stephen Tindale, a former Greenpeace

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Despite claiming otherwise, Ceres’ new data show water use from fracking declining

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Fracking industry’s estimated water use is 0.87% of total industrial water used in United States By Randy Hildreth, EnergyInDepth A Boston-based green “investors” group called Ceres, which is backed by prominent anti-fossil fuel activist organizations, has recently published its latest attempt to portray fracking as a threat to water supplies. But despite Ceres’ best efforts, not only does

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Natural gas could provide $50 billion in health benefits – Study

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Potential decreases in greenhouse gases and air pollution make it impossible to deny the benefits of gas production by Jack Anderson, EnergyInDepth A cross-disciplinary team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University recently released a peer-reviewed study finding significant health and climate benefits as a result of the increased use natural gas for electricity generation. In

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