In these updates, earth scientist David Hughes reviews the latest developments in the top shale plays and provides an update of the assessment in Drilling Deeper: A Reality Check on U.S. Government Forecasts for a Lasting Tight Oil & Shale Gas Boom (2014).

• Eagle Ford Reality Check (2015)
• Bakken Reality Check (2015)
• Tight Oil Reality Check (2015)
• Shale Gas Reality Check (2015)