Post Carbon Fellow David Hughes was quoted on his new report Can Canada expand oil and gas production, build pipelines, and meet climate change commitments. From the article: Canada can’t reach growth projections for the energy industry as...
Post Carbon Fellow David Hughes was quoted in this article on the downturn in shale oil production in North Dakota. From the article: Although some shale oil analysts see production ramping up once oil prices begin rising again, David...
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In recent years, US oil and natural gas production have exploded due to fracking (hydraulic fracturing coupled with horizontal drilling in shale source rocks), leading to claims that “peak oil is dead.” While the so-called “shale revolution” is regarded...
Post Carbon Fellow David Hughes was interviewed about LNG prospects in the Squamish Chief. From the article: Q: What will be the focus of your talk about LNG Thursday (Feb. 11)? A: I am going to be focusing on...
PCI’s latest report, Eagle Ford Reality Check: The Nation’s Top Tight Oil Play After a Year of Low Oil Prices, by Fellow Dave Hughes was featured in this article at DeSmogBlog. From the article: A new report published by...
In Eagle Ford Reality Check: The Nation's Top Tight Oil Play After a Year of Low Oil Prices, David Hughes—author of Drilling Deeper (which remains the most thorough independent analysis of U.S. shale gas and tight oil production ever...
Post Carbon Fellow David Hughes was quoted in this article at Bloomberg about shale oil writedowns due to the low oil price. From the article: “There was too much optimism built into their forecasts,” said David Hughes, a fellow...
Post Carbon Fellow David Hughes was quoted in this article at Penza News on output decline in the US shale oil industry. From the article: At the same time, according to David Hughes, earth scientist and research manager at...
The Bakken Play, located in North Dakota and Montana, is the birthplace of tight (shale) oil and in many ways the poster child of the so-called “shale revolution.” Between 2010 and 2014, oil production in North Dakota grew nearly...
In 2011, the EIA published a report that stated the Monterey Shale in California had 15.4 billion barrels of recoverable oil, or two-thirds of the then estimated recoverable tight oil in the US. The EIA subsequently downgraded its estimate...