Bakken Reality Check
In Bakken Reality Check: The Nation's Number Two Tight Oil Play After a Year of Low Oil Prices, David Hughes—author of Drilling Deeper (which likely remains the most thorough independent analysis of U.S. shale gas and tight...
Hughes quoted on Monterey Shale at Kern Golden Empire
Post Carbon Fellow David Hughes was quoted in this article on downward a revision in expected recoverable oil from the Monterey Shale Formation by the U.S. Geological Survey. From the article: A new U.S. Geological Survey says there...
Hughes quoted in CBC article on B.C. LNG
Post Carbon Fellow David Hughes was quoted in this article about the prospects for liquid natural gas exports from British Columbia. From the article: Green said the numbers are based on estimates of how large B.C.’s resources are, as...
2015 Tight Oil Reality Check
Much of the cost-benefit debate over fracking has come down to the perception of just how much domestic oil and gas it can produce and at what cost. To answer this question, policymakers, the media, and the general public...
Tight Oil Reality Check (2015)
In this update to Drilling Deeper, David Hughes explores how the EIA’s 2015 tight oil projections and assumptions have changed over the last year, and assesses the AEO2015 against both Drilling Deeper and up-to-date production data from key tight...
Hughes and Fridley in The Nation
Post Carbon Fellows David Hughes and David Fridley were both quoted in this article in The Nation on the US shale oil boom & bust and the rise of renewables. From the article: J. David Hughes, a geoscientist and...
2015 Shale Gas Reality Check
In October 2014, Post Carbon Institute published the results of what likely remains the most thorough independent analysis of U.S. shale gas and tight oil production ever conducted. The process of drilling for shale gas and tight oil is...
Shale Gas Reality Check (2015)
In this update to Drilling Deeper, David Hughes explores how the EIA’s 2015 shale gas projections and assumptions have changed over the last year, and assesses the AEO2015 against both Drilling Deeper and up-to-date production data from key shale...
A Look at the West Virginia University Assessment of Technically Recoverable Gas in the Utica Shale
Last week, members of the media breathlessly reported—based on a new study published by West Virginia University (WVU) entitled A Geologic Play Book for Utica Shale Appalachian Basin Exploration—that the Utica Shale could hold more recoverable gas than the...
Hughes LNG op-ed in the Vancouver Sun
Post Carbon Fellow David Hughes’ op ed on the prospects for a liquid natural gas export bonanza in Canada was published in the Vancouver Sun. From the article: The fact the B.C. government is grossly exaggerating the amount of...