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...
Hughes Rebuttal on LNG in Common Sense Canadian
Post Carbon Fellow David Hughes’ rebuttal of BC Minister of Natural Gas Rich Coleman was published at the Common Sense Canadian. Hughes has been making waves with his recent report A Clear Look at BC LNG. From the article:...
BC Natural Gas Reserves Inflated, Revenues Overstated, Report Finds
Analyst David Hughes offers another challenge to the province’s nascent industry. By Andrew Nikiforuk, The Tyee. A new report on liquefied natural gas prospects for British Columbia challenges government claims that gas exports will lower greenhouse gas emissions, or...
Hughes quoted on B.C. LNG in the Vancouver Sun
Post Carbon Fellow David Hughes was quoted in this article about the prospects for exporting natural gas from B.C. Canada. From the article: Hughes’ analysis suggests there is enough gas from Western Canada to support only one major LNG...
Marcellus Production Outlook
Has Well Productivity Peaked in the Nation’s Largest Shale Gas Play? The Marcellus shale gas play of Pennsylvania and West Virginia came onto the scene in 2007 in a big way and has grown to become the nation’s...
Hughes “gases LNG myths” in the Prince George Citizen
Post Carbon Fellow and author of Drilling Deeper, David Hughes was interviewed for this article ahead of delivering the annual lecture at UNBC’s Natural Resources & Environmental Studies Institute. From the article: “What I’ve tried to do is understand as...