The press has been all abuzz the past few weeks speculating on what the drop in oil prices will mean for U.S. shale oil (tight oil) production. Pundits have been falling over themselves quoting various estimates of the breakeven...
Post Carbon Institute’s report Drilling California by Fellow David Hughes was featured in this article telling the story behind fracking in the Golden State. From the article: In 2011, the Energy Information Administration all but declared another gold rush in...
This is a Spanish translation of the Executive Summary of Post Carbon Institute's report Drilling Deeper.
Post Carbon Fellow David Hughes, author of PCI’s Drilling Deeper report, was profiled by Jeremy Miller in this article at High Country News. From the article: His work for the California-based Post Carbon Institute, where he’s been a fellow...
Post Carbon Fellow David Hughes was quoted in this article on the challenges hitting the shale oil industry. From the article: If there’s a silver lining in this for shale producers, it’s that they’ve managed to drive their costs...
Post Carbon Fellow, and author of PCI’s Drilling Deeper reort, David Hughes was quoted in this article at CNBC on the looming threat to American oil output. From the article: …However, they’ve already drilled many of the most economic...
Post Carbon Fellow David Hughes was quoted in this ‘Graph of the Day’ article on the collapse of the shale oil industry at REneweconomy. From the article: What the sudden drop in rig count suggests, Lewis says, is...
Post Carbon Fellow David Hughes was quoted in this article on the pros and cons of cheap oil at Grist. From the article: Times are getting tough for the companies digging up expensive, unconventional crude in the Alberta tar...
Post Carbon Fellow David Hughes Drilling Deeper report was cited in this article on mapping the fracking boom. From the article: From afar, it’s just a forest of lines. But if you zoom in, you’ll see that some areas...
Post Carbon Fellow David Hughes report for PCI Drilling Deeper was referenced in this article on the future of shale gas. From the article: The analysis echoes work by other researchers, including J. David Hughes, a geoscientist and research...