By Deborah Rogers When the price of natural gas tanked due to severe overproduction by operators in shale gas, operators quickly turned their attention to shale oil. Clearly this was a deliberate attempt to salvage ailing balance sheets saturated with natural gas assets and, no doubt, executives hoped that it might serve as an effective [...]

By Deborah Rogers Assessing shale production honestly and accurately requires that all externalities, or created peripheral costs, be examined in a circumspect manner. It is imprudent, indeed stupid, to consider oil and gas projects without also considering the externalities which inevitably arise due to its heavy industrial nature. A careful look at costs such as [...]

By Deborah Rogers The past few years have brought endless glowing reports about the benefits and promise of shales, both oil and gas. We have been assured of a prolific supply that will continue to be cheap and abundant for decades to come. Unfortunately industry rhetoric has proven overtly optimistic. Reserves and economic benefit are [...]