An Excellent Year in Energy
Mary Schaper
Posted December 30, 2013
Vaclav Smil’s Graph of the Year: The Natural Gas Boom
Washington Post: "[There are] too many choices possible, but here is one epoch-making trend: as the post-2008 rise of hydraulic fracturing drove U.S. natural gas prices down and increased the supply (in 2013 the U.S. will be again the world’s largest natural gas producer) oil and gas prices, traditionally moving in tandem, have diverged significantly. History is being made."
Read more: http://wapo.st/1iqnARn
More industry news:
- Obama Should Rethink his Energy Policy in 2014: http://bit.ly/19AoQcu
- Editorial: Lift the U.S. Ban on Oil Exports: http://bit.ly/1d40Kre
- Fracking Moratorium is Killing Industry in NY: http://bit.ly/1h9CsDh
- Texas’ Permian Basin Booms Forward: http://bit.ly/1h9BLtM
- Fracking Pioneer Helped Boost U.S. Energy Revolution: http://n.pr/KfKMUq
- If New York State Really Wants to Give Upstate a Boost, Allow Fracking: http://bit.ly/19AlRR8
- Eagle Ford Shale’s Output Passed the Million Barrel-Per-Day Mark This Year: http://bit.ly/18Uc4KQ
- Unemployment is Dropping in Ohio’s Utica Shale Counties: http://bit.ly/19WuzwA
About The Author
Mary Schaper is a Digital Communications Manager for the American Petroleum Institute. She previously worked on Capitol Hill for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee as Digital Director and for Senator Lisa Murkowski. Before coming to D.C., she spearheaded digital strategy for Murkowski's successful Senate write-in campaign in 2010. Schaper enjoys traveling and taking in the local culture alongside her husband, their son and loyal springer spaniel.