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Vote 4 Energy: Our Choice

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Mark Green
Posted November 2, 2012

Most of this year our “Vote 4 Energy” campaign has encouraged Americans to consider their vote through an energy lens – assessing candidates at various levels by their stances on the strategies and policies that would most effectively strengthen our country’s energy security.

Energy Innovation = A Bigger Energy Boom

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Mark Green
Posted November 1, 2012

Bismarck, N.D., television station KFYR has an interesting story on its website noting that hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling – which spurred booming oil production from the Bakken Shale and oil and natural gas from other shale plays – have paved the way for new technologies that could expand the Bakken oil recovery rate

Embracing the Potential of Unconventional Oil and Natural Gas

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Mark Green
Posted October 25, 2012

America has a lot of oil and natural gas that's "unconventional" - energy trapped in a shale and other rock formations that can be producted through horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. So says a study released this week by respected energy consultant IHS Global Insight: By 2035, unconventional oil and natural gas development could yield more than $5.1 trillion in capital spending into the economy, support 3.5 million jobs and generate $2.5 trillion in cumulative federal, state and local tax receipts.

Realizing the Potential of Unconventional Oil and Natural Gas

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Mark Green
Posted October 24, 2012

IHS Global Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin, talking about the implications of his firm’s study of America’s unconventional oil and natural gas potential

Shale Oil and Natural Gas: Vast Potential to Create Jobs, Spur Growth

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Mark Green
Posted October 23, 2012

There are some eye-popping numbers in a new study of America’s unconventional oil and natural gas potential by IHS Global Insight, out today. There’s news coverage from Fuel Fix.com here, and Reuters has it here.

Idle Leases and Yogi Berra, Again

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Mark Green
Posted October 22, 2012

t’s tempting – while contemplating a rebuttal to the latest claim that oil companies pay billions of dollars to “sit” on federal oil and natural gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico – to simply refer to previous rebuttals when the claim was made in 2009 and again last year.

Graphing Oil and Natural Gas Production: Let’s Get All the Lines Going Up

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Mark Green
Posted October 19, 2012

Lots of discussion this week about energy production from federally controlled areas – onshore and offshore – as a subset of an overall rise in U.S. oil and natural gas output.

Presidential Politics and Energy Reality

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Mark Green
Posted October 17, 2012

Energy continues to play a large role in the presidential debates – evidence that both candidates get the importance of reliable, affordable energy for our economy and for making America more secure, now and in the future.

For Transparency and Competitiveness

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Mark Green
Posted October 12, 2012

Industry’s federal lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) challenging its Section 1504 disclosure provision is about keeping U.S. oil and natural gas companies competitive with global rivals while finding a better way to foster transparency.