Energy Tomorrow Blog

Energy to Fuel Job Growth, Increase U.S. Security

news  job creation  energy exports  gasoline prices  pennsylvania severance tax  arctic  offshore oil drilling  alaska  natural gas benefits 

Mark Green
Posted June 2, 2015

The Huffington Post (Sean McGarvey): The American job market is the best it's been in six years, according to the latest government data. The jobless rate is below 6 percent for the first time since 2008.

And in 2013, the United States became the world's top producer of oil and natural gas – surpassing Russia and Saudi Arabia.

This U.S. energy boom is creating many new jobs here in America, and it's a leading contributor to American workers' vaulting out of the unemployment line and into the middle class. Our leaders must continue to support domestic energy exploration, which is proving our nation's strongest job-growth engine.

According to the American Petroleum Institute, investments in updating U.S. energy infrastructure alone could generate an estimated $1.14 trillion in capital investments – creating both jobs and energy savings from now until 2025.

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Understanding Fracking

fracking  hydraulic fracturing  natural gas from shale  oil drilling  standards 

Mark Green
Posted October 18, 2013

A recent University of Texas poll points up an interesting disconnect in Americans: While more than 80 percent of those surveyed said they support natural gas development, they’re much less enthusiastic about the process that has made possible America’s energy resurgence: hydraulic fracturing. ...

No doubt, this results from misinformation and confusion spread by opponents of natural gas development. By its nature scaremongering attracts attention, and the poll indicates many Americans need more information about the process that has made possible the ongoing U.S. energy renaissance – natural gas and oil. ... 

No problem. When it comes to hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling – the twinned processes that have unlocked America’s shale energy wealth – facts aren’t in short supply.

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Energy Access: Fuel for the Economy

domestic energy  economic recovery  energy access  oil access  oil drilling  prices  natural gas access  oil consumption 

Mark Green
Posted May 19, 2011

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Innovation 'R' Us

energy iq  exxonmobil  horizontal drilling  north dakota  oil and natural gas industry  oil drilling  oil production  oil refining  refineries  technology innovation  vertical drilling  oil and natural gas drilling  seismic 

Jane Van Ryan
Posted April 5, 2011

North Dakota celebrated its 60th year of oil production yesterday. On April 4, 1951, Amerada Corp. struck oil in Clarence Iverson's wheat field near Tioga, which eventually led to North Dakota becoming the 4th largest oil producing state in the country. 

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U.S. Offshore Drilling Delays Likely; Russia to Drill in Cuba

access  deepwater drilling  deepwater drilling moratorium  domestic energy  energy policy  gulf of mexico  interior department  leasing  moratorium  offshore drilling  offshore oil  offshore oil production  cuba  eis  gazprom  gulf leases  lease sale  offshore oil drilling 

Jane Van Ryan
Posted November 16, 2010

The Interior Department's plan to complete supplemental environmental reviews could prevent the U.S. government from holding a Gulf of Mexico lease sale next year, making 2011 the first year since 1965 that no Gulf leases would be sold for U.S. offshore oil production. 

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A Walking Drilling Rig

domestic energy  energy production  north dakota  oil drilling  oil production  oil rig  onshore  technology  technology innovation  continental resource inc  drill site  drilling rigs  oil wells  walking drilling rig  walking rig 

Jane Van Ryan
Posted November 12, 2010

Did you know that drilling rigs can walk? At least this one can. It's the ECO-Pad being used by Continental Resources Inc. to drill for oil in North Dakota.

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Drilling Completions Up in Third Quarter

bakken formation  deepwater drilling moratorium  domestic energy  eia  energy  energy demand  energy information administration  energy supply  gulf of mexico  horizontal drilling  natural gas wells  oil and natural gas drilling  oil drilling  oil wells 

Jane Van Ryan
Posted October 28, 2010

U.S. oil and natural gas drilling increased markedly in the third quarter this year, according to API's 2010 Quarterly Well Completion Report: Third Quarter. An estimated 11,297 oil wells, natural gas wells and dry holes were completed, which was 45 percent higher than during the same period in 2009. 

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Rallying for Their Livelihoods

access  deepwater drilling moratorium  domestic energy  drilling ban  drilling jobs  energy policy  gulf energy production  gulf oil spill  offshore drilling  gulf drilling ban  louisiana oil drilling  louisiana oil rally  louisiana rally against moratorium  lsu center for energy studies 

Jane Van Ryan
Posted July 22, 2010

They showed up at Louisiana State University's (LSU) the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's (ULL) Cajundome in droves, an estimated 15,000 thousand people who decided to stand up and be counted. They were energy workers, housewives, fishermen, and small-business people united in their desire to get back to work.

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The Moratorium Ruling and Jobs

access  deepwater moratorium  domestic energy  drilling ban  drilling ban lifted  energy policy  gulf drilling  gulf of mexico  obama  offshore drilling  oil drilling  oil spill 

Jane Van Ryan
Posted June 23, 2010

Reaction to Judge Feldman's ruling against the deepwater drilling moratorium came swiftly yesterday. Environmental groups and many Democrats attacked the decision, while Republicans in general supported it and called it encouraging.

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Shell's 'Significant' Oil Discovery in the Gulf

deepwater drilling  domestic energy  gulf of mexico  offshore drilling  offshore oil  oil drilling  technology innovation  oil discovery  oil discovery in gulf 

Jane Van Ryan
Posted March 23, 2010

Shell has announced a "significant new oil discovery" in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. 

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