A the recent Harvard Business School report noted the importance of addressing the skills gap to prepare for the tens of thousands jobs that are being created by shale development. In Ohio, one of the tools to address that challenge can be found in the...
Researchers from the University of Michigan recently released a report through the Brookings Institution that evaluates the economic impacts of shale development on consumers, producers and the manufacturing industry. The authors found that the lower commodity price over recent years, thanks to fracking, has benefited...
*NOTE: The following testimony was submitted to the Oklahoma House of Representatives, Committee on Agriculture and Wildlife, as part of a legislative study on water usage and hydraulic fracturing. The remarks can also be downloaded by clicking here. WATER USE AND HYDRAULIC FRACTURING: MYTHS AND...
A recent survey of elected leaders in Washington and Greene counties – Pennsylvania counties that host shale development – found local officials had generally positive experiences with natural gas companies. The survey was developed and administered by the Center of Energy Policy and Management at...
In a recent Washington & Jefferson College presentation titled, “Thirst for Power: the Nexus of Energy & Water”, Michael Webber detailed the relationship between energy production, electricity generation and it’s need for water. Webber traveled from the University of Texas at Austin, where he is...
A new report from Fitch Ratings is another point in a growing line of evidence that U.S. shale development is aiding in moderating global oil prices and shielding the United States from price shocks. According to the report, production from American shale plays – including...
The United States is at the very beginning of an energy revolution—one that has already begun to unlock environmental and economic benefits. According to a newly-released study from the American Gas Foundation (AGF) and IHS CERA, “Fueling the Future with Natural Gas: Bringing it Home,”...
NOTE: This piece was originally published on Forbes.com. Thanks to the rapidly increasing production from the Eagle Ford Shale and the Permian Basin, Texas reached another milestone in September, 2013: As a separate nation, Texas would now rank as the 9th largest oil producing country...
As EID has reported in the past, developing natural gas from shale is fueling America’s chemical industry and a rebirth of U.S. manufacturing. But as a new report from the American Chemical Council highlights, the impact is actually being felt throughout our entire economy.
Ever since the early 1970’s the public has assumed the U.S. is running out of domestic sources of energy. The OPEC oil crisis of 1973 reinforced this idea as people waited in long lines to buy gasoline at skyrocketing prices. Much of the current opposition...
Two communities with the same name and similar opportunities, couldn’t be experiencing a more different reality. Given the recent increase in development in Ohio, its Mansfield should not only be on par with Pennsylvania’s, but potentially even surpass it in economic development and growth. Perhaps it’s time Mansfield, Ohio starts looking across the border at Mansfield, Pennsylvania and the improvements there as a goal for the future. Instead, we see businesses opening in Mansfield, Pennsylvania while they’re slamming their doors shut in Ohio.
Anne Carto – Coalitions Director, EID Ohio Nicole Jacobs – Deputy Campaign Director, EID Marcellus The shale gas plays occurring in Ohio and Pennsylvania have a few differences, the most obvious being the oil and wet gas rich Utica Shale versus the largely dry gas...