CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE: Countdown: Top stories of 2018 by WorldTribune Staff, December 24, 2018 What is believed to be the largest oil and natural gas reserve ever assessed in the United States has been discovered in Texas and New Mexico, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The Wolfcamp Shale and overlying Bone […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders The United States has resumed its role as the world energy model. For the first time in decades, the “fracking” boom has not only propelled the U.S. into energy self sufficiency but again offered opportunities for export. Fracking is the process of injecting liquid at high pressure into […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 13, 2018 House Democrats are expected to take aim at the fracking industry that has been a major boon to the U.S. economy and despite its excellent safety record, a columnist noted. “Energy production on public lands in the American West is likely to come under increased scrutiny” when Democrats assume […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 1, 2018 U.S. greenhouse gas emissions dropped by 2.7 percent in President Donald Trump’s first year in office, the Environmental Protection Agency announced on Oct. 31. “Thanks to President Trump’s regulatory reform agenda, the economy is booming, energy production is surging and we are reducing greenhouse gas emissions from major industrial sources,” […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 22, 2018 Production of U.S. crude oil and natural gas liquids hit record levels last month, according to the American Petroleum Institute (API). API reported that June production of crude oil in the U.S. hit 10.7 million barrels per day. Production of natural gas liquids hit 4.2 million barrels per day. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 9, 2018 Speaking of collusion … The U.S. House House Science, Space, and Technology Committee on March 1 released a report detailing Russian funding of U.S. environmental groups opposed to fracking and the Keystone pipeline. The report, titled “Russia’s Social Media Meddling in U.S. Energy Markets”, went largely uncovered by a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 20, 2018 In November 2017, U.S. crude oil production hit 10.038 million barrels per day, a level that had not been reached since 1970. “American crude oil is a gamechanger in international trade, global politics and domestic energy security,” Todd Staples, president of the Texas Oil & Gas Association, said in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 16, 2018 Spurred by a surge in shale oil, the United States is poised to break an output record that was set in 1970. U.S. oil production will soon top 10 million barrels per day and is expected to hit 11 million barrels per day by late 2019, a level that […]