Over the past year, shale oil producers have increased production by drawing down their large inventory of drilled-but-uncompleted wells, known by industry short-hand as DUCs. What is the latest update? Have most of the DUCs flown away by now? Continue Reading
Up against an incumbent backed by the oil & gas industry and by the GOP establishment, and with no money, an oil and gas attorney made an audacious 5 second video, gained a wealth of “free” media coverage, and potentially catapulted herself into a May runoff to become a Texas Railroad Commissioner. Continue Reading
Many climate policy approaches place a significant burden on lower-income families, and/or give benefits to wealthier families, leaving many lower-income voters to ask, “What’s in it for me and my family?” The good news is that political leaders have started to recognize that climate policy must approach fossil fuels and energy transition as an “AND”, not an “either/or”, and that the distributional impact of policy must also be addressed. Continue Reading
With the pressures of climate change and the urgency to incorporate alternative energy resources like wind and solar, the fixation on the purported benefits of energy transition technologies overshadows a glaring reality — an absence of strategy around identifying and quantifying other life cycle externalities, such as the resulting waste disposal or environmental impacts. Continue Reading
A dispute around a lignite mine in Turów, Poland, indicates that successful climate measures must seek to address national and local concerns. A more tailored approach can result in a more comprehensive treatment of climate matters and an actionable path forward. Continue Reading
U.S. shale oil production is up since the COVID-driven collapse, according to official data, but the actual picture seems less clear when accounting for the productivity boost from drawing on DUCs, writes fellow Mark Finley. What does this mean going forward? Continue Reading
The UAE’s “net zero by 2050” emissions plan begs the question: Can they do that? The world’s No. 7 oil producer is also a huge carbon emitter. But the UAE has surprising advantages. Continue Reading