ECONOMICS OF FRACKING
5/15/16: USA Today: Oil Industry Problems, Prospects Keenly Felt in N. Dakota
12/31/15: USA Today: More Job Cuts Expected for Oil Workers in 2016: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/12/31/energy-oil-gas-us-jobs/78066610/
4/1/15: Ethix.org: Oil's Slide Cuts Jobs by Thousands: http://ethix.org/2015/04/30/oils-slide-cuts-jobs-by-thousands
1/20/15: USA Today: Baker Hughes to Lay Off 7,000 As Oil Patch Layoffs Mount: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/01/20/baker-hughes-latest-hit-by-oil-slump-to-lay-off-7000/22042433/
1/8/15: Truthout: Russia Blamed, US Taxpayers on the Hook, as Fracking Boom Collapses: http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/28406-russia-blamed-us-taxpayers-on-the-hook-as-fracking-boom-collapses
12/9/14: Oil Price.com: Why US Shale May Fizzle Rather Than Boom: http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Why-US-Shale-May-Fizzle-Rather-Than-Boom.html
2/15/14: Bloomberg: OPEC Finding U.S. Shale Harder to Crack as Rout Deepens: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-15/opec-finding-u-s-shale-harder-to-crack-as-rout-deepens.html
9/2/14: Bloomberg Business Week News: Study to Look at Financial Impact of Gas Boom: http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2014-09-02/study-to-look-at-financial-impact-of-gas-boom
8/22/14: USA Today: Investing in the American Energy Renaissance: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/waggoner/2014/08/22/investing-in-the-american-energy-renaissance/14400049/
6/6/14: Elmira Star Gazette Hotel Taxes Decline in Chemung County, Rise in Schuyler County: "For several years, those [room tax] revenues were largely driven by a natural gas drilling boom in PA, but that business has started to wane." http://www.stargazette.com/article/20140607/NEWS01/306070008/Hotel-taxes-decline-Chemung-County-rise-Schuyler-County
4/21/14: The New York Times: 'Saudi America': Mirage? http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/22/business/energy-environment/challenges-lie-ahead-for-north-american-oil-production.html
1/4/14: Penn Energy: Shale Gas: The Demand Side of the Equation: http://www.pennenergy.com/articles/pennenergy/2014/04/shale-gas-the-demand-side-of-the-equation.html?cmpid=EnlDailyPetroApril72014
1/15/14: The Economist: Buyer Beware: Fracking and house prices: http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2014/01/fracking-and-house-prices
12/26/13: Energy Policy Forum: Deborah Rogers: The Myth of Energy Independence: http://energypolicyforum.org/2013/12/27/the-myth-of-energy-independence/
12/18/13: Post Carbon Institute: Richard Heinberg and Deborah Rogers: Attacking Fracking's Achilles Heel: http://www.postcarbon.org/video/1998914-special-briefing-attacking-fracking-s-achilles-heel
12/12/13: Reuters: US Drilling Boom Leaves Some Homeowners In a Big Hole: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/12/us-fracking-homeowners-analysis-idUSBRE9BB0GS20131212
10/24/13: Inside Climate News: Wall Street Demands Answers From Fossil Fuel Producers on "Unburnable" Carbon: http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20131024/wall-street-demands-answers-fossil-fuel-producers-unburnable-carbon
6/14/13: The Street: Renewable Energy Threatens the Fracking Boom: http://www.thestreet.com/story/11950663/1/renewable-energy-threatens-the-fracking-boom.html
December 11, 2012: Janette Barth: Unanswered Questions About the Economic Impact of Shale Gas Exports: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/barth_nera.pdf
in response to: EIA's January 2012 Effect of Increased Natural Gas Exports on Domestic Energy Markets: http://www.eenews.net/assets/2012/12/05/document_pm_02.pdf
July 2012: Penn State: Marcellus Shale: Land Ownership, Local Voice, and the Distribution of Lease and Royalty Dollars: http://aese.psu.edu/research/centers/cecd/publications/marcellus/marcellus-shale-land-ownership-local-voice-and-the-distribution-of-lease-and-royalty-dollars/view
January 27, 2012: Jannette M. Barth, Ph.D.: Comments on IHS Global Insight's study, "The Economic and Employment Contribution of Shale Gas in the US," December 2011:
/uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/jmb_comments_on_ihs_gi_study.pdf
2/9/12: The Atlantic: The Myth of Energy Independence: Why We can't Drill Our Way to Oil Autonomy:
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/02/the-myth-of-energy-independence-why-we-cant-drill-our-way-to-oil-autonomy/252812/
12/31/15: USA Today: More Job Cuts Expected for Oil Workers in 2016: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/12/31/energy-oil-gas-us-jobs/78066610/
4/1/15: Ethix.org: Oil's Slide Cuts Jobs by Thousands: http://ethix.org/2015/04/30/oils-slide-cuts-jobs-by-thousands
1/20/15: USA Today: Baker Hughes to Lay Off 7,000 As Oil Patch Layoffs Mount: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/01/20/baker-hughes-latest-hit-by-oil-slump-to-lay-off-7000/22042433/
1/8/15: Truthout: Russia Blamed, US Taxpayers on the Hook, as Fracking Boom Collapses: http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/28406-russia-blamed-us-taxpayers-on-the-hook-as-fracking-boom-collapses
12/9/14: Oil Price.com: Why US Shale May Fizzle Rather Than Boom: http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Why-US-Shale-May-Fizzle-Rather-Than-Boom.html
2/15/14: Bloomberg: OPEC Finding U.S. Shale Harder to Crack as Rout Deepens: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-15/opec-finding-u-s-shale-harder-to-crack-as-rout-deepens.html
9/2/14: Bloomberg Business Week News: Study to Look at Financial Impact of Gas Boom: http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2014-09-02/study-to-look-at-financial-impact-of-gas-boom
8/22/14: USA Today: Investing in the American Energy Renaissance: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/waggoner/2014/08/22/investing-in-the-american-energy-renaissance/14400049/
6/6/14: Elmira Star Gazette Hotel Taxes Decline in Chemung County, Rise in Schuyler County: "For several years, those [room tax] revenues were largely driven by a natural gas drilling boom in PA, but that business has started to wane." http://www.stargazette.com/article/20140607/NEWS01/306070008/Hotel-taxes-decline-Chemung-County-rise-Schuyler-County
4/21/14: The New York Times: 'Saudi America': Mirage? http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/22/business/energy-environment/challenges-lie-ahead-for-north-american-oil-production.html
1/4/14: Penn Energy: Shale Gas: The Demand Side of the Equation: http://www.pennenergy.com/articles/pennenergy/2014/04/shale-gas-the-demand-side-of-the-equation.html?cmpid=EnlDailyPetroApril72014
1/15/14: The Economist: Buyer Beware: Fracking and house prices: http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2014/01/fracking-and-house-prices
12/26/13: Energy Policy Forum: Deborah Rogers: The Myth of Energy Independence: http://energypolicyforum.org/2013/12/27/the-myth-of-energy-independence/
12/18/13: Post Carbon Institute: Richard Heinberg and Deborah Rogers: Attacking Fracking's Achilles Heel: http://www.postcarbon.org/video/1998914-special-briefing-attacking-fracking-s-achilles-heel
12/12/13: Reuters: US Drilling Boom Leaves Some Homeowners In a Big Hole: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/12/us-fracking-homeowners-analysis-idUSBRE9BB0GS20131212
10/24/13: Inside Climate News: Wall Street Demands Answers From Fossil Fuel Producers on "Unburnable" Carbon: http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20131024/wall-street-demands-answers-fossil-fuel-producers-unburnable-carbon
6/14/13: The Street: Renewable Energy Threatens the Fracking Boom: http://www.thestreet.com/story/11950663/1/renewable-energy-threatens-the-fracking-boom.html
December 11, 2012: Janette Barth: Unanswered Questions About the Economic Impact of Shale Gas Exports: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/barth_nera.pdf
in response to: EIA's January 2012 Effect of Increased Natural Gas Exports on Domestic Energy Markets: http://www.eenews.net/assets/2012/12/05/document_pm_02.pdf
July 2012: Penn State: Marcellus Shale: Land Ownership, Local Voice, and the Distribution of Lease and Royalty Dollars: http://aese.psu.edu/research/centers/cecd/publications/marcellus/marcellus-shale-land-ownership-local-voice-and-the-distribution-of-lease-and-royalty-dollars/view
January 27, 2012: Jannette M. Barth, Ph.D.: Comments on IHS Global Insight's study, "The Economic and Employment Contribution of Shale Gas in the US," December 2011:
/uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/jmb_comments_on_ihs_gi_study.pdf
2/9/12: The Atlantic: The Myth of Energy Independence: Why We can't Drill Our Way to Oil Autonomy:
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/02/the-myth-of-energy-independence-why-we-cant-drill-our-way-to-oil-autonomy/252812/