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Knowledge Problem: Natural gas from shale: long lasting or going fast?
The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future: Arthur Berman leaves World Oil after raising natural gas questions
Atomic Insights Blog: Caveat Emptor - Be Wary of Gas Salesmen Claiming Long Term Low Prices
Natural gas from shale: long lasting or going fast?
Knowledge Problem —
... The other natural gas shale story in the news concerns shale-resource-skeptic Art Berman who claimed on his blog that ...
Arthur Berman leaves World Oil after raising natural gas questions
The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future —
Monday, November 2, Arthur Berman wrote in his blog:
Pressure from Petrohawk helps cancell World Oil column
In an act of extraordinary courage, a top Petrohawk executive threatened to cancel his free subscription to World Oil if the magazine continued to publish my column. Today, John Royall, President and CEO for Gulf Publishing, cancelled my November column.
I have accordingly resigned as contributing editor.
Heading Out (Dave Summers) and I have been talking about the issues Arthur Berman raise for quite a while ...
Caveat Emptor - Be Wary of Gas Salesmen Claiming Long Term Low Prices
Atomic Insights Blog —
... The sales efforts are pretty obvious with the "new American natural gas" campaign. Some of the efforts are not so obvious; there are stories being run in commercially supported media touting the new supplies. There have also been some interesting actions to quiet skeptics who use facts and logic to question the message that gas is now a reliable, long term fuel supply. Here is a quote describing how a man who has been producing work that questions the predicted production rates from shale gas plays explains how his column in a petroleum industry trade publication was cancelled. ...
