Revolution. That’s the word that inevitably gets thrown around anytime there’s a discussion about America’s recent surge in oil and gas production. And it makes sense: Hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking” as it’s most commonly known) has almost completely reversed the country’s energy
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and US President Barack Obama aren’t quite seeing eye-to-eye on the expansion of the Keystone. Less than a week after Valentine’s Day, the Three Amigos – the collective nickname given to NAFTA bloc leaders Stephen Harper of Canada, Mexico’s
Some observers have suggested that, when it comes to aging infrastructure, the US oil and gas industry suffers from an “out of sight, out of mind” mentality. Critics point to old buried pipelines, some dating from the 1930s and earlier but still in service. Not only are those pipeli
Cast iron is a pretty durable material when it comes to, say, skillets. But for gas and oil pipelines? As it turns out, not so much. Cast and wrought iron were the metals of choice for pipelines constructed in the US prior to 1940. Even after steel pipelines came into vogue during t
America is in the midst of an energy revolution. For the first time ever, the dream of energy independence finally seems attainable. By 2015, the United States is projected to become the world’s top oil producer, surpassing both Russia and Saudi Arabia, to put the country on track to
