We recently sat down with noted shale geologist Dan Steward to get some first-hand insight in inside the industry from some of the earliest days in shale gas.  Steward was part of the pioneering team with Mitchell Energy that revolutionized the shale gas industry, beginning with the B

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

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

When you think of the United States top oil and gas producing states, Pennsylvania probably doesn’t immediately come to mind.  But the state’s ties to petroleum go back 150 years – and today, Pennsylvania once again finds itself as a key production hub thanks to a remarkable shale boo

Amber waves of grain still dominate much of the rural landscape in North Dakota, a state long known for the production of wheat, corn, soybeans, and barley. But in certain regions, oil rigs are now as likely to dot the horizon as silos, and barrels have become as much a standard measu