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

Shale oil and shale gas are being heralded these days as the keys to a new era in fossil fuel production.  Some are even looking to shale production to bring about American energy independence.  As of March 2014, the once natgas-strapped US had more than 100 years’ worth of natural ga