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

Are you aware of just how massive shale’s benefits are to local economies?  Canary’s inaugural shale whitepaper, The US Shale Gale: Relieving Recession One State at a Time, might surprise you: North Dakota is the nation’s second largest oil-producing state, second only to Texas after

He’s the lion in winter.  He’s a voice of conscience.  And he’s ready to put up his dukes and spar a few rounds with gridlocked Congressmen who have pushed the leadership debate in Washington DC to a fractious no-exit. Leon Panetta, 23rd US Secretary of Defense (2011-2013) and f

You might call the public debate on fracking “a moral panic.” When it comes to questions of the environment vs. fossil fuels (especially shale development), New York City, Colorado, California, England, France, Bulgaria, and South Africa are becoming epicenters of public anxiety and p

Historically, petroleum markets have been notoriously volatile. Natural gas prices even within the last decade have seen dramatic rises and falls. Oil prices have been known to surge at the slightest hint at a disruption in production. New York Mercantile Exchange prices for West Texa