Kamala Harris Is Set to Turn the Energy Industry on Its EarDespite the fact that she got ZERO votes from Democrats as they named their original nominee for the 2024 Presidential Election, don’t discount Kamala Harris’ ability to be elected. After all, few (myself included) anticipated Joe Biden defeating then President Donald Trump in 2020. I suppose I felt the same shock Hillary Clinton’s supporters did in 2016, although I was not so smugly confident…See More

The following is an excerpt from my copyrighted book entitled “The Utica/Pt. Pleasant Play in Ohio”. Although it is primarily focused on Ohio, it is germane to most of Appalachia, including Central and West-Central PA, and much of the Northern half and the Western half of WV. Obviously, the parts concentrating on the Utica and the Pt. Pleasant are specific to Ohio, but the mention as to the source rocks, and the process of migration and the concept of both permeability and porosity are equally…See More

                                                           Where’s the Re-Fracking Craze?A friend of mine in Carroll County, OH was fortunate enough to have six wells drilled on his property by Chesapeake. When I talked to him just a few short years later, he was lamenting how his checks had dried up and he was now receiving next to nothing. I explained the decline curve to him, which was not well received, but assured him that within a decade someone would surely come back and re-frack the…See More