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Brigitta Greene | January 25th, 2012
An energy outlook and the State of the Union. -
Brigitta Greene | January 19th, 2012
How does oil becomes oil, what exactly is hydraulic fracturing, and what do rig engineers eat for dinner? -
Brigitta Greene | January 17th, 2012
Heading down to the oil boom towns south of San Antonio. Some voices from the road. -
Brigitta Greene | January 13th, 2012
The evolution of drill bits and other observations from Houston, America's oil industry hub. -
Brigitta Greene | January 9th, 2012
The story of oil boom town Catarina, TX — its rise, fall, and rise once again. -
Brigitta Greene | January 5th, 2012
What does the oil bounty made available by hydraulic fracturing mean for ranchers sitting on the vast reserves, for pipeline manufacturers, for politicians, for New England SUV drivers? Well, that's a tough question. Dig in to find out.
The Oil Outlook
While the Obama administration pushes back a decision on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline and, with it, domestic energy policy for the near future, the American oil industry is charging ahead. New hydraulic fracturing methods are allowing us to extract oil from shales previously deemed not worth the effort. For industry leaders weighing investment in "greener" technologies, and for political leaders looking to decrease reliance on foreign oil, recent developments are shaking things up.
I'm Brigitta Greene ’12, a geology-biology concentrator at Brown, and I am in the field as an AT&T Media Fellow this winter break, producing radio segments on the controversy surrounding hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” and the Keystone XL pipeline proposed to connect Canada’s oil sands to refineries along the Gulf of Mexico.
Listen to my radio reports below and weigh in with your comments on the issue.
Location
TX
United States
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