David Hughes—PCI Fellow, earth scientist, and author of the new report, Shale Reality Check 2021: Drilling Into the U.S. Government’s Optimistic Forecasts for Shale Gas & Tight Oil Production Through 2050—along with his new Shale report, were discussed in...
The fifteen-report "Shale Bubble" report series by J. David Hughes critically assessed the viability of the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) tight oil and shale gas forecasts in its Annual Energy Outlook reports, from 2015 to 2021.
Fracking has boosted U.S. oil and gas production—but how long can it deliver? This assessment of U.S. government forecasts for tight oil and shale gas production finds them extremely optimistic and unlikely to be realized.
PCI Fellow David Hughes was interviewed by Stephen Quinn for CBC Listen Radio. Politicians insist that B.C. will be able to meet its emissions reductions targets while also fostering a brand new liquefied natural gas industry in the province....
PCI Fellow David Hughes was mentioned and quoted in an article by The Tyee. From the article: These national assumptions, repeated daily by politicians and the media like some weird liturgy, give David Hughes, Canada’s foremost energy analyst, a...
[Editor’s note: Last year Alberta Premier Jason Kenney established a $30-million-per-year, publicly funded “war room” to promote the oil and gas industry and slam those who don’t. Hired to run it was Tom Olsen, a veteran right-wing politico and losing candidate...
Post Carbon Fellow David Hughes is mentioned in the Tyee, reporting that oil producers would actually lose money from the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. From the article: Contrary to claims that bringing heavy oil to tidewater for export...
Post Carbon Fellow David Hughes’ report analyzed by The Tyee. From the article: David Hughes, one of the nation’s foremost energy analysts, has a simple message for the governments of British Columbia and Canada when it comes to advocating for...
Post Carbon Fellow David Hughes was quoted in this article on the threat to shale oil posed by crashing oil prices. From the article: David Hughes, an independent energy analyst, told the Tyee that companies such as Suncor who...
Post Carbon Fellow David J. Hughes latest report Shale Reality Check 2019, which assesses the viability of the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) shale forecasts in its Annual Energy Outlook 2019, was featured in this article at Oilprice.com. From the article:...