Yergin

The successful combination of hydraulic fracturing with horizontal drilling to squeeze oil and natural gas from shale has vaulted the United States to a global powerhouse, but the positive impacts have been far greater, according to Daniel Yergin.

The master storyteller, more often the inquirer, had much to share with NGI in a recent conversation about the state of the oil and gas world, the transition to net-zero carbon and what may happen after the November elections.

Yergin is in the spotlight with the release of his newest book, “The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations,” which arrived in September at a riveting time for the oil and gas world. 

Energy fans perhaps came to know the energy chronicler from “The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and...