Revolution

Seeds from the North American shale gas revolution have been carried around the globe and planted, and it’s only a matter of time before many countries have their own where natural gas is concerned, longtime energy industry executive Chuck Watson told a Houston audience Thursday.

Seeds from the North American shale gas revolution have been carried around the globe and planted, and it’s only a matter of time before many countries have their own where natural gas is concerned, longtime energy industry executive Chuck Watson told a Houston audience Thursday.

Seeds from the North American shale gas revolution have been carried around the globe and planted, and it’s only a matter of time before many countries have their own where natural gas is concerned, longtime energy industry executive Chuck Watson told a Houston audience last week.

Natural gas enthusiasts can be forgiven for thinking the shale revolution is unstoppable. North America now has more gas underfoot than anyone could have imagined a few short years ago. But that doesn’t mean shale gas and its fans are without challenges.

Natural gas enthusiasts can be forgiven for thinking the shale revolution is unstoppable. North America now has more gas underfoot than anyone could have imagined a few short years ago. But that doesn’t mean shale gas and its fans are without challenges.

Through EQT Corp.’s experience in the “shale revolution” — the 120-year old company expects to have 100 wells in the Marcellus Shale in southwest Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia by the end of the year — it has learned several lessons of value to other companies, according to CEO David Porges.

Canada nor its provinces have adequate regulations in place to address the scale or cumulative impact of hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking) on water resources, according to a report issued on Thursday by the water program at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs.

As the natural gas and electric-powered vehicle revolution gets set to kick off over the next year, those who are producing the vehicles as well as for those who are developing the utility support infrastructure continue to make preparations.

The country is confronting economic and energy challenges that are similar to those faced three decades ago during the Iranian revolution and hostage-taking situation, said the head of the American Petroleum Institute (API).