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  • Advances In Really Deep Hot Geothermal Energy
  • Are Advanced Nuclear Reactors As Good As They’re Promoted To Be?
  • Ascot Media Group – Press Release
  • Australia Leverages LNG, Lamb, and Beef to Shore Up Diesel Shortages
  • Awards
  • Black Oil And Green Energy In Mega Bill Will Boost Oil But Cost U.S
  • Books by Ian Dexter Palmer
  • BP Resets To Oil, Backslides On Renewables: What Can We Learn Here
  • Can Australia Save U.S. Rare Earths? Trump, Albanese Confirm Deal
  • Can China Stop Electricity Prices From Going Up In The U.S.
  • Can The Renewable Goose Lay A Golden Egg In New Mexico
  • Contact Ian
  • Destroying Coal Power Plants In Oil And Gas State—Will Oil Be Next
  • Eighteen Data-Based Facts To Weigh In On U.S. Policy For AI Power
  • Electricity Learnings From Great Freeze Of January 2026 In U.S
  • Electricity Prices Will Shoot Up Due To Federal Mandates
  • Energy Secretary Visits New Mexico, Shares Plan For U.S. Energy Future
  • Energy, The Best Of Texas; Floods, The Worst Of Texas
  • Export Delays, Rising Prices, and Other Risks Of Iran’s Oil-Shock War
  • Exports Of U.S. Liquefied Natural Gas—Ten-Year Revolution Has Risks
  • Falling Crude Oil Prices Will Stall Out Drill Baby Drill
  • First Big Crude Discovery In Five Years In Gulf Of America
  • For The U.S. And The World Beyond: BP Energy Outlook For 2025
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  • Gas, Nuclear, Renewables Battle Over Power For Meta’s New Data Center
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  • How To Frac A Modern Shale Well And Boost Capital Efficiency
  • Ian’s Bio
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  • Is The Energy Transition Unraveling? The Energy Export Race Ramps Up
  • Is Trump’s New Life For Coal Practical, Given Other Energy Options
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  • Liquefied Gas Blows Away Pipeline Gas And Coal In Emissions To Europe, Asia
  • More Weed and Water Reviews
  • New DOE Report On How Greenhouse Gases Affect U.S. Climate
  • News From New Mexico: A Cauldron Of Energy Uncertainty
  • Occidental And Warren Buffet Shoot For The Moon In The Permian Basin
  • Oil Going Down While China’s Energy Mix And Emissions Doing A Backflip
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  • Principals, Developers Plan Hyperscale Data Center in New Mexico  
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    • 3 Reasons Oil And Gas Should Keep An Eye On The Battery Transition
    • A 5.4M Earthquake Shakes Up Oil And Gas Disposal Wells And Nuclear Waste Plans In The Permian Basin Of West Texas.
    • A Fresh Reading Of Exxon’s Predictions Of Global Warming And Climate Change From 40 Years Ago.
    • A New Climate City In A Big Oil State – Saudi Arabia – Is It Future Or Fantasy
    • A Transformative Leap To Control Carbon Emissions
    • Advances In Fracking – Low-Tech, High-Tech, and Climate-Tech
    • America’s Frackers Are Lagging Behind Europe’s Oil Giants In Integrating Renewable Energy
    • An Alternative To Storing Carbon Deep Underground: Nanotubes.
    • An Enhanced Geothermal System Uses Oil And Gas Technology To Mine Low-Carbon Energy. Part 1.
    • An Enhanced Geothermal System Uses Oil And Gas Technology To Mine Low-Carbon Energy. Part 2.
    • Are Earthquakes In Delaware Basin Headed For An Oklahoma-Like Disaster?
    • Battery Swapping: A Way To Get Your EV Charged Under 10 Mins And Help Reduce Oil And Gas Emissions.
    • Big Liquid Hydrogen Project In Teesside, UK – BP Are Still Pushing The Envelope.
    • Big-Oil Lands On Huge Hydrogen Hub In Australia, But How Viable Is Hydrogen?
    • Big-Oil Was Right About Natural Gas Being A Bridge To Renewables
    • Bp 2023 Energy Outlook
    • BP And Other Super-Majors: Last Twenty Years Clarifies Call For Windfall Profits Tax.
    • California Lawsuit, Part 2
    • California Lawsuit: Oil Companies, Global Warming, Climate Change, Deception
    • Can Biden Celebrate Energy Records Achieved In U.S?
    • Can Build-Your-Own Solar System Help The US Reach Biden’s Climate Goals?
    • Chaco Canyon’s Buffer Zone Issue With Oil And Gas Wells In New Mexico.
    • Chevron Secrets
    • Clean Alternate Energies: Geothermal Breakthrough Emerges From Shale Revolution
    • Coal Is Out At COP26 – Except For Countries Where It’s Still In!
    • Connor Albrecht – How To Find And Keep A Job in Oil & Gas
    • Conversation With Marga Hoek
    • COP28 Results After Two Weeks Of Dancing Around Oil And Gas
    • Cutting Oil Versus Gas From Russia – Are The West Scratching The Right Itch?
    • Devon’s Upstream Business Reveals Challenges Faced By A Top Independent Operator.
    • Did FTC Overreach in Prohibiting Scott Sheffield From ExxonMobil’s Board?
    • Disruptions In Energy Security And Climate Security Part 1: Recent Events.
    • Disruptions In Energy Security And Climate Security Part 2: What’s Coming.
    • DNV’s Energy Transition Outlook 2021
    • Does Saudi Oil Still Matter? Interview With David Rundell.
    • Energy Inflation, Energy Security, And When Fossil Fuel Is Not Coming To A Dead End.
    • Energy Security Versus Climate Security
    • EU Bans Russian Oil — Sort Of — And What That Will Achieve.
    • Exponential Sales Of EVs Means Less Gasoline, Less Crude Oil, Less Greenhouse Gases.
    • Exxon Mobil Promises Net-Zero Emissions For The Permian, But It’s Unsure Footing On The Climate Path.
    • ExxonMobil Plus Pioneer Are Shaping The Energy Transition
    • ExxonMobil Plus Pioneer Will Be The Influence-Shaper
    • Fed Money Comes To Plug Or Re-Plug Abandoned Wells In USA
    • Fed Money Comes to Plug or Re-Plug Abandoned Wells in USA
    • Five Things To Know About The Keystone Pipeline Leak In Kansas.
    • Former Natural Gas Exec Weighs Climate Controversy: Interview Part 1
    • Former Natural Gas Exec Weighs Climate Controversy: Interview Part 2.
    • Fossil Fuel Production — Dilemma – To Cut-back Or Top-up.
    • Four Kinds Of Killer Weather Extremes
    • Fracking Fleets Powered By Associated Gas
    • Fugitive Methane Worsens Warming
    • Gas Flaring Falls Off In Permian And Bakken – And Why That’s Good News.
    • Golden Age Of Liquefied Natural Gas
    • Haynesville Shale Resurgence
    • Headwinds And Tailwinds Clash In Derailed New Mexico Hydrogen Bill.
    • Here’s How Oil And Gas Companies Are Jumping On Hydrogen, But Is It Over-Rated
    • How Capital Efficiency Is Being Bolstered
    • How Fracking Creates Value: Three Insights From Three Frac Legends – Daneshy, Montgomery, and Smith
    • How Oil And Gas Is Being Affected By Climate Change – Response To A Presentation In Mid-America.
    • How Scotland Is Juggling Oil And Gas And Jobs In Their Transition To Renewables.
    • How To Better Predict Hurricanes And Droughts
    • How to Get Heat And Electricity From Hydrogen
    • Hydrogen Is Ramping Up In The Energy Transition
    • In The Shadow Of Climate Change – Interview With Kate Gaertner
    • In West Texas, Water Is Scarce For Fracking
    • Integrating Fossil Interests And Climate Initiatives
    • Is Elon Musk Right Or Wrong To Dismiss Hydrogen Use For Low-Carbon Energy Storage?
    • Jump In Methane Emissions That Fingers Big Oil — But Wait, Not So Fast.
    • Last Week, In “Games” That May Influence The Future Of Energy, President Biden Played Two Weak Hands.
    • Methane Emissions Data: Regulations Needed To Stop Atmosphere Warming In Permian Basin
    • My Reaction To Oil And Gas Industry On Climate Change At World Petroleum Congress
    • Natural Gas Versus Nuclear Energy In Europe: The Challenges Of War And Climate
    • Natural Gas Versus Nuclear Energy In Europe: The Challenges Of War And Climate.
    • New Life In The Barnett Shale, Where The Revolution Started Twenty Years Ago.
    • No Room For Both In The Permian
    • Not Good UN Climate Assessment Of Australia Has Much To Do With Production And Export Of Legacy Fossil Fuels.
    • Occidental Presentation Implies Strong Years Coming For Energy Security
    • Oil And Gas Profits Very High Once Again – What This Feels Like To Energy Consumers
    • Oil-Rising Permian Spurs Revenue And Climate Dilemma For New Mexico
    • One State’s Passionate Debate About Developing A Hydrogen FueI Industry.
    • Permian Oil And Gas Success In New Mexico And Texas
    • Petra Nova Do-Over
    • Politics Are Getting Into The Oil-Renewable Energy Dilemma.
    • President Biden’s Transition To Renewable Electricity
    • Proppant Movement In Frac Casing Has Been Nailed Down, But How Important Is It Really For Shale Wells?
    • Proppant Movement In Frac Casing Including Runaway Perforations And Limited Entry.
    • Put Your Money On The Permian – The Phar Lap Of Oil And Gas Basins
    • Russia And Ukraine — Oil And Gas Fallout For The World, Now And Looking Ahead.
    • Russia Threatens, EU Reduces, US Industry Helps To Untangle The Natural Gas War in Europe.
    • Russian Oil Exports Are Capped – Things To Know About The Mother Of All Sanctions
    • Sanctions On Russian Oil And Gas Didn’t Work, And Now We Know Why.
    • Scale Up Of Carbon Capture And Storage Looks Massive, Expensive And Impractical To Manage.
    • SkyNano Startup To Convert CO2 Into Solid Carbon: Part 1 – Technology And Funding.
    • SkyNano Startup To Convert CO2 Into Solid Carbon: Part 2 – Markets And Climate Solution.
    • Summer Doldrums In Haynesville Gas Production Not Expected To Last
    • The Concept Of Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas Emissions, And How To Measure Them For Carbon Management By Fossil Energy And Other Companies. Part 1.
    • The Golden Age For Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
    • The Immense Value Of Oil And Gas To New Mexico – Can It Last?
    • The King Of Shale Oil, The Permian Basin, Is Still Riding The Wave.
    • The Need For Fossil Fuels As Viewed By Oil Execs And Bill Gates.
    • The Oil And Gas Industry: Could They, Should They, Try To Reach Net-Zero Emissions By 2050?  
    • The Russian Gas Ban On Poland, Is It Blackmail Or A Step Toward A Solution For The War In Ukraine.
    • The Surging Hydrogen Economy
    • The U.S. Is Watching Battery Deployment And Success Down Under.
    • The Versatility of Natural Gas — Resources, Prices, And Future Valuations
    • Top Oil Exporter Saudi Arabia, Led By The Crown Prince And New Prime Minister, Is Greening Up.
    • Unpausing Liquefied Natural Gas Export Permits
    • US Oil And Gas Is Lagging Behind Europe In Integrating Renewable Energy
    • Vicki Hollub and Joe Biden – What In The World Do They Have In Common?
    • Warren Buffet’s Big Money Bet on Occidental Petroleum Company
    • What The President’s Permit Pause Means For The Golden Age Of Liquefied Natural Gas.
    • What’s Behind The Oil And Gas Attitude Toward Electric Vehicles
    • When Will Nuclear Fusion Put Oil And Gas Out Of Business
    • Why LNG Exports From The US Are Off To The Moon
    • Why Reducing Greenhouse Gases Is Like A Football Game For Oil And Gas Producers And Their Countries.
    • Biden’s Climate Plan For ‘Un-Coal
    • Huge Methane Leak From Kazakhstan Well
    • Taking A Look At Biden’s Climate Plan For Cars And Trucks
    • How Interior Sec. Nominee Haaland Can Support Biden’s Climate Agenda Even In Her Own Fracking-Happy New Mexico
    • Where Does Big Oil Fit Into Biden’s Plan For Net-Zero Emissions By 2050?
    • Put It Underground: A Feasible Biden Plan For Fossil Energy Emissions – Except For The Cost.
    • Feds Approve Plan To Drill And Frack 5,000 New Oil Wells in The Powder River Basin Of Wyoming
    • The Risks And Rewards Of A Massive Fracking Campaign Planned For The Powder River Basin Of Wyoming
    • The Ins And Outs Of Biden’s Federal Oil Leasing Ban
    • What Makes The Permian Basin’s New Mexico Portion Such A Success?
    • Profit And Loss From Flaring Of Natural Gas In Permian Basin Wells Of New Mexico
    • Rich In Oil And Gas But New Mexico Searching For A Safe Transition To Renewables.
    • The Transition From Fossil Fuels To Renewables Under Biden and Yergin
    • Tech-Savvy Entrepreneurs Make Inroads Into Fracking Operations In Shale Oil And Gas.
    • Why Good Data Is Crucial To Evaluate Under-The-Radar Methane Emissions Around The World
    • Climate Future Of Oil And Gas – Three Federal, One New Mexico Stepping Stones
    • Why The Permian Basin May Not Be The Best Place To Store Nuclear Waste
    • As Electricity And Transport Turn ‘Green’ — Is There Any Future In Gasoline?
    • How China and the US Stack Up on Greenhouse Emissions, And How They Might Work Together To Reduce Them
    • Role Of Oil And Gas Industry In Transition To Renewable Energies – An International View
    • Green Electricity Can Be Unstable. Big-Battery Backups Are The Solution
    • The Pursuit Of Proppant – Unheralded But Significant Ingredient In Fracking Operations
    • Is DEEPROP A Missing Ingredient For More Efficient Fracking In Shale Wells?
    • To Understand Its Energy Future, The US Should Look Down To Australia.
    • Court Pressures Shell And The Oil Industry To Adjust To Climate Change.
    • As Norway And The US Move To Decarbonize Transport, Legacy Energy Sources Are A Key Differentiator
    • Green Energy Creates Commerce and Jobs – Look To Norway And Texas For How.
    • Will the Price Of Oil Keep Rising If Demand Declines: OPEC+ And Other Deliberations.
    • Heat Waves And Billion-Dollar Extreme Weather Events – Are They Linked To Greenhouse Gases And Fossil Energies?
  • Ranking Of G-20 Countries’ Energy Security Before and During Iran War
  • Sage Geosystems, A Next-Gen Geothermal Source Driven By Earth’s Pressure
  • Second Energy Innovation That’s Looking Like A Golden Age: Grid Batteries
  • Simple Facts Behind The Endangerment Finding Of Carbon Emissions.
  • Social Media
  • The Electric Revolution: Dire Consequences For Your Pocketbook
  • The Missing Link In Climate Modeling
  • The New Optimism For Liquefied Natural Gas
  • The Shale Controversy
  • The Shale Controversy by Ian Palmer
  • The Shale Controversy Media Page
  • Third Energy Innovation Signaling A Golden Age: Enhanced Geothermal
  • Tossup For Gas And Liquefied Natural Gas
  • Trump Fires A New 1 Billion Dollar Missile At Offshore Wind Energy
  • Trump To Rescind LNG Pause, Golden Age For LNG To Continue
  • Trump: A New Crisis: Electricity
  • Two Bookends For The Reincarnation Of Hydrogen—ExxonMobil and Verdagy
  • Two Oilfield Execs Taking A Stand Via The Trump Administration
  • U.S. Attacks Two Petrostates. What Do Iran and Venezuela Have In Common?
  • U.S. Energy Shift: Why Keeping Coal-Powered Plants Open is Controversial
  • Understanding Climate Change
  • Unheralded EOG Is A Focused Oil Company With Clearcut Success Strategy
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  • What Energy Influencers Are Saying: Bill Gates, Chris Wright, And Donald Trump
  • What To Know About U.S. Prospects In Venezuela Oilfields
  • Why Aren’t Gas Industry Giants Jumping On AI Power?
  • Why MethaneSAT Is Important For Lowering Emissions From Oil And Gas Fields
  • A Global Leader In Weather Intelligence For Boosting Energy Efficiency
  • A Serious Earthquake In The Drill Baby Drill Oilfields Of Texas
  • A World Leader in Renewables, Can Australia Save U.S. Rare Earths
  • About Ian
  • About Ian Dexter Palmer
  • Advances In Really Deep Hot Geothermal Energy
  • Are Advanced Nuclear Reactors As Good As They’re Promoted To Be?
  • Ascot Media Group – Press Release
  • Australia Leverages LNG, Lamb, and Beef to Shore Up Diesel Shortages
  • Awards
  • Black Oil And Green Energy In Mega Bill Will Boost Oil But Cost U.S
  • Books by Ian Dexter Palmer
  • BP Resets To Oil, Backslides On Renewables: What Can We Learn Here
  • Can Australia Save U.S. Rare Earths? Trump, Albanese Confirm Deal
  • Can China Stop Electricity Prices From Going Up In The U.S.
  • Can The Renewable Goose Lay A Golden Egg In New Mexico
  • Contact Ian
  • Destroying Coal Power Plants In Oil And Gas State—Will Oil Be Next
  • Eighteen Data-Based Facts To Weigh In On U.S. Policy For AI Power
  • Electricity Learnings From Great Freeze Of January 2026 In U.S
  • Electricity Prices Will Shoot Up Due To Federal Mandates
  • Energy Secretary Visits New Mexico, Shares Plan For U.S. Energy Future
  • Energy, The Best Of Texas; Floods, The Worst Of Texas
  • Export Delays, Rising Prices, and Other Risks Of Iran’s Oil-Shock War
  • Exports Of U.S. Liquefied Natural Gas—Ten-Year Revolution Has Risks
  • Falling Crude Oil Prices Will Stall Out Drill Baby Drill
  • First Big Crude Discovery In Five Years In Gulf Of America
  • For The U.S. And The World Beyond: BP Energy Outlook For 2025
  • Forbes 2022
  • Forbes 2023
  • Forbes 2024 Articles
  • Forbes Articles
  • Fossil Electricity Not Growing Globally, So What Is Growing And Where
  • Fracking and Climate Change
  • Fracking In Pennsylvania—The Truth Behind The Politics
  • Fracman Conflicted
  • Fracman Conflicted Book
  • FracMan Giveaway
  • Gas, Nuclear, Renewables Battle Over Power For Meta’s New Data Center
  • Giveaways from Ian Palmer
  • Hard Facts About Greenland’s Resources Of Oil And Rare Earths
  • Here’s your copy of Climate Change Explained
  • Hiking Toward Heaven
  • Hiking Toward Heaven
  • Hiking Toward Heaven Book
  • Hiking Toward Heaven Book Preview
  • Holtec Backs Down, Reveals Achilles’ Heel For U.S. Nuclear Resurgence
  • How Oil and Gas Companies are Pivoting Toward Climate Change
  • How Oil and Gas Companies are Pivoting Toward Climate Change Chapters
  • How The Big Beautiful Bill Will Handicap Clean Energy
  • How To Frac A Modern Shale Well And Boost Capital Efficiency
  • Ian’s Bio
  • Interviews
  • Investment Opportunities In Hot Global Market For Electric Power
  • Is The Energy Transition Unraveling? The Energy Export Race Ramps Up
  • Is Trump’s New Life For Coal Practical, Given Other Energy Options
  • Latest Blog Post
  • Liquefied Gas Blows Away Pipeline Gas And Coal In Emissions To Europe, Asia
  • More Weed and Water Reviews
  • New DOE Report On How Greenhouse Gases Affect U.S. Climate
  • News From New Mexico: A Cauldron Of Energy Uncertainty
  • Occidental And Warren Buffet Shoot For The Moon In The Permian Basin
  • Oil Going Down While China’s Energy Mix And Emissions Doing A Backflip
  • Photos
  • Pivot Reviews
  • Portfolio
  • Principals, Developers Plan Hyperscale Data Center in New Mexico  
  • Publicity
    • 3 Reasons Oil And Gas Should Keep An Eye On The Battery Transition
    • A 5.4M Earthquake Shakes Up Oil And Gas Disposal Wells And Nuclear Waste Plans In The Permian Basin Of West Texas.
    • A Fresh Reading Of Exxon’s Predictions Of Global Warming And Climate Change From 40 Years Ago.
    • A New Climate City In A Big Oil State – Saudi Arabia – Is It Future Or Fantasy
    • A Transformative Leap To Control Carbon Emissions
    • Advances In Fracking – Low-Tech, High-Tech, and Climate-Tech
    • America’s Frackers Are Lagging Behind Europe’s Oil Giants In Integrating Renewable Energy
    • An Alternative To Storing Carbon Deep Underground: Nanotubes.
    • An Enhanced Geothermal System Uses Oil And Gas Technology To Mine Low-Carbon Energy. Part 1.
    • An Enhanced Geothermal System Uses Oil And Gas Technology To Mine Low-Carbon Energy. Part 2.
    • Are Earthquakes In Delaware Basin Headed For An Oklahoma-Like Disaster?
    • Battery Swapping: A Way To Get Your EV Charged Under 10 Mins And Help Reduce Oil And Gas Emissions.
    • Big Liquid Hydrogen Project In Teesside, UK – BP Are Still Pushing The Envelope.
    • Big-Oil Lands On Huge Hydrogen Hub In Australia, But How Viable Is Hydrogen?
    • Big-Oil Was Right About Natural Gas Being A Bridge To Renewables
    • Bp 2023 Energy Outlook
    • BP And Other Super-Majors: Last Twenty Years Clarifies Call For Windfall Profits Tax.
    • California Lawsuit, Part 2
    • California Lawsuit: Oil Companies, Global Warming, Climate Change, Deception
    • Can Biden Celebrate Energy Records Achieved In U.S?
    • Can Build-Your-Own Solar System Help The US Reach Biden’s Climate Goals?
    • Chaco Canyon’s Buffer Zone Issue With Oil And Gas Wells In New Mexico.
    • Chevron Secrets
    • Clean Alternate Energies: Geothermal Breakthrough Emerges From Shale Revolution
    • Coal Is Out At COP26 – Except For Countries Where It’s Still In!
    • Connor Albrecht – How To Find And Keep A Job in Oil & Gas
    • Conversation With Marga Hoek
    • COP28 Results After Two Weeks Of Dancing Around Oil And Gas
    • Cutting Oil Versus Gas From Russia – Are The West Scratching The Right Itch?
    • Devon’s Upstream Business Reveals Challenges Faced By A Top Independent Operator.
    • Did FTC Overreach in Prohibiting Scott Sheffield From ExxonMobil’s Board?
    • Disruptions In Energy Security And Climate Security Part 1: Recent Events.
    • Disruptions In Energy Security And Climate Security Part 2: What’s Coming.
    • DNV’s Energy Transition Outlook 2021
    • Does Saudi Oil Still Matter? Interview With David Rundell.
    • Energy Inflation, Energy Security, And When Fossil Fuel Is Not Coming To A Dead End.
    • Energy Security Versus Climate Security
    • EU Bans Russian Oil — Sort Of — And What That Will Achieve.
    • Exponential Sales Of EVs Means Less Gasoline, Less Crude Oil, Less Greenhouse Gases.
    • Exxon Mobil Promises Net-Zero Emissions For The Permian, But It’s Unsure Footing On The Climate Path.
    • ExxonMobil Plus Pioneer Are Shaping The Energy Transition
    • ExxonMobil Plus Pioneer Will Be The Influence-Shaper
    • Fed Money Comes To Plug Or Re-Plug Abandoned Wells In USA
    • Fed Money Comes to Plug or Re-Plug Abandoned Wells in USA
    • Five Things To Know About The Keystone Pipeline Leak In Kansas.
    • Former Natural Gas Exec Weighs Climate Controversy: Interview Part 1
    • Former Natural Gas Exec Weighs Climate Controversy: Interview Part 2.
    • Fossil Fuel Production — Dilemma – To Cut-back Or Top-up.
    • Four Kinds Of Killer Weather Extremes
    • Fracking Fleets Powered By Associated Gas
    • Fugitive Methane Worsens Warming
    • Gas Flaring Falls Off In Permian And Bakken – And Why That’s Good News.
    • Golden Age Of Liquefied Natural Gas
    • Haynesville Shale Resurgence
    • Headwinds And Tailwinds Clash In Derailed New Mexico Hydrogen Bill.
    • Here’s How Oil And Gas Companies Are Jumping On Hydrogen, But Is It Over-Rated
    • How Capital Efficiency Is Being Bolstered
    • How Fracking Creates Value: Three Insights From Three Frac Legends – Daneshy, Montgomery, and Smith
    • How Oil And Gas Is Being Affected By Climate Change – Response To A Presentation In Mid-America.
    • How Scotland Is Juggling Oil And Gas And Jobs In Their Transition To Renewables.
    • How To Better Predict Hurricanes And Droughts
    • How to Get Heat And Electricity From Hydrogen
    • Hydrogen Is Ramping Up In The Energy Transition
    • In The Shadow Of Climate Change – Interview With Kate Gaertner
    • In West Texas, Water Is Scarce For Fracking
    • Integrating Fossil Interests And Climate Initiatives
    • Is Elon Musk Right Or Wrong To Dismiss Hydrogen Use For Low-Carbon Energy Storage?
    • Jump In Methane Emissions That Fingers Big Oil — But Wait, Not So Fast.
    • Last Week, In “Games” That May Influence The Future Of Energy, President Biden Played Two Weak Hands.
    • Methane Emissions Data: Regulations Needed To Stop Atmosphere Warming In Permian Basin
    • My Reaction To Oil And Gas Industry On Climate Change At World Petroleum Congress
    • Natural Gas Versus Nuclear Energy In Europe: The Challenges Of War And Climate
    • Natural Gas Versus Nuclear Energy In Europe: The Challenges Of War And Climate.
    • New Life In The Barnett Shale, Where The Revolution Started Twenty Years Ago.
    • No Room For Both In The Permian
    • Not Good UN Climate Assessment Of Australia Has Much To Do With Production And Export Of Legacy Fossil Fuels.
    • Occidental Presentation Implies Strong Years Coming For Energy Security
    • Oil And Gas Profits Very High Once Again – What This Feels Like To Energy Consumers
    • Oil-Rising Permian Spurs Revenue And Climate Dilemma For New Mexico
    • One State’s Passionate Debate About Developing A Hydrogen FueI Industry.
    • Permian Oil And Gas Success In New Mexico And Texas
    • Petra Nova Do-Over
    • Politics Are Getting Into The Oil-Renewable Energy Dilemma.
    • President Biden’s Transition To Renewable Electricity
    • Proppant Movement In Frac Casing Has Been Nailed Down, But How Important Is It Really For Shale Wells?
    • Proppant Movement In Frac Casing Including Runaway Perforations And Limited Entry.
    • Put Your Money On The Permian – The Phar Lap Of Oil And Gas Basins
    • Russia And Ukraine — Oil And Gas Fallout For The World, Now And Looking Ahead.
    • Russia Threatens, EU Reduces, US Industry Helps To Untangle The Natural Gas War in Europe.
    • Russian Oil Exports Are Capped – Things To Know About The Mother Of All Sanctions
    • Sanctions On Russian Oil And Gas Didn’t Work, And Now We Know Why.
    • Scale Up Of Carbon Capture And Storage Looks Massive, Expensive And Impractical To Manage.
    • SkyNano Startup To Convert CO2 Into Solid Carbon: Part 1 – Technology And Funding.
    • SkyNano Startup To Convert CO2 Into Solid Carbon: Part 2 – Markets And Climate Solution.
    • Summer Doldrums In Haynesville Gas Production Not Expected To Last
    • The Concept Of Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas Emissions, And How To Measure Them For Carbon Management By Fossil Energy And Other Companies. Part 1.
    • The Golden Age For Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
    • The Immense Value Of Oil And Gas To New Mexico – Can It Last?
    • The King Of Shale Oil, The Permian Basin, Is Still Riding The Wave.
    • The Need For Fossil Fuels As Viewed By Oil Execs And Bill Gates.
    • The Oil And Gas Industry: Could They, Should They, Try To Reach Net-Zero Emissions By 2050?  
    • The Russian Gas Ban On Poland, Is It Blackmail Or A Step Toward A Solution For The War In Ukraine.
    • The Surging Hydrogen Economy
    • The U.S. Is Watching Battery Deployment And Success Down Under.
    • The Versatility of Natural Gas — Resources, Prices, And Future Valuations
    • Top Oil Exporter Saudi Arabia, Led By The Crown Prince And New Prime Minister, Is Greening Up.
    • Unpausing Liquefied Natural Gas Export Permits
    • US Oil And Gas Is Lagging Behind Europe In Integrating Renewable Energy
    • Vicki Hollub and Joe Biden – What In The World Do They Have In Common?
    • Warren Buffet’s Big Money Bet on Occidental Petroleum Company
    • What The President’s Permit Pause Means For The Golden Age Of Liquefied Natural Gas.
    • What’s Behind The Oil And Gas Attitude Toward Electric Vehicles
    • When Will Nuclear Fusion Put Oil And Gas Out Of Business
    • Why LNG Exports From The US Are Off To The Moon
    • Why Reducing Greenhouse Gases Is Like A Football Game For Oil And Gas Producers And Their Countries.
    • Biden’s Climate Plan For ‘Un-Coal
    • Huge Methane Leak From Kazakhstan Well
    • Taking A Look At Biden’s Climate Plan For Cars And Trucks
    • How Interior Sec. Nominee Haaland Can Support Biden’s Climate Agenda Even In Her Own Fracking-Happy New Mexico
    • Where Does Big Oil Fit Into Biden’s Plan For Net-Zero Emissions By 2050?
    • Put It Underground: A Feasible Biden Plan For Fossil Energy Emissions – Except For The Cost.
    • Feds Approve Plan To Drill And Frack 5,000 New Oil Wells in The Powder River Basin Of Wyoming
    • The Risks And Rewards Of A Massive Fracking Campaign Planned For The Powder River Basin Of Wyoming
    • The Ins And Outs Of Biden’s Federal Oil Leasing Ban
    • What Makes The Permian Basin’s New Mexico Portion Such A Success?
    • Profit And Loss From Flaring Of Natural Gas In Permian Basin Wells Of New Mexico
    • Rich In Oil And Gas But New Mexico Searching For A Safe Transition To Renewables.
    • The Transition From Fossil Fuels To Renewables Under Biden and Yergin
    • Tech-Savvy Entrepreneurs Make Inroads Into Fracking Operations In Shale Oil And Gas.
    • Why Good Data Is Crucial To Evaluate Under-The-Radar Methane Emissions Around The World
    • Climate Future Of Oil And Gas – Three Federal, One New Mexico Stepping Stones
    • Why The Permian Basin May Not Be The Best Place To Store Nuclear Waste
    • As Electricity And Transport Turn ‘Green’ — Is There Any Future In Gasoline?
    • How China and the US Stack Up on Greenhouse Emissions, And How They Might Work Together To Reduce Them
    • Role Of Oil And Gas Industry In Transition To Renewable Energies – An International View
    • Green Electricity Can Be Unstable. Big-Battery Backups Are The Solution
    • The Pursuit Of Proppant – Unheralded But Significant Ingredient In Fracking Operations
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    • To Understand Its Energy Future, The US Should Look Down To Australia.
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    • Green Energy Creates Commerce and Jobs – Look To Norway And Texas For How.
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Inspiration and hope

Jessica Eubank: an Inspiration.

Ian PalmerNov 9, 20185 Comments on Jessica Eubank: an Inspiration.

WHATS IN THIS BLOG: • Cerebral palsy. • The danger of driving. • Frustration. • When things seem hopeless. • The car that changed Jessica’s life.

Now and then I hear of a heart-warming story that is truly inspirational. This story was written from the perspective of Jessica’s mom who I know rather well. Here … More “Jessica Eubank: an Inspiration.”

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Science and Energy

Climate Change: Part 5. New IPCC report – scary or not?

Ian PalmerOct 26, 201812 Comments on Climate Change: Part 5. New IPCC report – scary or not?

WHATS IN THIS BLOG: • The situation is worse than we thought. • Between 70 and 90% of coral reefs expected to die off, including Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. • Individuals can do something about it. • Being aware of what we eat, where it comes from, how we travel, how we heat our homes, … More “Climate Change: Part 5. New IPCC report – scary or not?”

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Health and Hiking

Sleep loss: startling new info.

Ian PalmerOct 17, 20188 Comments on Sleep loss: startling new info.

WHATS IN THIS BLOG: • A goldmine of info by an expert from Harvard. • Consequences of sleep loss are startling. • What about sleep apnea and insomnia?

HARVARD SLEEP EXPERT. At Harvard University, sleep expert Dr. Charles Czeisler unveiled a new sleep class for all freshmen. His work has exposed results of sleep loss … More “Sleep loss: startling new info.”

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Inspiration and hope

An Eleventh Commandment?

Ian PalmerOct 3, 20186 Comments on An Eleventh Commandment?

WHATS IN THIS BLOG: • Story of the rich young ruler. • The interpretation. • An eleventh commandment? • The promise. • Takeaway.

 

STORY OF THE RICH YOUNG RULER.

A certain ruler asked Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him,” …You know the commandments: ‘DO NOT … More “An Eleventh Commandment?”

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Health and Hiking

Hiking toward Heaven: Maroon Mystery

Ian PalmerSep 20, 20188 Comments on Hiking toward Heaven: Maroon Mystery

WHATS IN THIS BLOG: • My niece and husband came from Australia. • Golden aspens and blue skies. • Crater lake carved out by a glacier. • Iron Mountain Hot Springs.

MY NIECE CAME TO VISIT FROM AUSTRALIA and to see the Maroon mystery. Alyse and her husband, Sam, visited LA, San Fran, and Las … More “Hiking toward Heaven: Maroon Mystery”

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Science and Energy

The Influencers: Part 2

Ian PalmerSep 10, 201812 Comments on The Influencers: Part 2

WHATS IN THIS BLOG: • Eugene Parker. • Parker model of sun’s magnetic field. • Parker Solar Probe. • Warning to Earth. • Life-Learnings.

I worked in space science for over ten years. This blog article is Part 2 about my initial study of cosmic radiation. It was another step in my R&D career. You … More “The Influencers: Part 2”

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Inspiration and hope

Stuck in Tucumcari

Ian PalmerAug 31, 20189 Comments on Stuck in Tucumcari

WHATS IN THIS BLOG: • Where on earth is Tucumcari? • How I got stuck. • Unstuck. • Dinner at Dels restaurant. • Valuable learning.

WHERE ON EARTH IS TUCUMCARI? It’s in New Mexico between Amarillo and Albuquerque on the main highway I40 which runs east-west across the United States. The highway was originally Route … More “Stuck in Tucumcari”

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Science and Energy

The Influencers: Part 1

Ian PalmerAug 23, 201812 Comments on The Influencers: Part 1

WHATS IN THIS BLOG: • Space science started with Sputnik. • Discovery of Van Allen belts of radiation. • Cosmic rays. • My supervisor was famous. • Life-learnings for me.

I worked in space science for over ten years. This blog article is about my initial study of cosmic radiation. It was a critical step … More “The Influencers: Part 1”

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Inspiration and hope

Fish Creek, Wisconsin.

Ian PalmerAug 12, 201812 Comments on Fish Creek, Wisconsin.

WHATS IN THIS BLOG: • Fish Creek beach. • A little like heaven. • Tragedy at Independence, Kansas. • The process of pain. • Any good purpose for the trials of life?

Fish Creek, Wisconsin is a tiny village pregnant with tourists in Door County – a finger of land that sticks out into Lake … More “Fish Creek, Wisconsin.”

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Science and Energy

Where have all the earthquakes gone? Oregon.

Ian PalmerJul 30, 20186 Comments on Where have all the earthquakes gone? Oregon.

WHATS IN THIS BLOG: • Earthquakes in Oregon? • The big one is coming. • It will be the worst natural disaster in the history of North America.

I’VE WRITTEN ABOUT EARTHQUAKES IN OKLAHOMA, caused mainly by the oil-and-gas industry (see HERE and HERE). The numbers reached their peak in 2015-2016 and have been falling … More “Where have all the earthquakes gone? Oregon.”

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