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The news that Blackstone Group LP (BX), the world's largest private equity firm, is set to invest $1 billion in unconventional oil and gas projects in North America through a joint venture with Alta Resources has cemented a spotlight on…

You have probably seen the headlines on the natural gas accident in Pennsylvania. Chesapeake Energy, the largest natgas driller reported on Tuesday that one of its wells in Bradford County, Pennsylvania was uncontrollably spilling thousands…

Oil spills, coal mining disasters, concerns over Middle East revolutions and now nuclear meltdowns. What do all these events have in common? As I have written earlier, they are energy-related. They all have to do with desperate efforts to…

Below is a film clip from the Oscar-nominated picture, 'Gasland'. The film on the effect of natural gas drilling on country landowners is up for best documentary tomorrow night. Also see Industry tried to get "Gasland" out of…

PBS has a great video and article on how dispersants are being used in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig blow-out. The video is below. The related article linked at the bottom has another video on using methane to measure the…

By David Galland, Managing Director, Casey’s Energy Report At first glance, no two individuals could seem more different. The Doctor, middle-aged and balding, could be the very archetype of the college professor. The Dealman is young with…

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John is one of the ten most followed writers at Seeking Alpha and a Senior Contributor at TheStreet.com and Real Money. Last week I tried to bracket the cost exposure for BP as a result of the Deepwater Horizon well head blowout and…

All of the techniques now being used to plug the oil spill in the Deepwater Horizon disaster in Macondo Prospect were tried 31 years ago with Ixtoc I and they failed. It was only when relief wells came online 10 months after the disaster…

Below are a few media reports from September 2009 discussing the BP Gulf of Mexico Tiber Oil Field find when it originally hit the newswires. This was the deepest oil and gas well in human history, going to a depth of 35,000 feet.…