265
DOE Morgantown Energy Technology Center
(METC), 73
DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory
(NETL), 73
Domestic oil shortages, 189
Domestic production decline
DCA, 57, 58
exponential, 58
harmonic, 58
IP, 57
King Hubbert, 58
mathematical equations, 58
Double rigs, 123
Drake well
bank loan, 43
boreholes, 44
discovery, 42, 46
Drake’s Folly project, 44
financial backers, 43
horizontal steam engine, 44
innovation, 44
kerosene lamp business, 42
oil drilling, 45
Pennsylvania State Legislature, 45
Seneca Oil, 45
social safety nets, 45
substantial oil, 42
Uncle Billy Smith, 43, 44
Drill cores, 73
Drillers, 126
Drilling
directional, 75
DOE, 73
horizontal, 76
hydraulic pressure, 75
Mitchell Energy, 75
MWD and LWD, 75
Drilling mud, 105
Drill pads, 124–126, 147
Drill rigs, 123
Drill ships, 123
Dry cask storage, 231
E
Earth preservation
asteroid, 243
climate change, 243
economic benefits, 244
human behavior, 243
human history, 243
humanity, 242, 243
human migrations, 244
mass migrations, 244
NASA, 243
nature impact, 242
orbiting space colonies, 243
population growth, 243
psyche, 243
resources, 244
solar power satellites, 243
transferring operations, 245
Earthquakes, 131
Eastern Gas Shales Project (EGSP), 73
Ecological grief, 225
Ecological succession
primary, 147
secondary, 147
Economic models, 166
Economics
breakthrough technologies, 204
coronavirus, 206
drillers and operators, 205
energy development, 205
energy innovation, 204
fossil fuel, 206
gas plants, 205
marginal hydrocarbon resources, 204
natural gas prices, 203
new technology, 204
pandemic, 206
policy, 205
shale gas, 205
shortages, conventional gas, 205
sustainable energy, 204
tight oil, 205
type of energy, 204
e-frack equipment, 82
EGSP coring, 73
Electric hydraulic fracturing, 82
Electric utilities, 232
Electric vehicles (EV), 220, 248
Electrical generation technology, 206
Electricity, 189, 204
Electricity generation, 176
Electronic instrumentation, 28
Energy & Environmental Research Center, 130
Energy and climate sustainability
carbon tax, 222–224
CCS (see Carbon capture and
storage (CCS))
cost of electricity, 217–219
dental care, 213
food, 213
fossil fuel, 212
manufacture, green energy products, 212
Index
DOE Morgantown Energy Technology Center
(METC), 73
DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory
(NETL), 73
Domestic oil shortages, 189
Domestic production decline
DCA, 57, 58
exponential, 58
harmonic, 58
IP, 57
King Hubbert, 58
mathematical equations, 58
Double rigs, 123
Drake well
bank loan, 43
boreholes, 44
discovery, 42, 46
Drake’s Folly project, 44
financial backers, 43
horizontal steam engine, 44
innovation, 44
kerosene lamp business, 42
oil drilling, 45
Pennsylvania State Legislature, 45
Seneca Oil, 45
social safety nets, 45
substantial oil, 42
Uncle Billy Smith, 43, 44
Drill cores, 73
Drillers, 126
Drilling
directional, 75
DOE, 73
horizontal, 76
hydraulic pressure, 75
Mitchell Energy, 75
MWD and LWD, 75
Drilling mud, 105
Drill pads, 124–126, 147
Drill rigs, 123
Drill ships, 123
Dry cask storage, 231
E
Earth preservation
asteroid, 243
climate change, 243
economic benefits, 244
human behavior, 243
human history, 243
humanity, 242, 243
human migrations, 244
mass migrations, 244
NASA, 243
nature impact, 242
orbiting space colonies, 243
population growth, 243
psyche, 243
resources, 244
solar power satellites, 243
transferring operations, 245
Earthquakes, 131
Eastern Gas Shales Project (EGSP), 73
Ecological grief, 225
Ecological succession
primary, 147
secondary, 147
Economic models, 166
Economics
breakthrough technologies, 204
coronavirus, 206
drillers and operators, 205
energy development, 205
energy innovation, 204
fossil fuel, 206
gas plants, 205
marginal hydrocarbon resources, 204
natural gas prices, 203
new technology, 204
pandemic, 206
policy, 205
shale gas, 205
shortages, conventional gas, 205
sustainable energy, 204
tight oil, 205
type of energy, 204
e-frack equipment, 82
EGSP coring, 73
Electric hydraulic fracturing, 82
Electric utilities, 232
Electric vehicles (EV), 220, 248
Electrical generation technology, 206
Electricity, 189, 204
Electricity generation, 176
Electronic instrumentation, 28
Energy & Environmental Research Center, 130
Energy and climate sustainability
carbon tax, 222–224
CCS (see Carbon capture and
storage (CCS))
cost of electricity, 217–219
dental care, 213
food, 213
fossil fuel, 212
manufacture, green energy products, 212
Index