America Sitting on $50 Trillion in Oil and Gas?
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Is the government blocking energy prosperity?
'Fueling Freedom' author Kathleen Hartnett White says the U.S. is sitting on trillions of dollars worth of oil and gas, and it’s the government’s fault.
‘Fueling Freedom’ author Kathleen Hartnett White says the U.S. is sitting on $50 trillion in oil and gas, but the government is stopping us from getting at it. Why is the government blocking access to America’s abundant resources and preventing the country from becoming energy independent?
“Yes, it’s quite a big number and it’s the government’s number if you combine all of the Department of Energy’s estimates and I might add it also includes coal,” White told the FOX Business Network’s Stuart Varney.
White said the shale revolution is a key factor in improving access to those energy resources.
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Advertisement“The shale revolution is misunderstood. Its demise has been overestimated. While 60% of the rigs are gone from the fields, we still through 2015 maintained record production levels. And what’s happened is that select wells on the basis of rapidly improving technology are increasing productivity and cutting costs,” White said.
This shale revolution, according to White, has been a game changer for the U.S. energy sector.
“The real victory of the shale revolution is access to what geologists call the source rock where the bulk of hydrocarbons lie,” said White.