by Ben | Dec 12, 2025 | Natural Gas, North Dakota, The Electrical Grid
AI Data Centers and Electric Vehicles: What the Grid Actually Has to Prepare For Two major sources of new electricity demand are growing in the United States at the same time. One is the long term shift toward electric vehicles. The other is the rapid growth of AI...
by Ben | Oct 30, 2011 | Bakken, Fracking, Natural Gas, North Dakota, Oil
Continuous Resources Vs Traditional Resources: Energy returned on energy invested 1. Continuous Resources Vs Traditional Resources: Geology 2. Continuous Resources Vs Traditional Resources: Technology Changes 3. Continuous Resources Vs Traditional Resources: Energy...
by Ben | Oct 23, 2011 | Bakken, Fracking, Natural Gas, North Dakota, Oil
Continuous Resources Vs Traditional Resources: Technology Changes 1. Continuous Resources Vs Traditional Resources: Geology 2. Continuous Resources Vs Traditional Resources: Technology Changes 3. Continuous Resources Vs Traditional Resources: Energy Return on Energy...
by Ben | Oct 16, 2011 | Bakken, Fracking, Natural Gas, North Dakota, Oil
Continuous Resources Vs Traditional Resources: Geology 1. Continuous Resources Vs Traditional Resources: Geology 2. Continuous Resources Vs Traditional Resources: Technology Changes 3. Continuous Resources Vs Traditional Resources: Energy Return on Energy Invested 4....
by Ben | Oct 11, 2011 | Bakken, Fracking, Natural Gas, North Dakota, Oil
Energy returned on energy invested (EROEI) Shale oil and shale gas This is actually a follow-up to questions regarding energy return on investment in shale plays. The simple answer is probably best answered with a rhetorical question. Why would the number of...
by Ben | Oct 2, 2011 | Bakken, Fracking, Natural Gas, North Dakota, Oil
A few years ago if you would have told me that North America could be energy independent I would have laughed at you, and at the time I would have been right to do so, but things are changing. The estimated recoverable oil in the Bakken/Three Forks alone is probably...
