Tag Archives: Shale Oil

Lawrence Solomon: Fantasies about global warming and other delusions will fare poorly in 2015

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Lawrence Solomon

2015 will see more ethnic groups within today’s cobbled-together countries successfully assert their autonomy, with the greatest changes occurring in the Middle East. Continue reading →

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Lawrence Solomon: Fight jihad, stop carbon taxes

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Lawrence Solomon

(February 21, 2013) Shale oil boom means security. Continue reading →

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Israel’s shale-oil deposits may be its making

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Lawrence Solomon

(April 12, 2012) Controlling the sources of energy in our world equals power and influence, and this power may be transferred to Israel, whose shale oil is estimated at probably as much as 5 billion barrels. ~ from a conference on the Middle East featuring Lawrence Solomon. Continue reading →

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Lawrence Solomon: Democratic jackpot

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Lawrence Solomon

The game-changer is “unconventional fossil fuels,” much of it trapped in shale — rock that often contains oil or gas. Continue reading →

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Lawrence Solomon: Liberate U.S. oil

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Other News Sources

(July 5, 2011) Richard Nixon was the first U.S. president to vow and fail to wean the United States off its dependency on Middle Eastern oil. Barack Obama will be the last. The United States today has the wherewithal to become independent in energy. Once Obama goes, it will also have the will. Continue reading →

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Israeli Oil: Black Gold in the Holy Land

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Other News Sources

(June 18, 2011) On Tuesday, June 14, Zion Oil & Gas, Inc. announced it had requested a petroleum exploration permit to develop large shale oil deposits in the Shfela Basin, 30 miles west of Jerusalem. Continue reading →