DRILLING DOWN
Documents: Leaked Industry E-Mails and Reports
DRILLING DOWN
Documents: Industry Privately Skeptical of Shale Gas
Over the past six months, The New York Times reviewed thousands of pages of documents related to shale gas, including hundreds of industry e-mails, internal agency documents and reports by analysts. A selection of these documents is included here; names and identifying information have been redacted to protect the confidentiality of sources, many of whom were not authorized by their employers to communicate with The Times.
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Signs of Trouble
- Shale Gas Called a "Ponzi Scheme"
- Where is the S.E.C.?
- Drill Fast, Con Wall Street
- “Always a Greater Sucker…”
- "Corporate Hubris and Bad Science" May Lead to "Enron Moment"
- Drilling for Press Release Purposes
Stoking Excitement About Shale Gas
Industry Doubts on Shale Gas Economics
- “World’s Largest Uneconomic Field”
- “A Herd Mentality” on Shale Gas
- Shale Gas Inherently Unprofitable, Official Says
- Shale Wells Not Economic, Chesapeake Geologist Says
- Media Is Ignoring Costs, Investment Analyst Says
- Financial Hype on Shale Gas Is Difficult to Understand