Amy Pickle, Director of the State Policy Program, will be a panelist for "What Is the Future of Hydraulic Fracturing in the U.S. and Colorado?" on February 19.

Legal pioneer Scott Poynter will speak about novel litigation theories and processes involving earthquakes created by wastewater disposal practices in drilling for oil and gas. This event is part of the Energy Transition Seminar Series organized by the Duke University Energy Initiative and the Nicholas Institute.

How and why does the petroleum industry extract oil and gas from deepwater (beyond 1,300-foot depths)? And how long will it last?  During 2007-2012, 50 percent of the 170 billion barrels of global conventional oil (and gas equivalent) discovered by industry was in deepwater. Global output from these depths is projected to double by 2030, to 14 million barrels/day. This presentation will explain the history of petroleum extraction beyond the edge of the continental shelf and discuss its implications for the future of energy.

The Aspen Institute in partnership with the Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation will hold a breakfast roundtable on September 19 in Washington, DC, to formally launch the report Principled Governance of Shale Resources.

Daniel Raimi, a 2012 graduate of Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy and former research associate with the Duke University Energy Initiative, will speak about his new book The Fracking Debate: The Risks, Benefits, and Uncertainties of the Shale Revolution from 4-5 p.m. ET on January 25. 

As a panelist at North Carolina's 2015 State Energy Conference, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions State Policy Program director Amy Pickle will discuss natural gas infrastructure including the status of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline as discussed from the two major U.S. energy companies' perspectives.

Trust—a relational, conditional, action-inducing judgment—has become central to the controversies over shale resources and hydraulic fracturing. The lack of it poses a problem for companies intending to access land, acquire operations permits, build infrastructure, and, ultimately, participate in the energy commodity chain.

*This event is cancelled. It will be rescheduled for the fall.

Susan Christopherson of Cornell University will present a talk titled "Shale Gas and Oil Industrialization: How U.S. Communities Assess the Risks and Costs" at Duke University Feb. 14.