Articles by Arthur Berman
Facts are stubborn things: Arthur E. Berman November 2009
“Following is the last column that I wrote for World Oil. It was to have appeared in the November 2009 issue of the magazine. It was ready to send to the printer when John Royall, President and CEO of Gulf Publishing (the parent company of World Oil) pulled it at the last minute based partly, if not largely, on pressure from Petrohawk Energy, a major participant in the U.S. shale plays. Petrohawk does not deny that
Lessons from the Barnett Shale suggest caution in other shale plays
The Potential Gas Committee announced in late June that shale gas has increased the US resource base to more than 1,800 Tcf. Shale players are now more


