Texas State Geologist's shale gas study drawing national attention

 Scott Tinker, State Geologist of Texas, is one of the authors of a new study that is drawing a lot of national attention.  It forecasts the 5,000 square mile Barnett Shale will produce a cumulative 44 trillion cubic feet of recoverable gas by 2030.   U.S. consumption of natural gas in 2011 was about 24.4 trillion cubic feet overall.    The study, conducted by the Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG) at The University of Texas at Austin, was  funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.  [Right, 30-year natural gas productivity of the Barnett Shale. Credit, UT Austin]

The news coverage includes the following stories:

Gas Boom Projected to Grow for Decades

Russell Gold, Wall Street Journal, Feb. 28

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323293704578330700203397128.html

Texas Study Points To A Longer Natural Gas Boom

by Wade Goodwynm NPR

http://www.npr.org/2013/02/28/173173548/texas-study-points-to-a-longer-natural-gas-boom

Barnett Shale Output to Tumble Through 2030, Study Says

Bloomberg, Joe Carroll, Feb. 28

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-28/barnett-shale-output-to-tumble-through-2030-study-says.html

U.S. Barnett shale to pump natural gas to 2050

Reuters, Feb. 28

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/02/28/usa-natgas-barnett-idUKL1N0BSDKC20130228

Energy boom will last for decades, UT study finds

Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express News, By Jennifer Hiller | February 28, 2013

http://www.chron.com/business/energy/article/Energy-boom-will-last-for-decades-UT-study-finds-4318404.php

They're Going to Be Fracking the Barnett Shale for a Long Time to Come

By Eric Nicholson

Dallas Observer, Feb. 28 2013 at 2:48 PM

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2013/02/production_may_have_peaked_but.php

Study: Barnett gas field to produce through 2030. By 2050, gas extraction at Barnett Shale likely to wind down, UT researchers say.

Asher Price, Austin American Statesman

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/study-barnett-gas-field-to-produce-through-2030by-/nWdDF/#sthash.EgC8d794.dpuf

America Is Just At The Beginning Of A Gas Boom That Will Last For Decades

Rob Wile, Business Insider, Feb. 28

http://www.businessinsider.com/study-america-is-just-at-the-beginning-of-a-gas-boom-that-will-last-for-decades-2013-2#ixzz2MEYqleW7a

Study Finds Potential Gas Boom in US 

Thursday, 28 Feb 2013 12:25 PM

Lisa Barron, Newsmax

Barnett Shale Blog: New Barnett Shale study sees production through 2030

Jim Fuquay, February 28, 2013

http://blogs.star-telegram.com/barnett_shale/2013/02/new-barnett-shale-study-sees-production-through-2030.html#storylink=cpy

Natural gas production is picking up across the country, especially right here in Texas.

KFDA, News Channel 10 [Dallas]

http://www.newschannel10.com/story/21426615/boom-in-natural-gas-production

Shale Gas Fracking Will Be Around For a Long, Long Time

Kevin Drum, Mother Jones [Blog]

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/02/shale-gas-fracking-will-be-around-long-long-time