State of the Industry | Current and Future
Ammonite Managing Partner, Skip Hobbs, regularly presents to professional societies and community organizations; has testified before regulatory agencies; talks with students and faculty at local universities; and writes and lectures frequently on energy economics, policy, and environmental issues. These industry insights, along with those from other Ammonite Associates, are featured here.
- State of Energy Markets as of January 2016
- Ammonite Petroleum Industry Insights - August 2015
- The United States Has Abundant Natural Gas Resources: It Lacks Only the Public Will to Develop Them
Testimony by G. Warfield Hobbs, President of the AAPG Division of Professional Affairs before the United States Senate Committee On Energy And Natural Resources, Washington, D.C., July 26, 2000
- Strategies for Success (and Failure) in Oil and Gas Exploration: Identifying What Works and What Doesn't
Presentation by G. Warfield Hobbs to the Exploration Management Forum, The Conference Board of Canada, Calgary, Alberta, December 6, 2004
- The Future of the Global Oil Industry: Resources, Challenges & Foreign Policy Implications
Presentation by G. Warfield Hobbs to the United States Department of State, Washington, D.C., January 17, 2007
- Testimony by G. Warfield Hobbs before the Minerals Management Service and the Secretary of the Interior, Regional OCS Meeting-North Atlantic
Atlantic City, New Jersey, April 6, 2009 Hobbs testimony and notes from the meeting
- Framing A US Energy Policy: Myths vs. Reality; Can Conflicting Interests Be Resolved?
Presentation by G. Warfield Hobbs at Yale University, New Haven, CT March 5, 2010
- Future of the Global Oil Industry: Resources, Challenges and Consequences of A Failed Energy Policy
Presentation by G. Warfield Hobbs at the Colorado School of Mines, October 27, 2011
- A Call To Action On Climate and Energy Policy
Position paper by G. Warfield Hobbs distributed in February 2012 to congressional policy makers and candidates in the 2012 general election
- Shale Plays Go International
Presentation by G. Warfield Hobbs at the Yale Alumni in Energy Conference, Yale University, New Haven, CT, March 23, 2012
- The Future of Planet Earth: A Changing Biosphere; Humans and Global Stewardship
Presentation to the New Canaan Garden Club, New Canaan, CT February 11, 2015
- A Gold Strike: Making the Mineral Interest Ask
Article by Betsy Suppes appearing in "Planned Giving Tomorrow",
Spring 2014
- The Negotiating Table has Two Sides; The Company Side and the Government Side; How much do you know about the Other Side?
White Paper by Thomas E. O'Connor, Chief Geologist, Gupco 1974-79
- Deep Penobscot, An Analogue to Deep Panuke–
Are more Jurassic Reefs Lurking Offshore Nova Scotia?
Presentation by Dr. Robert K. Merrill and Kevin B. Hill, August 2014
- Facilitating Shale Play Development in Pennsylvania - Meeting the Need for Nearby Brine Disposal Wells
Dale E. Skoff and Dan A. Billman
- Petroleum geology and geochemistry of the Council Run gas field, north central Pennsylvania
Christopher D. Laughrey, Dan A. Billman and Michael R. Canich
- Assuring the Reliability of Your Sampling Results
Article by David Abbott, Jr., December 2007
- Unconventional Oil Resources of the Uinta Basin, Utah
White Paper by Steven Shamel
- 3-D Seismic Recognition of the Jurassic Smackover Reservoir of Grayson Field Using Leading-Edge Reservoir Characterization Seismic Processing
By Kevin B. Hill
- Conference Conjugates Researchers, Explorers
Article from AAPG Explorer Magazine by Susan R. Eaton
- AAPG Distinguished Lecturer Mohriak Focuses on Red Sea’s Analogies
Article from AAPG Explorer Magazine by Susan R. Eaton
- Frederick Brook Shale Spurs Canadian Exploration
Article from AAPG Explorer Magazine by Susan R. Eaton
- Cutting the Cord: Wireless Seismic Catching On
Article from New Technology Magazine by Susan R. Eaton
- Climate Change Naysayers–Time for a Reality Check
By G. Warfield Hobbs IV