Illinois Oil Production Totaled 8.25 Million Barrels in 2019
Illinois crude oil production totaled 8,250,793 barrels in 2019, according to data compiled by the…
Report: Illinois Oil & Gas Reserves Generated $93.4M in Property Tax Revenue From 2007-2018
NOTE: This blog was updated with 2018 revenue on Jan. 23, 2020. Many Illinoisans may not be aware…
Illinois Oil Reserves Generated $4.3M in Property Tax Revenue in 2018
Recently posted Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) data show that Illinois oil and natural gas…
More Than Two Dozen Studies Find Fracking Poses No Significant Threat to Groundwater
“Keep It In the Ground” activists have claimed for years that hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”)…
Four GHG Reduction Options the ‘Keep It In the Ground’ Movement Opposes or Dismisses
Reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is priority No. 1 in the global effort to mitigate global…
Oil & Gas Careers: High Paying and In Demand
Oilprice.com recently published a rather ominous article headlined “Oil Industry Faces Imminent…
Data Show Oil and Gas Have Greatly Benefited Humanity
Opponents of the oil and natural gas industry have stepped up their hyperbolic rhetoric of late.…
Fact Sheet: Hydraulic Fracturing No. 1 Reason U.S. Leads World in CO2 Reductions
Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment (SAFE) hosted a “Get Off Fossil Fuels…
Fracking ban would devastate economy, yield no climate benefits
Several presidential candidates have promised to ban hydraulic fracturing, a technology that is a…