MRP 112: The Shale Controversy with Author Ian Palmer

07/01/21 • 87 min

The Mineral Rights Podcast: Mineral Rights | Royalties | Oil and Gas | Matt Sands

Our guest this week is Ian Dexter Palmer, the author of The Shale Controversy, which explains the pros and cons of fracking and tries to distill the facts around climate change in a non-partisan way.

As a petroleum engineer and consultant, Ian Palmer has advised oil and gas companies all over the world. He has worked at Los Alamos, The Department of Energy, BP, and Higgs-Palmer Technologies and given presentations and classes on fracking, earthquakes and global warming.

This was an interesting conversation that Justin and I had with Ian around his conclusions around climate change, the energy transition, and the shale revolution.

The views and opinions expressed by our guests do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of The Mineral Rights Podcast.

As always you can find the show notes with links to the books and articles mentioned in this episode at mineralrightspodcast.com. There you'll also find a link to purchase Ian's book so you can read it and form your own conclusions on these important topics.

Our guest this week is Ian Dexter Palmer, the author of The Shale Controversy, which explains the pros and cons of fracking and tries to distill the facts around climate change in a non-partisan way.

This was an interesting conversation that Justin and I had with Ian around his conclusions around climate change, the energy transition, and the shale revolution.

The views and opinions expressed by our guests do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of The Mineral Rights Podcast.

Previous Episode

MRP 111: What Every Mineral Cotenant Should Know (Hint, You Probably Are One)

Today we’re going to talk about an issue that affects all mineral owners in some way and that is the concept of cotenancy with mineral rights.

We also answer a listener question from Dennis about a situation he is faced with where he is faced with penalties and having to wait until payout before receiving royalties and what you need to know about the concept of an unleased cotenant in case you are faced with this situation too.

Plus, for all of you with minerals in a state that allows forced pooling, we have you covered too! As always, show notes and resources mentioned in this episode can be found at mineralrightspodcast.com

Next Episode

MRP 113: Mineral Rights News July 2021

In this month's Mineral Rights Podcast news episode for July 2021 we talk about how using stranded natural gas to mine bitcoin can benefit mineral owners, Boulder County Colorado lawsuit to stop drilling, and a federal judge reverses Biden's ban on new oil and gas leases on federal lands and waters.

Bitcoin Mining Digging for E&P’s Natural Gas Gold in Lower 48 | Colorado Supreme Court asked to hear lawsuit seeking to stop Denver oil company's drilling plan | Federal judge reverses Biden's ban on new oil and gas leases for federal lands and waters, dealing blow to climate change activists

As always, you can go to mineralrightspodcast.com to find the links to these articles and other resources mentioned in this episode. To send us an article you would like us to cover in a future episode, please email [email protected]