Oil
Oil remains the fuel of choice for global transportation, and its price continues to be an indicator of global economic activity. Work by RFF experts offers insight into the effects of oil and gas development and regulations, including the US crude export ban and fossil fuel subsidies and the responsiveness of oil development activity to price.
The Unconventional Oil Supply Boom
Read about the price responsiveness of US oil supply across stages of production.
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Shale Research Clearinghouse
Explore research on the economic, health, and environmental impacts of oil and gas development.
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Explainer — Apr 21, 2021
Federal Climate Policy 108: The Oil and Gas Industry
An overview of policies that the federal government could implement to reduce emissions from the US oil and gas sector.
Resources Magazine — Feb 25, 2021
Plugging Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells: What We Know and Need to Know
New research explores how a federal well plugging effort can help create jobs, reduce methane emissions, and improve public health—particularly if policymakers have access to the information they need.
Resources Magazine — Feb 25, 2021
Decarbonizing Global Industry
A dazzling infographic summarizes recent work from RFF Senior Fellow Dallas Burtraw and others about how to decarbonize the global industrial sector, given that no one-size-fits-all approach exists for decarbonizing industry.
Explainer — Apr 21, 2021
Federal Climate Policy 108: The Oil and Gas Industry
An overview of policies that the federal government could implement to reduce emissions from the US oil and gas sector.
Working Paper — Sep 16, 2020
Supply-Side Reforms to Oil and Gas Production on Federal Lands: Modeling the Implications for Climate Emissions, Revenues, and Production Shifts
An examination of three proposed policies to reform the federal oil and gas leasing program: increased royalty rates, carbon adders, and a ban on new leases on federal lands.
Report — Jul 20, 2020
Green Stimulus for Oil and Gas Workers: Considering a Major Federal Effort to Plug Orphaned and Abandoned Wells
This paper, a joint effort between Resources for the Future and the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, examines the potential to boost US employment in the oil and gas workforce while also reducing pollution through a federal program to plug orphaned and abandoned oil and gas wells.
Workshop/Seminar — Mar 14, 2019
Economic Volatility in Oil Producing Regions: Exploring Impacts and Public Policy Responses
Examining regional impacts of oil volatility and potential avenues for federal intervention to support producing communities
Webinar — Nov 14, 2018
Shale Research Clearinghouse Webinar
RFF hosted a webinar to launch the new SHARC website.
Webinar — Apr 25, 2018
What Research Says on Key Fracking Debate Issues
RFF’s Daniel Raimi, Alan Krupnick, and Isabel Echarte discuss the latest research on the impacts of fracking and the shale revolution.
Media Highlight — Jan 12, 2021
The Wreckage of the Last Energy Epoch: Abandoned Wells and Workers
Current Affairs magazine cites RFF & Columbia University's study on abandoned oil & gas wells, calling it one of the "best-cited" program proposals.
Media Highlight — Apr 22, 2020
"Oil markets’ crash raises tough questions for the industry’s future"
Alan Krupnick is quoted in Rollcall on the future of oil industry.
Press Release — Mar 17, 2020
New Episode of Resources Radio: "Oil Markets in the Time of COVID-19, with Amy Myers Jaffe"
Amy Myers Jaffe discusses how the human and economic costs of the coronavirus crisis are fueling an oil price war and threatening the global economy.
Resources Magazine — Feb 25, 2021
Plugging Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells: What We Know and Need to Know
New research explores how a federal well plugging effort can help create jobs, reduce methane emissions, and improve public health—particularly if policymakers have access to the information they need.
Resources Magazine — Feb 25, 2021
Decarbonizing Global Industry
A dazzling infographic summarizes recent work from RFF Senior Fellow Dallas Burtraw and others about how to decarbonize the global industrial sector, given that no one-size-fits-all approach exists for decarbonizing industry.
Resources Radio — Feb 2, 2021
Can the Oil and Gas Industry Lead on Climate?, with Tisha Schuller
Tisha Schuller describes how the oil and gas industry can respond to climate activism and innovate to reach a clean energy future.