Energy In Depth (original stub)

Energy In Depth is a front group established by oil and gas companies to promote the practice of fracking, the injection of water and fluids into underground formations to increase the recovery rate of  oil and gas. Shale gas production has also been driven by the relaxation of how gas reserves are estimated for financial reporting purposes, enabling companies to sometimes dramatically overstate their reserves, which has enabled them to issue debt and stock against those overstatments. This overstatement of shale gas reserves has been augmented by gas industry ads and PR campaigns, often carried out by gas industry front groups, such as Energy in Depth. Who even target SourceWatch for their "counter insurgent" campaign against grassroots activists,

Domain name registration
The domain name for the website was registered in late February 2009 by the PR firm, Dittus Communications.

Members
On its website, Energy in Depth lists its members as being :


 * American Exploration & Production Council
 * Colorado Oil & Gas Association
 * Energy In Depth, a website funded by a coalition of industry groups
 * Independent Petroleum Association of America
 * Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States
 * Illinois Oil & Gas Association
 * Independent Oil & Gas Association of New York
 * Independent Oil and Gas Association of Pennsylvania
 * Independent Oil & Gas Association of West Virginia
 * International Association of Drilling Contractors
 * Indiana Oil and Gas Association
 * Kansas Independent Petroleum Industry
 * Michigan Oil And Gas Association
 * New Mexico Oil & Gas Association
 * Ohio Oil and Gas Association
 * Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association
 * Permian Basin Petroleum Association
 * Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association
 * Texas Alliance of Energy Producers
 * Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association
 * US Oil & Gas Association, Mississippi/Alabama Division

Personnel

 * Chris Tucker
 * Jeff Eshelman

PR Firm

 * Dittus Communications

Contact details
website: http://www.energyindepth.org

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 * Marcellus Shale