http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/cea_2015_erp.pdf
Combines the annual economic message from the president with the annual report of the Council of Economic Advisers. Emphasizes issues such as middle class economics, challenges in the labor market, family-friendly workplace policies, business tax reform, and the energy revolution. Economic statistical tables included at end. From the White House
https://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/49869-ESPCs-2.pdf
Examines the cost and energy consumption effects of energy savings performance contracts with private companies where equipment and services are paid for over time with savings achieved by the new equipment. From the Congressional Budget Office
http://www.eia.gov/countries/analysisbriefs/Iraq/iraq.pdf
Covers petroleum production, consumption, and exporting for the country that has the 5th largest proved crude oil reserves and is the second largest crude oil producer in OPEC. From the Energy Information Administration
http://www.eia.gov/coal/annual/pdf/acr.pdf
Provides information about coal production, number of mines, productive capacity, reserves, employment, prices and more. Coal production fell below one billion short tons for the first time since 1993. From the Energy Information Administration
http://www.boem.gov/2017-2022-DPP/
Includes 14 potential lease sales in eight areas including the Mid-Atlantic off the Virginia coast. Proposes priority development in the Gulf of Mexico and “one potential lease sale late in the program for … areas offshore Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia. Calls for geological and geophysical surveying activities in an area 50 miles offshore. From the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management of the U.S. Department of the Interior
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2014/542167/EPRS_BRI%282014%29542167_REV1_EN.pdf
This paper addresses the question whether and to what extent shale gas can contribute to European energy security. While some European regions have significant shale resources, issues of public acceptance and environmental impact will make it more expensive to acquire. From the European Parliamentary Research Service
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43442.pdf
Examines the historical reasons for restrictions on the exporting of crude oil by the U.S., the current push to drop or revise the ban, and various considerations that need to be kept in mind including price effects, energy security, international trade policy, and environmental issues. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists
http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2014/5131/pdf/sir2014-5131.pdf#
Identifies hydraulic fracturing trends in drilling methods and use of fluids/chemical additives in nearly 1 million wells drilled in the U.S. over a 60 year time period. Compares these findings to the literature to establish a common understanding of how newer technology has affected water use volumes and other factors. From the U.S. Geological Survey