Below is a list of energy industry links.

• Cheapest Fuels
  1. Fuel Economy (DOE)
  2. To find the least expensive gasoline/diesel or nearest alternative fuel (CNG, E85, biodiesel, electric, etc.) in your neighborhood consult the Mapquest fuel finder.
  3. Gas Buddy
• Hydraulic Fracturing - With worldwide experience of over two million fracturing jobs, water aquifer contamination is rare. In particular, shale reservoirs are thousands of feet below the water table and impermeable shale is, well, impermeable.
  1. Halliburton provides fracturing fluid composition data.
  2. A fracking registry provides more information.
  3. Hydraulic Fracturing Facts
  4. EPA study
• Top Engineering Blogs
  1. Blog Rank - Top 25 Engineering blogs
• Mineral Rights, Surface Rights, Royalties (for royalty holders)
  1. National Group
  2. In North Dakota (this is a comprehensive website for the state's oil business)
  3. In Texas
  4. In Pennsylvania
• BP Macondo/Deepwater Horizon
  1. Starks spoke to the UTD Jindal School of Management about the BP Gulf of Mexico spill (select the Presentations tab).
• Energy Related Organizations
  1. EIA, Energy Information Administration
  2. API, American Petroleum Institute
• Jobs
  1. North Dakota
• Transportation
  1. Keystone Pipeline

• Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Onshore
  1. Coming
• Natural Gas Liquids
  1. Coming
• Oil Refining
  1. Refining Process Diagram
     
     
• Publications - These offer print and online editions.
  1. Oil and Gas Investor
  2. Oil and Gas Journal
• Investment Banks, Merchant Banks, & Private Capital Resources for Small Companies
  1. Tudor, Pickering & Holt
  2. Natural Gas Partners
  3. Alternative Energy
• Recent General Books About Energy
  1. Bryce, Robert - Power Hungry
  2. Yergin, Daniel - The Quest
• Ethanol
  1. Coming
• Technical Books
  1. Pennwell has many books about oil and gas. Its "Nontechnical" series is helpful.
• Other Energy Economics and Investing Websites
  1. McDep
  2. RigZone