at this time, i would like to introduce our first speaker, who is doug duncan, the associate coordinated for the u.s. energy resources program. and doug was first attracted to geology when his parents hauled him around collecting rocks on field trips. and after getting geology degrees from the university of georgia and penn state, doug worked cleaning up nuclear waste in washington state. also spent time looking for oil and gas as a geophysicist for exxon and managing environmental research and monitoring at the nevada test site before coming to the u.s. gs. and doug will address us tonight on the increasing role that unconventional oil and gas resources play in the nation's petroleum. >> thanks, dave. okay. welcome, everybody. thanks for coming out tonight. i'm going to talk about unconventional oil and gas assessments in the united states. and i want to talk about this for several reasons. one is to set the stage for the following two talks. but also just to give you an idea of what role directional drilling play in enabling the production of these un -- so-called unconventional resour

former montgomery county executive doug duncan. congresswomancounty council woman valerie urban are among the first. now, he bills himself as a political outsider. however, he has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for democratic candidates. this is, however, his first drawn for elected office. delaney is a self-made multi-millionaire. he has founded two successful commercial finance companies, one of which employs more than a thousand people. if he beats roscoe bartlett in the general election, he says his top priorities will be creating jobs and building the economy. i imagine it is quite a different scene tonight at the campaign headquarters of rob garagiola. that's where gary joins us live from germantown. >> reporter: it is a different scene. far more quiet. supporters couldn't believe they offered him a loss. he is, after all, the senate majority leader. but the crowd began to trickle out. >> i love you. >> reporter: at 10:25, he worked the small crowd of supporters offering thanks and conceded the election. >> a few min

bit of an understanding just what hydraulic fracturing is, and at this time i'd like to introduce doug duncan, the associate coordinator for the u.s. energy resources program. and doug was first attracted to geology when his parents hauled him around as a kid collecting rocks on many different field trips. and after getting geology degrees from the university of georgia and penn state, doug worked cleaning up nuclear waste in washington state, also pent time looking for oil and gas as a geophysicist for exxon and managing environmental research and monitoring at the nevada test site before coming to the usgs. and doug will address us tonight on increasing, the increasing role that unconventional oil and gas resources play in our nation's petroleum endowment. >> thanks, dave. okay. welcome, everybody. thanks for coming out tonight. i'm going to talk about unconventional oil and gas assessments in the united states, and i want to talk about this for several reasons. one is to set the stage for the following two talks, but also just to give you an idea of what role hydraulic fracturing and horiz