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Come Back Song, Part 2 - Frenzy of Eagle Ford M&A Continues as E&Ps Enter, Expand or Exit
The wave of M&A activity in South Texas apparently hasn’t crested yet.
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It Don't Come Easy, Part 2 - Oil, Gas Operators Face Mounting Pressures Around Methane Emissions
Oil and gas companies across the value chain are facing new pressures to manage and reduce methane emissions. Their ability to access premium markets and buyers, appeal to investors and avoid costly fees depends on developing a credible plan to measure and reduce methane emissions.
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The Price You Pay - How Much Will Price Impact Future U.S. Crude Production Growth?
For the first 10 years of the Shale Revolution, it was a foregone conclusion: High prices stimulated more drilling, and more drilling meant higher production. It worked in both directions. When prices crashed, so did production. The correlation was great.
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What's Your Name - Explaining the EIA's Huge Unaccounted Crude Oil Imbalances
The numbers don’t add up. Literally. The most closely watched energy statistics in the world have a problem, and it’s been getting worse over the past two years. We’re talking about EIA’s U.S.
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Sail Away - Supply/Demand Imbalances Will Make the U.S. a Leading Exporter of RD and SAF
U.S. production of renewable diesel (RD) is rising fast and production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) will soon follow suit, driven largely by federal and state incentives. But U.S.
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The Heat Is On - Is New England Headed for an Electricity Supply Crisis?
New England’s aggressive effort to decarbonize is a tangled web. Over the past several years, the six-state region has replaced oil- and coal-fired power plants with natural gas-fired ones but most proposals to build new gas pipeline capacity have been rejected.
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Gotta Get Over, Part 2 - Southwest Louisiana Gas Pipeline Projects Targeting LNG Export Demand
As U.S. LNG export project development accelerates in the coming years, a lot more natural gas pipeline capacity will be needed to supply the numerous liquefaction facilities vying for a piece of the global gas market pie.
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Square One, Part 4 - Drilling and Completion Set the Stage for Hydrocarbon Production
Oil and gas production in the Shale Era is a refined, controlled process — and a far cry from the early days of wildcatting a century ago.
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Where're You From, You Waxy Thing, Part 2 - Uinta Basin’s Gas-Egress Dilemma Clouds Forecast
Production of waxy crude in the Uinta Basin is up by more than half since mid-2021 and E&Ps there would like to produce more — the dense, slippery hydrocarbon is in high demand, not just by refineries in nearby Salt Lake City but also by at least a few of their Gulf Coast counterparts.
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Like a Rolling Stone - With Sanctions in Place, Russia's Oil-and-Refining Sector Faces a Slow, Steady Decline
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 set off a wave of repercussions in energy markets and economies the world over. The hope of the U.S.
