Supreme Court, Supreme Power: EPA Ruling
High Court’s ruling in EPA case could reverberate across federal climate policy, but oil and gas companies remain likely to stay the course toward energy transition.
August 18, 2022
Chesapeake Gets Back to Black
Chesapeake ready to wrap return to its roots as a key U.S. natural gas-weighted E&P through a series of key acquisitions in late 2021 and early 2022, CEO Nick Dell'Osso shared in a second-quarter conference call.
August 10, 2022
Devon Energy Doubles its Eagle Ford Footprint in $1.8 Billion Deal
Devon Energy’s acquisition of Eagle Ford operator Validus Energy is the firm’s second acquisition since June.
August 9, 2022
Key Oil and Gas Funding Mechanism Spared in Landmark ‘Clean Energy’ Bill
Private companies produce some 60% of U.S. supply, making Sinema’s private equity amendment to the Inflation Reduction Act more important to fossil fuel finance than the “green bill” description might suggest.
August 8, 2022
Pratima Rangarajan C-Suite Chat: Energy, Climate and Taking Initiative
Under the leadership of Pratima Rangarajan, OGCI Climate Investments, the independently managed investment arm of CEO-led Oil and Gas Climate Initiative, has backed 80 pilot projects and invested in 29 companies during the past five years. The plan for the next five years? More investments, more innovation and more motivation than ever to limit global warming.
August 1, 2022
Sempra, Entergy to Advance Renewable Energy in South Texas
Sempra already has some facilities in development in the area where Entergy already services 486,000 customers in Southeast Texas including its proposed Port Arthur Pipeline Louisiana Connector.
July 29, 2022
The $369 Billion Energy Question as Manchin Reverses Course
Details remained sparse following the late afternoon announcement by Senator Joe Manchin, but energy provisions in the new July reconciliation bill may exceed previously expected spending on Biden’s clean energy plan.
July 28, 2022
Buybacks Ahead? What to Expect from E&P Q2 Earnings
Flush with free cash, largely undervalued and riding a steady wave of high commodity prices, U.S. E&Ps are poised to punctuate second-quarter earnings with stock buybacks. Here’s what else to look for this earnings season.
July 26, 2022
Global Tensions, Market Disruptions Likely Maintain High Natural Gas Prices
Takeaway constraints for natural gas limit growth opportunities for U.S. shale producers. Here’s a natural gas update featured in the upcoming Hydraulic Fracturing special report.
July 22, 2022
Biden to ‘Build Back Better’ Bit by Bit
U.S. President Joe Biden has little recourse to get his climate plan back on track, and he responds to apparent Congressional defeat with bluster, wind project plans.
July 21, 2022