’Twas the year before Christmas, when all through the patch
Hardly a rig was stirring, thanks to the oil price crash

COVID had come, and the workers went home
Executives soon realized they needed a loan

The executives read Oil and Gas Investor with care
In hopes that U.S. shale would not stay a bear

EFT laughed as companies came up short
And chastised everyone’s earnings report

Then Biden had come, as some had feared
With visions of making for difficult years

But would he succeed, they asked with a sneer
Then read this report, and let out a cheer

In a minute they realized they still had a chance
They just needed to learn how to take a better stance

ESG rose to the top of their minds
Surely, it could get them out of this bind

They consolidated and merged, and then they combined
While bankruptcies drove reporters out of their minds

They started talking nat gas, that transitional fuel
When they realized the opportunity, they started to drool

Would going low-carbon help, they wanted to see
And wondered what the outlook for midstream would be

They tried to sleep but their excitement grew
It may be bad now but they were hardly blue

For they heard the thump and knew it was him
They tried to see but the sky was so dim

Even though it was dark, they could still hear him say
Cash flow, cash flow, cash flow is the way

Comforted and calmed, they shed a happy tear
For prices should rise and it will soon be a new year.

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