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Paisie: With Oil Prices, It’s All About the Economy
One of the keys to pricing is whether global conflicts curtail the flow of oil. They have not.
Kissler, Wyett: Trump Tariffs and Potential Energy Market Aftershocks
U.S. production and prices may increase; global cooperation may decrease; but Trump’s previous tariffs had less of an impact on import prices than the COVID pandemic.
EY: Three Themes That Will Drive Transformational M&A in 2025
Prices, consolidation and financial firepower will push deals forward, says EY.
East Daley: New Pipelines Could Open Permian Floodgates
Led by the opening of the Matterhorn Express, a slew of projects is set to battle regional bottlenecks in the Permian Basin region but power generation may be the catalyst for newly announced pipelines.
Segrist: Cooling the Reaction: Nuclear Makes Promising but Slow Comeback
Nuclear power is awesome. Nuclear power is also hard—and a long way off from displacing natural gas as the primary source for the electricity the U.S. will desperately need.
Hirs: The High Cost of Overreaching Regulation, Secrecy
Energy regulators have withheld critical information that’s resulted in damage to markets and competition.
Paisie: Trump’s Impact on All Things Energy
President-elect Donald Trump’s policies are expected to benefit the U.S. oil and gas sector, but also bring economic and geopolitical risks.
The Explosive Evolution of Fracking: A 75-Year Journey
Despite some initial resistance to the idea, Halliburton and Stanolind Oil pioneered the hydraulic fracturing that led to the shale boom.
Belcher: Energy Sector Grapples with Looming Labor Crisis
The U.S. needs approximately 400,000 new engineers each year moving forward but is currently only able to fill about one-third of the engineering positions available through at least 2030.
What Chevron’s Anchor Breakthrough Means for the GoM’s Future
WoodMac weighs in on the Gulf of Mexico Anchor project’s 20k production outlook made possible by Chevron’s ‘breakthrough’ technology.
Q&A: Exxon Mobil Pioneers the Permian and Guyana
Liam Mallon, Exxon Mobil’s upstream president, discusses how XOM liquids production has hit a 40-year high on the 25th anniversary of the Exxon-Mobil merger, and plans for the future.
Classic Rock, New Wells: Permian Conventional Zones Gain Momentum
Spurned or simply ignored by the big publics, the Permian Basin’s conventional zones—the Central Basin Platform, Northwest Shelf and Eastern Shelf—remain playgrounds for independent producers.
Pitts: US Energy Pioneers, Capital Wanted for Vaca Muerta
Despite its vast potential, Argentina lacks the resources—both in capital and technical expertise—to fully tap the potential of the Vaca Muerta play.
Kissler: Wildcards That Could Impact Oil, Gas Prices in 2025
Geopolitics and weather top the list of trends that will determine the direction of oil and gas.
Electrification of Permian Faces a Problem: Not Enough Shock for the System
Permian Basin producers may have to wait years for Texas utilities to grow the grid.
Darbonne: What are We Supposed to do Without Hydrocarbons?
Oil and Gas Investor asked individuals who understand fossil fuels if any “end oil” agitator has ever explained what the world would do without hydrocarbons. No, they haven’t gotten an answer either.
Energy Sector Sees Dramatic Increase in Private Equity Funding
In a 10-day period, private equity firms announced almost $20 billion in energy funding. Is an end in sight for the fossil fuel capital drought?
Coterra Takes Harkey Sand ‘Row’ Show on the Road
With success to date in Harkey sandstone overlying the Wolfcamp, the company aims to make mega-DSUs in New Mexico with the 49,000-net-acre bolt-on of adjacent sections.
Paisie: Favorable Fundamentals Will Lift 4Q Crude Prices
China, OPEC+ and the Middle East continue to feed volatility into the oil market.
Mexico Pacific’s Saguaro: LNG’s Quicker Route to Asian Markets
Mexico Pacific’s 30-mtpa Saguaro LNG terminal promises a connection to Asia for Permian Gas that avoids the Panama Canal.
Hollub: Oxy Low Carbon Ventures Bolsters US Energy Independence
Occidental Petroleum is making a number of low-carbon moves in the Permian—a maneuver that will bolster the U.S.' energy independence, CEO Vicki Hollub told Hart Energy in an exclusive interview.
Gas Storage Capacity Needed, But Will Companies Rise to the Challenge?
Several projects are on the drawing board to meet the rising demand for natural gas along the Gulf Coast.
East Daley: Deals Continue ONEOK’s Climb to Midstream Elite
Mergers with EnLink and Medallion lift the company into the ranks of Energy Transfer and Enterprise Products Partners.
Kissler: Is a Nuclear Power Revival on the Horizon?
With Wall Street and Congress on board, projects may be on the verge of charging forward.
Q&A: Making Midstream’s Case in DC
GPA Midstream Association President and CEO Sarah Miller spoke with Oil and Gas Investor on working with the industry’s needs and defending the sector in Washington, D.C.
Expand Energy: Chesapeake’s Bankruptcy to Largest Gas Producer in US
Before Expand Energy could boast itself as the largest by volume natural gas-weighted E&P in the U.S., its predecessor Chesapeake Energy had to climb out of bankruptcy.
Belcher: The Growing Nexus of Nuclear, Oil and Gas
Nuclear has a capacity factor of 92.5%, the highest of any source of electricity, not to mention near-zero greenhouse gas emissions.
Hirs: AI and Energy—Is There Enough to Go Around?
AI data centers need a constant supply of electricity, and the nation’s grids are unprepared.
Marcellus Waiting to Exhale But Held Back by Regional, Economic Factors
After years of exploitation as one of the country’s first unconventional shale plays, the Marcellus still has plenty of natural gas for producers, even if regional and economic factors have kept much of it bottled up.
‘Hydrogen is Happening’: Chevron Pushes Ahead Despite Industry Doubts
Facing a myriad of challenges that include policy uncertainty and costs, companies such as Chevron are moving forward with projects and partners to make progress.