Just asking. Wouldn’t it be incredible to sit down with the Marcellus-famed Rice family and pick their brains for an hour or so? Topics for discussion would no doubt include the growing hunger for natural gas in the LNG industry, the evolving electrified economy, and the Rice secret sauce to stay leaps ahead of both....

Remember in the early 80s when Microsoft and Apple crept into offices overnight and laid down the law as to how People on Planet Earth would be working from that moment forward? We knew then how technology could reset how the world works. Now, some 40 odd years later, a new tech era has reset strategies by natural gas producers, midstreamers, and newcomers—all hungry for a foothold in the power gen and data center world. Old basins are new again when natural gas becomes an electron hero. Such are those in the Midcontinent. ...

The U.S. oil and gas pipeline network is a sight to behold that goes largely unseen save for a satellite image. Operating around the clock, shouldering a massive responsibility to keep the nation running uninterrupted at full speed, it’s also one of the world’s largest. Home to the greatest number of crude oil pipelines at 147, with another eight under development. Home to 254 natural gas pipelines—the most in North America. And still, we need more to keep pace with the vast changes underfoot that depend on this critical network....