Texas-born Tim Latimer knows a thing or two about horizontal drilling and fracking. After his years-long stint as a drilling engineer in the Permian and Eagle Ford, Latimer left his career in the oil and gas industry in 2015 to unlock a different source of energy beneath the surface. ...

Less than three years ago, Kan-based Tallgrass Energy accepted a $4 billion investor buyout led by Blackstone that took the midstream company private. A name change to simply “Tallgrass,” and appointment of a new CEO quickly followed, along with a fresh strategy to diversify the business from an oil-and-gas pipeline transporter and processor, to an infrastructure company with an eye on new-energy frontiers. ...

The long and winding road to reach a FID on a U.S. LNG project is paved with near-Herculean obstacles to move even a mile. Just ask NextDecade’s Chairman and CEO Matt Schatzman who has led the Houston-based company since 2018. ...