The nation’s energy-focused PE firms may have found a hot market to make lucrative natural gas exits. But when it comes to global commodities trader Gunvor Group, expanding its natural gas strategy and asset portfolio is proving hotter than a firecracker in August. Not just in its trading sphere, but in U.S. shale gas acquisitions and investments....

It’s already a beautiful week in the neighborhood with news of fresh midstream acquisitions and an announced plan to build a pipeline dedicated to flowing fuel to power rocket ships. ...

In a time of war, the U.S. has now become the world’s largest crude oil exporter, surfing a wave of 50% higher prices depending on the day. Meanwhile in the Permian, there’s an infrastructure crisis preventing record volumes of natural gas to reach demand centers and Gulf Coast export markets when gas has never been needed most. ...

Some small-town Texas boys working as farmhands on family land have dreams of something bigger or altogether different for their future. Mike Howard was one of those back in his childhood....