With EU plans this year to cut Russian gas imports by two-thirds, all eyes are on the U.S. to help replace a large portion of its 40% of natural gas supplies Europe currently depends on from Russia. ...
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With share prices up almost 90% in the last 12 months, Houston-based Occidental Petroleum is proving itself a comeback kid....
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Producers and midstreamers this week are gassing up their acquisition tanks in the Haynesville....
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Could there have been a more coincidental time in history to attend CERAWeek this year? ...
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It’s impossible to ignore the 24-hour news faucet running full blast from the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and its impact on global energy markets. The U.S. now has officially banned Russian oil imports and the nation’s leader is ostensibly “off to Texas” to privately meet with producers. Would kill to be a fly on that wall. But rather than opining, risk repeating what you already know, or adding to the general morass, Reese Energy Consulting today is looking at recent headlines on the domestic front that may have escaped attention. With oil prices surging, there’s renewed fire in the belly in the Bakken. Thousands of oilfield jobs are waiting to be filled as producers restart idled wells. Denver-based Whiting Petroleum and Houston-based Oasis Petroleum—both of which declared bankruptcy in 2020—will now combine in a merger of equals to become one of the largest Bakken producers with 972,000 net acres, 167.8 MBOEPD, and an enterprise value...
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Take Me to the River Reese Energy Consulting today is following the latest news from La.-based Plaquemines Port Harbor, which has signed an exclusive letter of intent with American Patriot Holdings (APH) to develop a new state-of-the-art container terminal. Once completed, the Gateway Port on the Gulf will offer a needed connection for inland container imports and exports but maybe the marine vessels to service the terminal are the real cool dog here. APH has designed container ships powered by LNG that the company says will revolutionize an industry in need of more infrastructure and emissions reduction. Freight volumes along the nation’s inland waterways are expected to increase 40% in the next 30 years. APH’s larger Liner ships will be capable of servicing the Mississippi River as far north as St. Louis. The smaller Hybrid vessels will transport cargoes from inland ports along tributary rivers. Using LNG propulsion, a no-wake bow,...
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