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The Donroe Disaster

In 2017, former Exxon CEO and Secretary of Energy Rex Tillerson called President Donald Trump a fucking moron. Now it is unusual for me to find common ground with an Exxon CEO about much, but on this we agree. Now, I’ve found no common ground with Rex’s replacement

Playing to Lose

Playing to Lose

Oil rig in North Dakota winter

Lessons from the Bakken

Sabine Pass LNG Export Terminal

US LNG - Debts No Honest Man Could Pay

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Gluttons For Punishment: Oil Industry Doubles Down Against Reality

LNG storage tanks. Credit: Justin Mikulka

Gambling Debts

Sun sets over Exxon's Golden Pass LNG

As Solar Dominates, the Sun Sets on the LNG Boom

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Oil rig in North Dakota winter

Lessons from the Bakken

The New York Times recently profiled Harold Hamm, Continental CEO Resources chairman emeritus, and noted how Hamm is advising Trump to go all in on fossil fuels. This should surprise no one as Harold Hamm is a one-trick pony. His one trick is making bold promises about the future of

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Gluttons For Punishment: Oil Industry Doubles Down Against Reality

Replica of America's first oil well

Peak US Oil Reveals The True Hoax of the US Shale Revolution

Permian gas distribution infrastructure

The Pivot and the Plague

Clean energy growth is powering the West Texas oil industry. Wind turbines tower over an oil pump jack

The Oil Industry’s Big Bluff

LNG export terminal on U.S. Gulf Coast. Credit: Justin Mikulka

End Game: US Gas Reserves Edition

LNG tanker being loaded in Louisiana for export of U.S. LNG to China.

America’s Oil and Gas Export Delusions

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LNG tanker being loaded for export

Methane Insanity

We’ve been warned of inconvenient truths. A movie was made about society’s unspoken agreement to ignore science and reality and the current U.S. regime is making that movie’s head-in-the-sand approach of science denial official policy. Meanwhile, the very real impacts of our changing climate are becoming

OGI camera image showing methane blowdown in progress.

BLOWDOWNS: INVISIBLE OIL AND GAS SPILLS IN OUR AIR

Optical Optical gas imaging showing methane emissions from unlit flare in the Permian. Credit: Oilfield Witness

Our Methane Blindspot

Flaring methane in the Permian oil fields of Texas

New Methane Regulations Unlikely to Change Oil Industry Behavior

Oil Industry Methane Pollution Is Business as Usual, Not Accidental

Oil Industry Methane Pollution Is Business as Usual, Not Accidental

Touring Ground Zero of the Methane Emergency

Touring Ground Zero of the Methane Emergency

New Paper Confirms Much Higher Methane Emissions From U.S. Oil Production

New Paper Confirms Much Higher Methane Emissions From U.S. Oil Production

LNG

Sabine Pass LNG Export Terminal

US LNG - Debts No Honest Man Could Pay

Before the epic U.S. housing and commercial real estate crash of 2008, bankers were applying innovative approaches to lending. One of their new products was the NINJA loan, which stood for “No Income, No Job, No Assets.” You might be thinking, “How could anyone be so dumb to loan

Sun sets over Exxon's Golden Pass LNG

As Solar Dominates, the Sun Sets on the LNG Boom

Leaving LNG behind.

LNG - The Oil Industry’s Last Scam

The End of the U.S. LNG Bubble

The End of the U.S. LNG Bubble

LNG tanker being loaded for export

Methane Insanity

LNG tanker loading in Louisiana

LNG: The India Question

Venture Global's Calcasieu Pass LNG export facility

Adventures in LNG Investing

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The Grifters

Exxon’s $20 Billion Fraud Lawsuit Continues

Shale Oil Fraud Case Reveals Executives Ignore Their Own Engineers and Mislead Investors

How Third-Party Auditors Make Oil Industry Fraud Possible

SEC Finds Fracking Sand Company Misled Investors With Claims of ‘Game Changing’ Sand

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Oil and Gas Industry Admits Blue Hydrogen is Too Expensive

The Economic Case for ‘Blue Hydrogen’ Is Getting Worse. Cue the Lobbyists.

Oil and Gas’s Pivot to Blue Hydrogen Is Falling Through

Russia-Ukraine War Is Another Reason to Break Free of Dirty Steel, but U.S. Companies Still Chase Profits Over Green Future

The Infrastructure Bill’s Hydrogen Funding Is a Big Win for the Oil and Gas Industry

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The Cleanup Bill for the Fracking Boom is Already Here

Injection Wells Will Haunt Us Forever

U.S. Policy Implications of Global Peak Oil Demand

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Learning from California As It Becomes An Orphan Petrostate