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Permian gas distribution infrastructure

The Pivot and the Plague

I’ve been researching and writing about the shale oil and gas industry for over 10 years now. For much of that time I’ve seen the U.S. shale industry treat gas (aka methane) as a waste product. In the Bakken they were flaring and venting up to 25%

LNG tanker loading in Louisiana

LNG: The India Question

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

The Oil Industry’s Big Bluff

Venture Global's Calcasieu Pass LNG export facility

Adventures in LNG Investing

Image: Do not harm my children

THE HARMS OF US LNG – FROM CALCASIEU PASS TO PUERTO LIBERTAD

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

End Game: US Gas Reserves Edition

OGI camera image showing methane blowdown in progress.

BLOWDOWNS: INVISIBLE OIL AND GAS SPILLS IN OUR AIR

oil and gas

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

The Oil Industry’s Big Bluff

In a recent Wall Street Week video report on oil industry methane emissions there was a great insight into what the oil industry plans to do when it comes to environmental liabilities and the world in general. After hearing how there was potential to plug old oil and gas wells

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

U.S. Policy Implications of Global Peak Oil Demand

U.S. Policy Implications of Global Peak Oil Demand

Zombieland

Zombieland

Abandoned oil pumpjack.

Learning from California As It Becomes An Orphan Petrostate

Big Oil is Sticking Us with the Bill

Big Oil is Sticking Us with the Bill

methane

OGI camera image showing methane blowdown in progress.

BLOWDOWNS: INVISIBLE OIL AND GAS SPILLS IN OUR AIR

There is a massive methane spill happening in the Permian and the rest of the oil and gas fields in America and it has been going on for decades. It continues because, unlike the BP Horizon disaster, no one can see it.

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

We ARE Having the Wrong Debate on LNG Exports

We ARE Having the Wrong Debate on LNG Exports

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The Grifters

The Grifters

“Look around the poker table; if you can’t see the sucker, you’re it.”

Exxon’s $20 Billion Fraud Lawsuit Continues

Exxon’s $20 Billion Fraud Lawsuit Continues

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

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

How Third-Party Auditors Make Oil Industry Fraud Possible

How Third-Party Auditors Make Oil Industry Fraud Possible

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

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

Fossil Fuel Tax Programs to Cut Emissions Lead to Lots of Industry Profit, Little Climate Action

Fossil Fuel Tax Programs to Cut Emissions Lead to Lots of Industry Profit, Little Climate Action

Bankers and Investors Finding Fracking Industry’s Underlying Models Prove Overly Optimistic

Bankers and Investors Finding Fracking Industry’s Underlying Models Prove Overly Optimistic

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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

Zombieland

Learning from California As It Becomes An Orphan Petrostate

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Clean Power and Storage Wars

Analysis: The Natural Gas Industry Is Trying To Deny How Affordable Renewable Energy Is

Stanford Study Says Renewable Power Eliminates Argument for Using Carbon Capture with Fossil Fuels

New Estimates Predict a Lot More Renewable Power Growth in the U.S. Very Soon

The Inevitable Death of Natural Gas as a ‘Bridge Fuel’