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LNG storage tanks. Credit: Justin Mikulka

Gambling Debts

In 2019 there was a bidding war for the Permian-based oil and gas company Anadarko. Chevron reached a deal to pay $33 billion for Anadarko but then Occidental (Oxy) got into the game and a bidding war ensued and Oxy ended up paying $57 billion. This was made possible by

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

Old pumpjack in the Texas Permian basin with large flare in the distance

US Media and the Oil Industry: The Lies that Blind

The End of the U.S. LNG Bubble

The End of the U.S. LNG Bubble

Replica of America's first oil well

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

Cover art for "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep"

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep...Or Just Lie About It?

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Replica of America's first oil well

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

The U.S. shale industry has peaked and it is still in a deep financial hole.

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

U.S. Policy Implications of Global Peak Oil Demand

U.S. Policy Implications of Global Peak Oil Demand

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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

Sun sets over Exxon's Golden Pass LNG

As Solar Dominates, the Sun Sets on the LNG Boom

Gastech is a big deal in the global methane/natural gas industry. Gastech also openly embraces the false claims that the gas industry is somehow going to “...accelerate the global shift toward cleaner, more sustainable energy.” The idea that methane in the form of LNG is somehow cleaner or more

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

Image: Do not harm my children

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

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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