- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 30, 2022
Rystad Study Places US LNG At the Center of Europe’s Energy Security
A newly released Rystad Energy study co-sponsored by the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the International Association of Oil and Gas producers (IOGP), concluded that U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 29, 2022
SCOTUS Announcement On Boulder Climate Case Expected Soon
The U.S. Supreme Court may announce as soon as this week whether it will take up a key jurisdictional question in the climate litigation campaign, setting up the potential of a huge setback for lawsuit supporters.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 28, 2022
Biden Pushes Debunked Gasoline Price Gouging Claims Amid Hurricane Ian
With Hurricane Ian bearing down the Gulf Coast of Florida, President Joe Biden took the opportunity to once again push debunked claims of gasoline price gouging by the U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 23, 2022
UK Lifts Shale Gas Moratorium
The UK Government announced that it has lifted the moratorium on shale gas production in England. It also confirmed its support for a new oil and gas licensing round in the North Sea, expected to be launched by the North Sea Transition Authority in early October with the aim to boost domestic production.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 22, 2022
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: Federal Permitting Reform
Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) long-awaited permitting bill, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2022, was dropped on Wednesday evening, and similar to the anticipation expected, is a mixed bag for the energy industry.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 20, 2022
U.N. Secretary General’s Windfall Tax Proposal Is Worse Than Mixed Messages – It’s Magical Thinking
U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres wants energy companies to save the day, just before he puts them out of business. Secretary Guterres added to the chorus of mixed messages during his opening speech at the U.N.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 19, 2022
Report: Even In Most Demanding Future Decarbonization Scenarios, World Needs U.S. Oil and Natural Gas
A new report from the Breakthrough Institute examines future oil and natural gas demand through the lens of four decarbonization scenarios and the possible impacts climate policies and international politics might have on the industry.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 15, 2022
Foreign-Funded “Keep It In The Ground” Activists Target American Energy Investments With Deeply Flawed Report
Responsible oil and natural gas production in the United States is under attack from “Keep It In The Ground” activist groups who are funded by foreign money and have published a deeply flawed report attempting to pressure private equity investors to divest assets from the energy sector.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 15, 2022
Natural Gas Fuels Clean Power Generation
The increased use of natural gas in power generation has grown significantly, while at the same time, carbon intensity has fallen, new data from the U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 1, 2022
UK and EU Leaders Proposing Unprecedented Solutions to Address the Region’s Escalating Energy Crisis
With the current energy crisis worsening, the United Kingdom and Europe are looking to winter with trepidation and an increased focus on building up energy inventories.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 31, 2022
Energy Secretary Urges Refiners to Limit Fuel Exports While Biden Drains the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Last week, U.S. Energy Sec. Jennifer Granholm sent a letter to refining companies instructing them to limit fuel exports in anticipation of peak hurricane season and elevated domestic demand in the winter months.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 29, 2022
U.S. Electricity Generation from Natural Gas Hits Record High in July
The U.S. Energy Information Administration recently reported that daily U.S. electricity generation from natural gas hit a record in mid-July. Across the lower 48 states, natural gas fired power reached 6.37 million megawatt hours, surpassing the 2020 record and EIA’s short term outlook for natural gas-fired generation.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 26, 2022
Fact Check: U.S. Methane Emissions Continue to Fall
Politico’s recent energy newsletter echoed misleading claims often heard in the oil and natural gas industry that deserve a more thorough examination.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 25, 2022
Triple Whammy: Interior Analysis Finds Cutting Offshore Leasing Would Reduce Supply, Hike Prices, and Increase Dependence on Foreign Oil
An E&E News analysis of the U.S. Department of Interior‘s proposed 5-year National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program finds that if the Biden administration followed through on its threats to reduce or eliminate offshore leasing, it would cause negative effects for consumers and American energy security.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 25, 2022
Even “Blockbuster” Congressional Report Doesn’t Show Evidence of Gas Price Gouging
Claims that oil and natural gas producers are price gouging have been met with swift rebuttal from experts across the country, but that hasn’t stopped members of Congress from pushing this narrative.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 24, 2022
U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Hits Lowest Level Since 1985
The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) hit historic lows this week as President Joe Biden continues to order a record release of barrels from the emergency stockpile.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 24, 2022
Star Tribune Says Minnesota Climate Lawsuit Has Become “An Issue in Attorney General’s Race,” But Leaves Out Key Context
The political fallout from the climate lawsuit filed by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison in 2020 continues as the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports the case “has become a campaign issue” in the state’s attorney general’s race less than three months before Election Day “as Ellison defends his seat this year.”- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 16, 2022
Environmental Organizations Adopt Climate Litigation Tactics To Push Gas Bans
Environmentalist groups have been trying to chip away at residential natural gas for several years with increasingly restrictive building codes and building decarbonization mandates.Energy Crisis Forces Germany to Consider Lifting Fracking Ban
The global energy crisis that’s forced natural gas prices in Europe to reach stratospheric highs is forcing Germany to reconsider the fracking ban it implemented in 2017, further highlighting the effort from EU nations to boost domestic energy sources, much like the United States has done over the past decade, which has brought incredible domestic and global benefits.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 10, 2022
Why Natural Gas Is “Better Than Many Environmentalists Admit”
In an analysis piece for Bloomberg, columnist Matthew Yglesias highlights the environmental benefits of the American shale revolution, stating, “Natural Gas Is Better Than Many Environmentalists Admit.”- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 4, 2022
It’s Not Price Gouging, Says Literally Everyone
Misguided claims of gasoline price gouging continue to bounce around Capitol Hill with the latest salvo coming from Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 3, 2022
President Biden’s Failed Mission Impossible: OPEC
After President Biden ignored invitations to see first-hand how hardworking Americans across the country produce, transport and supply energy from the well head to your home, choosing instead to visit Saudi Arabia and attempt to negotiate OPEC into increasing its oil production to lower U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 2, 2022
White House-Cited Economists Unequivocally Reject Calls for a Windfall Profit Tax
Leading economists continue to shut down claims that a windfall profit tax on oil and natural gas producers would lower energy prices and ease inflation.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 28, 2022
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Inflation Reduction Act
The Inflation Reduction Act that was dropped much to the surprise of just about everybody on Wednesday night is a mixed bag when it comes to provisions that could impact U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 27, 2022
Analysis: U.S. Crude Oil Exports Reduce Costs for Americans
There have recently been renewed calls to re-impose a ban on crude oil exports in order to bring down domestic gasoline prices.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 26, 2022
U.S. Solidifies Its Spot As World’s Top LNG Exporter In 2022
The United States officially took the title of the world’s top liquefied natural gas exporter in the first half of 2022, according to recent data from the U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 26, 2022
Expected Earnings Demonstrate Oil and Natural Gas Industry is Defined By Highs and Lows
This week, major oil and natural gas companies will announce what is expected to be record high earnings for the second quarter, just two years after experiencing historic losses, demonstrating yet again that the industry is defined by highs and lows that require big picture strategic planning to build a sustainable energy sector.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 20, 2022
Who Will They Blame Next For High Energy Prices?
The Biden administration and progressive Democrats continue to march down the oil and natural gas supply chain, pointing fingers and placing blame for high gasoline prices – all while calling for increased domestic production.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 14, 2022
As Fuel Prices Drive Record Inflation Numbers, Interior Secretary Says Department “Doesn’t Consider Cost” In Federal Oil and Gas Program
During a recent Senate Appropriations hearing, Interior Sec. Deb Haaland admitted that under her leadership, the Department of Interior does not consider rising energy costs in its decision making concerning the federal oil and natural gas program.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 12, 2022
EU Votes To Label Natural Gas As Climate-Friendly
Energy exports from the United States are securing Europe’s energy future and will only continue to grow following the European Parliament’s vote to classify certain uses of natural gas as a green, or a climate-friendly, energy source, in its taxonomy of sustainable activities.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 12, 2022
Biden Keeps Begging OPEC to Increase Oil Production While Slow Walking Domestic Development
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan took to the podium on Monday to preview President Biden’s upcoming trip to Saudi Arabia, making it clear that the administration will continue to plead with OPEC to increase oil production amid high gasoline prices as part of the discussions.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 8, 2022
‘Shockingly Naive Price Theory’: Media Blasts Biden White House for Dubious Gas Price Claims
The Biden White House has been under fire for months for making dubious claims about oil markets and why gasoline prices are so high.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 7, 2022
President Blames Retailers for Gas Prices While Undermining Offshore Oil Production
The cognitive dissonance is strong. In a late Friday afternoon, holiday weekend news dump, the Biden administration, after months of delay, finally released its draft of the Outer Continental Shelf five-year offshore leasing program – but made no guarantees that when the plan is finalized it would actually include oil and natural gas lease sales.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 1, 2022
Making History: U.S. LNG Outpaces Russian Natural Gas Via Pipeline in Europe
The United States made history last month: For the first time ever, the European Union is getting more liquefied natural gas from the United States than the natural gas it receives from Russia via pipeline.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 1, 2022
It’s ‘Early Summer’ Part Deux: Interior Fails to Deliver 5-Year Offshore Plan
For the first time in American history, the U.S. Interior Department has allowed the existing Outer Continental Shelf 5-year offshore leasing program to expire without having a new plan in place.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 1, 2022
First Biden Administration Onshore Lease Sales Bring In Nearly $22 Million
If there was any doubt that the U.S. oil and natural gas industry is interested in investing in increasing production on federal lands, it was laid to rest this week: Seventy percent of parcels offered received bids resulting in nearly $22 million during the first onshore sales to take place since early January 2021.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 30, 2022
New Gas Stove Study Finds Low VOC Levels, Doesn’t Assess Health Risks
A new study from an anti-natural gas activist group is high on scare tactics around gas stoves but acknowledges it found low levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and never assessed the actual risks, if any, to residents.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 29, 2022
Kayrros’s Satellite-Based Methane Emissions Data: Four Things to Know
Kayrros, a satellite data analytics firm, recently published research analyzing trends in methane emissions as observed from space. Kayrros’s report claims that U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 29, 2022
New Dallas Fed Survey Shows Production Increases, But Supply Chain and Political Challenges Persist
Oil and natural gas companies are expanding production activity at a robust pace despite supply chain disruptions and rising costs, according to the most recent Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas survey of energy executives.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 29, 2022
Where’s the Beef? Democratic Senators Want an Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Plan Without Any Lease Sales
In a letter to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, a group of Democratic U.S. senators don’t appear to understand the purpose of the five-year outer continental shelf oil and natural gas leasing program that’s required by law.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 24, 2022
Some Biden Administration Officials Are Going Off Script On Oil
Some Biden administration officials are coming forward to douse a healthy dose of reality on the rhetoric and mixed messages coming out of the White House that continues to blame U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 23, 2022
Democrats Call Out Biden Administration On Absurdity Of Reinstating Crude Oil Export Ban
Democrats from oil producing states are pushing back against the Biden administration’s prospective proposal to reinstate the crude oil export ban as a hopeful solution to bring down the price of gasoline for American consumers.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 23, 2022
Here’s What You Should Know Ahead of the Granholm Meeting On Gasoline Prices
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm will meet with energy leaders today to discuss solutions to lower record high gasoline prices. The meeting was prompted after President Biden sent a letter last week to companies where he blundered over refinery capacity and the media began calling out top Democrats over their mixed messages.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 21, 2022
What They’re Saying Ahead of Secretary Granholm’s Meeting With Refinery Leaders
On Thursday, Energy Sec. Jennifer Granholm will hold a meeting with leaders in the petroleum refining sector as prices at the pump recently hit a record high of $5 per gallon.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 20, 2022
CNN and CNBC Call Out Democrats Over Gasoline Prices and Energy Investment
Leading national media outlets just aren’t buying the spin from top Biden administration officials and Congressional Democrats on gasoline prices that recently hit a record high of $5 per gallon.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 20, 2022
Presidential Climate Envoy: “We Absolutely Don’t” Need More Drilling
The past week has been filled with President Joe Biden blundering over gasoline prices and refinery capacity, the Interior Department once again delaying federal lease sales, and a leading Democratic senator calling for tax increases on energy companies.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 17, 2022
New Furnace Rule Built On Unverified Cost Savings Claims
High efficiency natural gas furnaces could soon be on the chopping block if a proposed new rule from the Department of Energy is implemented.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 15, 2022
On Anniversary of Federal Lands Court Ruling, Biden Administration Delaying Oil and Natural Gas Lease Sales … Again
It has been a year to the day since a federal judge issued an injunction against the ban on oil and natural gas leasing on federal lands and ordered the Department of Interior to resume holding lease sales, and yet, no onshore lease sales have taken place.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 15, 2022
Biden Administration’s Latest Energy Blunder: Refinery Capacity
The Biden administration continues to show a lack of understanding on how energy markets work as the public calls for solutions to gasoline prices hitting a record high $5 per gallon nation average.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 15, 2022
Not How It Works: Some Democrats Continue to Think Higher Taxes Will Solve Rising Energy Prices
A top Democratic senator wants to increase taxes on American oil companies despite gasoline prices recently hitting a record high of $5 per gallon.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 13, 2022
Energy Companies Cite Boulder Climate Lawsuit In Asking SCOTUS To Resolve Jurisdictional Issues
Coming off a U.S. Supreme Court win last year, energy companies have once again petitioned the high court to resolve a key jurisdictional issue in the climate litigation campaign, this time citing the lawsuit filed by the City and County of Boulder and the County of San Miguel, which has struggled to build local support in the four years since it was filed.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 10, 2022
As Gasoline Prices Reach Record Highs, Biden Administration Continues to Send Mixed Messages On U.S. Energy Policy
If you’re scratching your chin over U.S. energy policy these days, you aren’t alone. The Biden administration has been sending mixed signals for months over how it will shape the future of domestic energy production and consumption.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 7, 2022
Biden Administration Continues To Show Lack of Understanding of Energy Markets
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg became the latest Biden administration official to display a stunning lack of awareness around how the oil and natural gas markets work during an interview Sunday on ABC News “This Week.”- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 6, 2022
The Nose Knows: Washington Post Fact Checks President Biden’s Utility Savings Statistics
The Washington Post is calling the White House to task for President Biden’s fantastical claim that his plan to fight inflation and reduce energy costs would save families $500 in annual utility savings.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 2, 2022
“Oil and Gas Threat Map” Offers No New Analysis, Only Fearmongering
The Oil and Gas Threat Map, a newly launched interactive map from two anti-fracking activist organizations, simply rehashes flawed research in an updated format.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 26, 2022
A Crude Oil Export Ban Would Hurt, Rather Than Help American Energy Consumers
With gasoline prices soaring, the Biden administration is scrambling to find a way to give Americans some relief at the pump—including bringing back a ban on crude oil exports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 24, 2022
White House Knows Increasing Oil Production is Popular Among Public – But Its Heart Isn’t Into It
In an odd turn of events this week, President Biden appeared to do a complete 180 from the previously stated White House position that the administration is using every tool in its toolbox to encourage increased U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 23, 2022
Polls Show Widespread Support for Pro-Domestic Energy Policies And Candidates That Back Them
Polling continues to show that Americans support increasing the production of U.S. natural gas to aid Europe and are more likely to vote for candidates that support robust domestic energy policies, as the energy crisis and rising inflation remain top of mind for voters.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 19, 2022