RBN Energy Blogcast
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Win, Lose or Draw – Comparing Data Center Development Drivers Across Key States
13 mins; April 02, 2026
Save Room – More Natural Gas Storage Capacity Planned to Serve Gulf Coast LNG and Power Facilities
11 mins; April 01, 2026
Turn Me Loose – Where Western Canadian Crude Oil Goes and How it Gets There
14 mins; March 31, 2026
Stuck in a (Gulf) You Can’t Get Out Of – The Triple-Whammy Impacts of Iran War on Refined Products
14 mins; March 30, 2026
Rikki Don’t Lose That Number — ‘311’ Gas Transportation: What Is It, Why Is It, and How Does It Work?
11 mins; March 27, 2026
And the Thunder Rolls – Iran War Roils Pricing Just After U.S. E&P Returns Hit Four-Year Lows
15 mins; March 26, 2026
Turn Me Loose – How Pipeline Capacity Scarcity and Seasonality Have Impacted WCSB Crude Oil Prices
10 mins; March 25, 2026
Roundabout – More Canadian Heavy Crude Is Heading South – Likely Via the Rockies
15 mins; March 24, 2026
The Show Goes On – Plans for Venezuelan Revival Might Not Include its Long-Neglected Refining Sector
10 mins; March 23, 2026
Stuck in a (Gulf) You Can’t Get Out Of – Iran War Traps Propane and Refined Products in Persian Gulf
12 mins; March 20, 2026
Greenlight – How LNG Projects Really Get to FID and What it Takes to Be Part of the Gulf Coast Wave
16 mins; March 19, 2026
Me and Mrs. Jones – White House Issues Jones Act Waiver, But Market Impact Could Be Limited
13 mins; March 18, 2026
Big Time – Exchange of Barrels from U.S. SPR Would Drop Stocks to Lowest Levels Since the 1980s
15 mins; March 17, 2026
It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday – Upstream M&A Followed by Debt-Reducing Divestitures
12 mins; March 16, 2026
Two Sides of the Coin – U.S. E&Ps Increasingly See LNG as Way to Get a Piece of the Arbitrage Pie
14 mins; March 13, 2026
Where She Goes – How Gulf Coast Refiners and Their Partners Move Refined Products to Mexico
13 mins; March 12, 2026
Growing Sideways – E15 Plays Role in Summer Gasoline Debate, But Does Little to Boost Ethanol Demand
12 mins; March 11, 2026
Turn Me Loose – How Canadian Crude Oil Export Capacity Has Struggled to Keep Up With Production
12 mins; March 10, 2026
With a Little Help From My Friends – For the U.S. Refining Sector, ‘Energy Dominance’ Doesn’t Mean Going it Alone
12 mins; March 09, 2026
Save Room – Existing and Planned Natural Gas Storage Facilities in East Texas and West Louisiana
10 mins; March 06, 2026
Born To Be Wild – U.S. Propane’s Wild Journey from Lab Discovery to Vital Consumer Fuel
14 mins; March 05, 2026
How Soon Is Now – Short-Term Priorities Emerge as Global Demand for Natural Gas Heats Up
12 mins; March 04, 2026
Save Room – The Expanding Role of Natural Gas Storage in East Texas and West Louisiana
11 mins; March 03, 2026
Where She Goes – For Gulf Coast Refined Products, It’s Down to Mexico by Truck, Rail, Ship and Pipe
11 mins; March 02, 2026
Every Day I’m Shuffling – Changes at Houston, Corpus Christi Show How U.S. Crude Exports are Evolving
14 mins; February 27, 2026
You Go Your Way, I’ll Go Mine – Why Accounting Methods Matter. (No, Seriously, You Gotta Read This)
15 mins; February 26, 2026
Turn Me Loose – How Canada Became the World’s #4 Oil Producer
12 mins; February 25, 2026
Save Room – As LNG Exports and Haynesville Production Rise, Natgas Storage Takes Center Stage
15 mins; February 24, 2026
Key to the Highway – Pipeline Buildout Set to Unlock Permian Natural Gas Production Growth Later in 2026
11 mins; February 20, 2026
Into the Great Wide Open — Rising Northeast Texas Gas Supply and the Race to the Gulf Coast
13 mins; February 19, 2026
Round and Round – From Basic Repairs to Long-Term Investment, Many Steps Needed to Revitalize Venezuela’s Oil Industry
15 mins; February 18, 2026
Bright Side of the Road – Refiners Could Benefit from Dramatic Shifts Across U.S. Markets
14 mins; February 17, 2026
Why Can’t We Be Friends? – Proposed Refinery-Tax Law Pits Utah Against Its Neighbors
10 mins; February 13, 2026
Two Birds, One Stone – Efforts to Plug Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells Can Help Cut Methane Emissions Too
11 mins; February 12, 2026
Small Town – Mom-and-Pop Shops Remain the Heart of the Retail Propane Industry
11 mins; February 11, 2026
Fuel – The Pipelines, Tankers and Trucks That Move Refined Products to the Lower Half of PADD 1
12 mins; February 10, 2026
Florida!!! – The Sunshine State Is a Heavyweight in Natural Gas Consumption
12 mins; February 09, 2026
Happy Together – Natural Gas and Electric Power More Intertwined Than Ever; NPC Sounds the Alarm
17 mins; February 06, 2026
Safe and Sound – Midstreamers Stay Financially Stable Despite Reacceleration of Gas-Focused Capex
12 mins; February 05, 2026
Bits and Pieces – LNG Exports, Data Centers Have North American Natural Gas Poised for Rapid Growth
11 mins; February 04, 2026
(You Are My) Only One – For Devon and Coterra, a Permian Match Made in Hydrocarbon Heaven
10 mins; February 03, 2026
A Little Bit More – A Big Push Is On to Pipe More PADD 2 Refined Products East to PADD 1
11 mins; February 02, 2026
Watching the (Oil) Flow – Venezuela’s Heavy Oil Production Needs Diluent, Opening Market for U.S Suppliers
11 mins; January 30, 2026
Ka-Ching! – Electric Utility Balance Sheets Threatened by Record Debt from AI-Driven Capex
13 mins; January 29, 2026
When Love Comes to Town – Venezuelan Rebound Would Test Gulf Coast Refiners’ Affection for Canadian Crude
16 mins; January 28, 2026
The Boys Are Back in Town – Midland to Echo 2’s Return to Ease Permian Crude Tightness to Houston
12 mins; January 27, 2026
Southbound – New Pipelines Push More Haynesville Natural Gas South to Meet LNG Demand
11 mins; January 26, 2026
When I Need You – Europe Likely to Remain a Key Outlet for U.S. LNG as Exports Accelerate
13 mins; January 22, 2026
Private Dancers – Mexico’s Planned Gas-Fired Plants, LNG Export Capacity Driving Pipeline Projects
14 mins; January 21, 2026
What’s Up? - AltaGas Upsizes Midstream Infrastructure as Western Canadian NGL Production Hits Record High
11 mins; January 20, 2026
Orinoco Flow – Venezuela’s Prized Extra-Heavy Crude Oil Is Thick With Potential and Pitfalls
12 mins; January 19, 2026
Into the Great Wide Open — Technology, LNG Pull Gas Producers into High-Stakes Western Haynesville
13 mins; January 15, 2026
Private Dancers – Private-Sector Midstreamers Eye Expansions to Mexico’s Gas Pipeline Network
12 mins; January 14, 2026
When the Levee Breaks – Sliding Oil Prices Helped Make 2025 a Volatile Year for E&P Shareholders
12 mins; January 13, 2026
Private Dancers – Non-State Midstreamers Holding Their Own on Mexico’s Gas-Pipeline Dance Floor
11 mins; January 12, 2026
Mixed Signals – While Many U.S. Refiners Face a Gloomy Outlook, Things Look Brighter in PADD 3
11 mins; January 09, 2026
Taking Gas to the South on a Kosci Train – Boardwalk’s Kosci Junction to Reorder Deep South Gas Flows
13 mins; January 08, 2026
Hold On ... I’m Comin’ – Producers, Midstreamers Preparing for Rising Tide of Permian-Sourced NGLs
12 mins; January 06, 2026
GasCon Is the Best and the Rest Is All Drips – The Broad Impacts of NatGas’s Big Inflection Point
13 mins; January 05, 2026
The Top 10 Energy Prognostications for 2026 – Year of the Horse – Let’s Ride
17 mins; January 02, 2026
The Top 10 RBN Energy Prognostications – 2025 Scorecard
13 mins; January 01, 2026
Turn Around – By Balancing Risks and Rewards, Refiners Can Profit from a Well-Executed Turnaround
13 mins; December 31, 2025
Go Your Own Way – The Top 10 RBN Blogs of 2025
14 mins; December 30, 2025
Focus – Oil and Gas Producers Using M&A to Double Down on Primary Areas, Fine-Tune Portfolios
12 mins; December 29, 2025
Back to the Basics – Why the Return of the IEA’s Current Policies Scenario Matters
8 mins; December 26, 2025
Ain’t This The (Reserve) Life – E&Ps Struggle to Maintain Reserve Life Under the Cash-Return Model
13 mins; December 24, 2025
Back in the Saddle – Gulf of Mexico Oil Production Nears New High, But Will Growth Continue?
12 mins; December 23, 2025
Happy Together – A Renewed Push for Tighter Gas-Electric Coordination as Potential Crises Loom
14 mins; December 22, 2025
Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now - Will There Be a New Oil Pipeline from Alberta to Canada’s West Coast?
13 mins; December 19, 2025
Stand By Me – E&Ps Foresee Little Change in Capex Plans, But Production Continues To Grow
13 mins; December 18, 2025
Best of Intentions – One State’s Drive to Slash GHGs Slams Into Reality, and Sends a Warning to Others
12 mins; December 17, 2025
Tequila Sunrise – Basin and Sunrise Pipelines Remain a Key Part of Plains’ Permian Operations
13 mins; December 16, 2025
Eye of the Eiger – Plan to Expand Eiger Express Gas Pipeline Shows Confidence in Growth Scenario
13 mins; December 15, 2025
Glory Days – Which Bakken Operators Have the Biggest Inventories of Top-Tier Drilling Sites?
10 mins; December 12, 2025
Popular – U.S. E&Ps Continue to Maintain Investor Support Despite Commodity Price Plunge
13 mins; December 11, 2025
Take Me Home, Country Roads – With M&A, Antero Homes In on West Virginia and Exits Ohio
12 mins; December 10, 2025
Can’t Hold Back – More Permian Barrels Headed to Corpus Christi, Nederland as Pipelines Thrive
10 mins; December 09, 2025
Suspicious Minds – Separating Hype from Reality on Data Center Power Demand
14 mins; December 08, 2025
Glory Days – With Most of Its Best Well Sites Already Drilled, Are the Bakken’s Best Days Behind It?
11 mins; December 05, 2025
Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now – Elliott Affiliate Amber Energy Gets Green Light to Buy CITGO Refineries
13 mins; December 04, 2025
It’s The Same Old Song – Cost Cutting Sustains E&P Earnings Amid Continuing Commodity Price Volatility
15 mins; December 03, 2025
Where the Sour Turns to Sweet – Targa Continues Its Sour-Gas Expansion With Stakeholder Deal
10 mins; December 02, 2025
Ghost Train — Phillips 66 Sees Efficiencies at the Sweeny Complex
12 mins; December 01, 2025
I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do) – Angst Over EU’s Methane Regs Heats Up as Phase-In Period Looms
10 mins; November 28, 2025
Don’t Stop Believin’ – A Drill Down Report on Marcellus/Utica Gas Production and Pipeline Egress
11 mins; November 26, 2025
Float On – Coming Wave of LNG Supplies More Likely to Produce a Rising Tide Than a Cataclysm
12 mins; November 25, 2025
Stitches – Piece by Piece, Permian Express Has Evolved Into a Midstream Standout for Energy Transfer
11 mins; November 24, 2025
Frustrated – Complex Projects, Unpredictable Events Make Adding Refining Capacity a Global Challenge
14 mins; November 21, 2025
Got My Mind Set On You – U.S. Plans for Alaska Part of Larger Focus on Expanding Arctic Development
11 mins; November 20, 2025
Let’s Get It Started – Enbridge In Early Stages of Major Crude Oil Pipeline Expansion Program
10 mins; November 19, 2025
Till There Was You – Ovintiv Ramps Up Montney Exposure with Acquisition of NuVista Energy
12 mins; November 18, 2025
Yes We Can – Western Canada’s NGLs Growth Gets a Boost with NorthRiver Midstream’s BC Pipeline
10 mins; November 17, 2025
Frustrated – Hurdles at Dangote, Dos Bocas Show Challenges in Adding to Global Refining Capacity
12 mins; November 14, 2025
In Spite of Ourselves – Backlog for Carbon-Capture Projects Grows Despite Efforts to Speed Permitting
13 mins; November 13, 2025
Every Rose Has Its Thorn – Poor Performance in the Petrochemical Industry Affecting Earnings
10 mins; November 12, 2025
One Thing Leads to Another – Refined Products Projects Out West Will Impact Markets in Several PADDs
10 mins; November 11, 2025
Stronger – Midstream M&A Slows as Companies Focus on Buying and Selling Specific Assets
12 mins; November 10, 2025
More! More! More! – Propane Oversupply Meets Potential Natural Gas Shortfall: Market Implications
15 mins; November 07, 2025
Full Speed Ahead – Plains Expands Wellhead-to-Water Connectivity by Securing 100% of EPIC Crude
10 mins; November 06, 2025
Started From the Bottom – Merger of SM Energy and Civitas Resources Will Propel Them Higher
12 mins; November 05, 2025