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You Oughta Know – Disputes, Disruptions Around FERC’s Rate Index Add to Industry Uncertainty

15 mins; November 04, 2025

Good Times? – The Golden Age E&Ps Hoped for Hasn’t Arrived, But Regulatory Reform Is Happening

11 mins; November 03, 2025

Touch of Grey – West Texas Gulf Pipeline Remains Integral to Energy Transfer’s Midstream Operations

11 mins; October 31, 2025

The Long And Winding Road – New Twist Adds Uncertainty to Auction for CITGO’s Three U.S. Refineries

14 mins; October 30, 2025

All We Are Saying ... Is Give (NESE) a Chance – Can Williams Finally Build Its New York City Pipeline?

11 mins; October 29, 2025

Sensitive Kind – Gas Producers Mitigate Sensitivity to Gas Price Volatility With More Aggressive Hedging

12 mins; October 28, 2025

Evolution – Henry Hub’s Growing Role as a Global LNG Benchmark

13 mins; October 27, 2025

You Need to Calm Down – Increasing Texas/Louisiana Production to Feed Ever-Growing List of LNG Plants

12 mins; October 24, 2025

All At Once – Producers Ramp Up Simultaneous Fracking, Triple Fracking to Increase Efficiency

11 mins; October 23, 2025

Going to California – Phillips 66, Kinder Morgan Plan New ‘Gateway’ to Move Refined Products West

10 mins; October 22, 2025

Rock and Roll All Nite, Part 2 – Still More Gulf Coast Natural Gas Storage Capacity Is on the Way

15 mins; October 21, 2025

Rock and Roll All Nite – The Gulf Coast’s Natural Gas Storage Buildout Party Continues

12 mins; October 20, 2025

Dare You to Move – Some Midstreamers Are More Willing to Take Chances

12 mins; October 17, 2025

Drifting – FERC Actions, Court Rulings on Key Rate Leave Oil Pipelines, Shippers Adrift in Stormy Seas

8 mins; October 16, 2025

Mustang Sally – Mustang Express Gas Pipeline to Help Feed Massive LNG Growth Near Sabine River

11 mins; October 15, 2025

One Way or Another – Kinder Morgan’s Options for Moving Bakken NGLs to Conway and the Gulf Coast

10 mins; October 14, 2025

Sensitive Kind – Assessing the Oil Price Sensitivity of U.S. E&Ps as EIA Forecasts a WTI Price Plunge

12 mins; October 13, 2025

Stayin’ Alive – Battling Through Tough Times, E&Ps Continue Pursuit of Scale and Fresh Inventory

11 mins; October 10, 2025

A Fragile Thing – Fire at Chevron’s El Segundo Refinery Shows Vulnerability of California Refining Sector

10 mins; October 09, 2025

Poker Face – Pipelines Bet They Can Slash Power Costs With Demand-Response Programs

13 mins; October 08, 2025

New Mexico – More on Sour-Gas-Related Assets in the Permian’s Northern Delaware Basin

10 mins; October 07, 2025

Got You All in Check – Ethane Pricing Dynamics Shift With Increased Exports

10 mins; October 06, 2025

New Mexico - Targa’s, Enterprise’s and MPLX’s Sour-Gas-Related Assets in the Northern Delaware

12 mins; October 03, 2025

16 Candles - Revisiting the Argus Sour Crude Index’s Role in U.S. Crude Pricing, Refining

12 mins; October 02, 2025

Things Have Changed - Rebound in U.S. Crude Exports Driven By Shifts in Production, Imports, Refinery Runs

10 mins; October 01, 2025

Sweet Virginia - Data Center Developers Still Eager to Call Virginia Home

12 mins; September 30, 2025

Evolution - How the Shale Boom Remade the Gas Market and Turned the U.S. Into a Major LNG Exporter

13 mins; September 29, 2025

Sweet Virginia - Data Center Developers Drawn to Virginia by Fiber-Optic Network, Low Power Prices

13 mins; September 26, 2025

Chances Are - Once Stuck in the Doldrums, Weather Derivatives May Have the Wind at Their Back

11 mins; September 25, 2025

Missing Piece - Natural Gas Pipeline Data is Crucial to Uncovering Critical Market Insights

10 mins; September 24, 2025

Evolution - How LNG Exports Came to Dominate U.S. Natural Gas, and Where the Market is Heading

10 mins; September 23, 2025

Louisiana Saturday Night - Meta's Massive Data Center Development Puts Focus on the Bayou State

11 mins; September 22, 2025

New Mexico - The Sour-Gas-Related Infrastructure of the Booming Northern Delaware Basin

12 mins; September 19, 2025

Return to Me - Increasing Gasoline Grade Differentials Draw Attention Back to the Octane Market

12 mins; September 18, 2025

Let's Wait Awhile - E&Ps Worried About Oil Prices Keep Spending in Check as Acquisitions Boost Output

15 mins; September 17, 2025

Apples and Oranges - In Midstream Space, a Medley of Natgas and Produced Water M&A and IPOs

11 mins; September 16, 2025

God Blessed Texas - Proposed Data Centers in Texas Would Be Enormous, But How Many Will Be Built?

11 mins; September 15, 2025

Don't Worry, Be Happy - NGL Markets Relying on the Permian Ask, What If Crude Production Is Peaking?

9 mins; September 12, 2025

Do Ya Think I‘m Waxy? - A New Drill Down Report on Waxy Crude Production in the Uinta Basin

9 mins; September 11, 2025

Get Together - Alberta Oil Sands Consolidation Fires Up With Cenovus-MEG Merger — Maybe!

15 mins; September 10, 2025

Unpredictable - U.S. Refiners Must Adapt to Complex, Shifting Forces to Thrive in Today's Market

10 mins; September 09, 2025

Go West - ONEOK Launches Open Season for Proposed Refined Products Pipeline to Phoenix

11 mins; September 08, 2025

Two of Us - U.S., Canadian Energy Market Connections More Critical Than Ever Amid Rapid Changes

11 mins; September 05, 2025

Won't Get Fooled Again - Forecasting Texas/Louisiana Data Center Demand for Natural Gas

15 mins; September 04, 2025

Zero Sum Game - U.S. E&Ps Tilt Cash Allocation to Maintain Solid Balance Sheets as Cash Flows Ebb

13 mins; September 03, 2025

Don't Stop Believin' - The Push to Enable Higher Appalachian Gas Flows Into North Carolina

11 mins; September 02, 2025

Climb Ev'ry Mountain, Encore Edition - WhiteWater Unveils Its Latest Permian-to-Gulf Project: Eiger Express Pipeline

12 mins; September 01, 2025

The Dog Days Are Over - U.S. Refiners Could Benefit from Struggles Refineries Are Facing Abroad

12 mins; August 29, 2025

Wrong Road Again - U.S. E&P Earnings Resume Slide in Q2 2025 After Promising Start to Year

12 mins; August 28, 2025

We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Upstream Divestitures in the Wake of Big-Dollar M&A

12 mins; August 27, 2025

By the Time I Get to Phoenix - Energy Transfer to Take Permian Gas West on Transwestern Expansion

10 mins; August 26, 2025

Climb Ev'ry Mountain - WhiteWater Unveils Its Latest Permian-to-Gulf Project: Eiger Express Pipeline

12 mins; August 25, 2025

What Happened in Wyoming - Crude Differentials Tighten at Guernsey as Demand Rises, Production Ebbs

11 mins; August 22, 2025

Finding My Way - Canada's Pitch on Data Centers Focuses on Hydropower, Natural Gas Resources

9 mins; August 21, 2025

Can't Hold Back - Cactus I and II Pipelines Remain Key to Corpus Christi's Role as Crude Export Hub

13 mins; August 20, 2025

Little Things Mean a Lot - Leak at ECHO Terminal Highlights Crude Market Sensitivity

11 mins; August 19, 2025

The Race Is On – The Efforts to Develop More Crude Oil Pipeline Capacity From Alberta to Cushing

9 mins; August 18, 2025

Anticipation - For Smaller Midstreamers, Betting on What's Needed Next Is the Key to Success

11 mins; August 15, 2025

Helter Skelter - Wave of LNG FIDs and Data Center Mania Spur a Flood of Gas Pipeline Projects

13 mins; August 14, 2025

Us and Them - U.S. Refiners to Remain Global Leaders, but Prospects Vary Widely by Region

16 mins; August 13, 2025

I Know Places - Tech Giants May Be the Surest Bets for Data Center Power Demand

15 mins; August 12, 2025

Let's Twist Again - Oil and Gas Companies Experiment With Twisty New Well Designs to Boost Output

11 mins; August 11, 2025

Tighten Up - The Stars Align and the Western Canadian Heavy/WTI Differential Narrows

12 mins; August 08, 2025

Turn The Page - Despite Trade Deal With EU, U.S. LNG Could Still Get Squeezed on Price, Volumes

11 mins; August 07, 2025

Just What I Needed - Tallgrass Follows Own Playbook in Converting Trailblazer Pipeline to CO2 Service

10 mins; August 06, 2025

I'm Still Standing - The San Juan Basin Has Seen Many Ups and Downs. Is Another Upturn Just Ahead?

11 mins; August 05, 2025

Take the Long Way Home - Enbridge's Oil Pipeline Expansions Likely to Spur More Projects Downstream

12 mins; August 04, 2025

We Built This City - MPLX Expands Its Permian-to-Gulf Network with Northwind Midstream Deal

10 mins; August 01, 2025

Smart Money - Strong Returns, Low Costs Attract Investors and Consolidators to Mineral/Royalty Firms

12 mins; July 31, 2025

West Texas Highway - Extensive Refining, Exports Make Houston a Prime Spot for Permian Crude

13 mins; July 30, 2025

Into the Void - More on the Permian's Still-Expanding Produced Water Infrastructure

12 mins; July 29, 2025

Two Countries, One Market - The Theme for RBN's 2025 School of Energy: You Ain’t Seen Nothin' Yet!

14 mins; July 28, 2025

Shake It Up - New Budget Bill Aims to Throttle Pace of EV Adoption, With Long-Term Consequences

11 mins; July 25, 2025

Options Open - Data Center Developers Increasingly Exploring Off-Grid Options for Power Generation

12 mins; July 24, 2025

Torn Between Two (Pipelines) - The Bakken Needs More Gas Takeaway. Which Project Will Advance?

10 mins; July 23, 2025

Shake, Rattle and Roll - Produced Water Volumes, Regulation and Innovation in the Permian

10 mins; July 22, 2025

Two Gunslingers - The Duel Over Moving Bakken Shale NGLs to Downstream Fractionators

13 mins; July 21, 2025

Where the Green (and Tall) Grass Grows - REX Pipeline's Evolution Continues With Possible New Permian Link

13 mins; July 18, 2025

Help Me, OBBBA - New Budget Law Boosts Carbon Sequestration, Enhanced Oil Recovery

14 mins; July 17, 2025

Changes - Future Looks Bright for CITGO's Three U.S. Refineries as Courtroom Drama Nears End

11 mins; July 16, 2025

Turn The Page - EU Efforts to Move Away from Russian Gas Add Uncertainty to Global LNG Market

11 mins; July 15, 2025

We're an American Band - Foreign Firms Step Up Investments in U.S. Production and Infrastructure

15 mins; July 14, 2025

My Way - ExxonMobil's Strategy for Wink to Webster Pipeline Enhances Control of Permian Crude

13 mins; July 11, 2025

Some Like It Hot - Geothermal Energy May Be Poised For Growth Thanks to Shale Drilling Advances

13 mins; July 10, 2025

Movers and Shakers - Midstreamers Using Acquisitions and Buyouts to Shake Up Their Portfolios

12 mins; July 09, 2025

Wish You Were Here - Delay to Dow's Alberta Cracker Expansion Creates Uncertainty for Energy Suppliers

14 mins; July 08, 2025

Don't Stop Believin' - Appalachia Gas Production Growth Tied to Takeaway Adds, In-Basin Power Needs

10 mins; July 07, 2025

Don't Stop Believin', Encore Edition - Data Centers, LNG Exports and Southeast Demand Key to Marcellus/Utica Growth

12 mins; July 04, 2025

Hot Stuff - With Cheniere's Midscale Expansion, the Future of U.S. LNG Looks Hotter Than Ever

12 mins; July 03, 2025

Don't Fence Me In - Keyera Goes Nationwide With Purchase of Plains Midstream Canada's NGL Business

13 mins; July 02, 2025

Don't Stop Me Now - FERC Actions Helping to Ease the Path Forward for Natural Gas Infrastructure

14 mins; July 01, 2025

Weapon of Choice - With Ethane as a Bargaining Chip, Energy Becomes a Weapon in Talks With China

11 mins; June 30, 2025

Double Trouble - EPA's RVO Proposal Would Raise Feedstock Prices, Compliance Costs

13 mins; June 27, 2025

Follow That Dream - Choice of Well Tubing Plays a Key Role as Horizontal Laterals Extend Their Reach

12 mins; June 26, 2025

Mission: Impossible? - E&Ps, Faced With a 'Final Reckoning,' Helped Save Themselves With Dividends

17 mins; June 25, 2025

Family Affair - Kinder Morgan Pipeline Projects to Boost Deep South’s Access to Appalachian Gas

10 mins; June 24, 2025

Fun, Fun, Fun - Even in a Market Rife With Uncertainty, Producers Continue Reshaping Their Portfolios

13 mins; June 23, 2025

You're Gonna Go Far - EPIC Crude Pipeline, Poised for Growth

11 mins; June 20, 2025

You've Got a Friend in Me, Encore Edition - Will Enbridge's Expansions Avert Another Canadian Oil Pipeline Capacity Crunch?

15 mins; June 19, 2025

Mr. Brightside - Sunoco's Acquisition of Parkland Will Give It Fueling Stations, Terminals and a Refinery

10 mins; June 18, 2025

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