Feature Stories
Presidential Candidates Need to Get Honest About Natural Gas Benefits
August 15, 2019
With the race for the White House already at a fever pitch, it’s clear that candidates for the Democratic nomination are jockeying for the superlative of “Cares Most about the Environment.” And in doing so, there’s little doubt that every
Team of Scientists Study Water Reuse Options for Hydraulic Fracturing
August 13, 2019
Drilling a single oil or natural gas well with hydraulic fracturing requires between 1.5 to 16 million gallons of water. When the well starts flowing, the fluid that is brought back to the surface alongside the oil and gas is
The Great American Oil And Natural Gas Pipeline Boom
August 12, 2019
Despite some clickbait headlines trying to convince you otherwise, the U.S. oil and natural gas pipeline build-out continues apace This makes sense: since 2008, U.S. crude oil and gas production have respectively boomed 150 percent to 12.3 million b/d and
How Natural Gas Exports Are Giving America a Key Edge
August 6, 2019
According to a new report published by the International Energy Agency, the United States could become the world’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas as soon as 2024. Growing U.S. liquefied natural gas trade builds the domestic industrial sector and
Natural Gas is the ‘Real’ Green New Deal
August 5, 2019
Early this year, with great fanfare, several members of Congress proposed a “Green New Deal” to battle climate change through a rapid and drastic reduction in the production and consumption of fossil fuels. Specifically, the program called for eliminating pollution
Zero-carbon Natural Gas: Has a Texas-based Power Plant Solved the Challenge?
August 1, 2019
North Carolina-based Net Power has said its zero-carbon natural gas power plants, currently being demonstrated in Texas, will sell electricity for less than existing combined cycle facilities For some years now the idea of a zero-carbon natural gas power plant
The Texas Oil & Gas Association Providing Opportunities to Minorities
July 30, 2019
The Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA), a statewide trade association representing every facet of the Texas oil and natural gas industry including small independents and major producers, has for 100 years lived up to its mission of promoting a
The “Shale Survivors”
July 29, 2019
The “Oil Bust of 2014” took a heavy toll on the gas industry — 69 oil and gas producers with $34.3 billion in cumulative secured and unsecured debt went under. After share prices peaked in 2014, the oil bust wiped
TIPRO Commends President Trump for Supporting American Energy Dominance, Environmental Protections
July 29, 2019
At a July 8 ceremony in the East Room of the White House, President Donald Trump was joined by members of his cabinet to celebrate America’s leadership on environmental concerns. In the last 2 ½ years since President Donald Trump
More American LNG Set to Land in Glutted Gas Markets
July 23, 2019
Six decades after British Gas imported the world’s first seagoing cargo of liquefied natural gas from the U.S., the company’s successor is preparing to repeat the act, but with a whole different set of challenges. A global glut of LNG
