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Upside Down - Feedstock Choices, Subsidies Can Significantly Swing Renewable Diesel Margins
May 09, 2024
Corpus Christi Bay - How Deepwater Crude Export Projects May Impact Corpus Pipelines, Terminals
May 08, 2024
Look What You Made Me Do - Cut in Mexican Crude Exports Has U.S. Refiners Looking for Alternatives
May 07, 2024
Slow Down - Combination of Factors Pull U.S. Crude Oil Exports Back From Record Highs
May 06, 2024
Replace Me - E&Ps' 2023 Organic Reserve Replacement Metrics Weaken, Spurring M&A Consolidation
May 03, 2024
Almost There - Nigeria's Dangote Refinery Likely Facing A Long, Slow Ramp-up
May 02, 2024
Thinking Out Loud - What Might Be the Timing and Scope of the Ramp Up of Gas into LNG Canada?
May 01, 2024
When Worlds Collide - U.S. Gulf Coast Refiners Face Challenges to Accessing Heavier Crude Oil
Apr 30, 2024
Glimpse of the Future - Upcoming W2W Maintenance Will Tighten Permian Oil Takeaway, Wreak Havoc on Prices
Apr 29, 2024
You Light Up My Life - Long-Duration Energy Storage to Play Critical Role in Renewables Buildout, Grid Reliability
Apr 26, 2024
China In Your Hand - Evolving LNG Market Could Mean Major Changes for China's Big Three
Apr 25, 2024
Dark Horse - Sentinel Midstream's Texas GulfLink Emerges as Serious Contender in Export Terminal Race
Apr 24, 2024
Oceanfront Property - Gauging the Promise of the Newly Announced DeLa Pipeline
Apr 23, 2024
This Must Be the Place - Enbridge Expands Corpus Christi Assets to Bolster Crude Exports
Apr 22, 2024
If You've Got the Money, Honey - Investors Rewarded with Strong Returns Despite Dip in E&P Cash Flows
Apr 19, 2024
Upside Down - Renewable Diesel Boom Sets Off Aftershocks in Soybean Oil, Used Cooking Oil Markets
Apr 18, 2024
Here I Go Again - Pemex's Dos Bocas Refinery Still Facing the Startup Blues
Apr 17, 2024
Texas Hold 'Em - Permian Pipeline Takeaway Constraints Loom As Basin's Oil Output Grows
Apr 16, 2024
Take Me to the Water - New JV's Focus Is Moving Permian Natural Gas to LNG Export Terminals
Apr 15, 2024
(The EPA) Drives Me Crazy - New U.S. Rule on Tailpipe Emissions Conflicts With Energy Reality
Apr 12, 2024
Unintended Consequences - Plan to Boost E15 Gasoline Will Have Big Impact on Refiners, Retailers, Drivers
Apr 11, 2024
Leader of the Pack - Deepwater Port License in Hand, Enterprise's SPOT at Front of Export Terminal Race
Apr 10, 2024
Johnny B. Goode - Capital Discipline Resurrected E&Ps; Could Producers Now Backslide to 'Drill Baby Drill'?
Apr 09, 2024
Patience - Navigating the Permitting Hurdles in a Race to Build the Next Deepwater Crude Oil Export Project
Apr 08, 2024
Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves - Short-Side Portfolio Players Seek to Turn the Tables on LNG Trade
Apr 05, 2024
Good Enough - Most E&P 2023 Profits Dip To Solid Levels After Record 2022 But Gas Producers Struggle
Apr 04, 2024
Bringing Waxy Back - Uinta Basin Waxy Crude on a Roll as Gas Takeaway Constraints Are Dealt With
Apr 03, 2024
The Weight - Explaining the Bump in Heavier Crude Oil Production in Texas, New Mexico and North Dakota
Apr 02, 2024
Wasting Away Again in Butane Blendingville - Making the Most of Butane in the Gasoline Pool
Apr 01, 2024
Don't Blame Me - What's Causing Negative Gas Prices in the Permian and How Long Will They Last?
Mar 29, 2024
Fear and Loathing, Encore Edition - With Brutally Bearish Fundamentals, How Low Could Natural Gas Prices Go?
Mar 29, 2024
I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine - From Texas to the Northeast, Power Grids Prep for Total Eclipse
Mar 27, 2024
Are You Gonna Go My Way - U.S. LNG Projects Face Steep Challenges in Replacing Coal Abroad
Mar 26, 2024
Walls - U.S. Sees 45V Tax Credit Clearing the Way for Clean Hydrogen, But Barriers Remain
Mar 25, 2024
For Whom the Pipeline Tolls - Approval of Enbridge Mainline Tolls Locks In Years of Shipping Cost Certainty
Mar 22, 2024
Hello Darkness, My Old Friend - Is the Global LNG Market Headed for Oversupply and Lower Prices?
Mar 21, 2024
Traveler - Supply/Demand Trends That Spurred a Gulf Coast Ethylene-to-Alkylate Project Hold Strong
Mar 20, 2024
Gulf Coast Time - Making the Case for Deepwater Crude Export Projects
Mar 19, 2024
Show Me the Way - Methane Intensity and the Sourcing of Natural Gas for LNG Exports
Mar 18, 2024
Come Dancing - Which Permian Gas Pipeline Projects Have the Best Chance to Cut Down the Nets?
Mar 15, 2024
Electric Avenue - In Efforts to Bolster Power Grid, ERCOT Seeks to Balance Reliability, System Cost
Mar 14, 2024
Call and Answer - Trading Evolves as U.S. Crude Exports Secure Place in Global Marketplace
Mar 13, 2024
Dance With the One That Brought You - E&Ps Trim 2024 Capex, Stalling Growth to Prioritize Free Cash Flow and Returns
Mar 12, 2024
Tijuana Taxi - New Gas Pipelines From the Permian to Northwest Mexico Are Needed to Meet Demand
Mar 11, 2024
The Long Way Around - For U.S. Exporters, Avoiding Panama, Suez Canals Comes at a Cost
Mar 08, 2024
A Change Would Do You Good - Industry Groups Pitch Plenty of Alterations to Hydrogen’s 'Three Pillars'
Mar 07, 2024
Ordinary Average Guy - EIA's Latest Approach to Weather Modeling Promises Forecast Improvements
Mar 06, 2024
California Sunset - Scale, Shifting Focus to CCS Drive California Resources/Aera Energy M&A
Mar 05, 2024
Just in Time - Chesapeake Counters Gas-Price Nadir With Output Slash, Innovative Inventory Build
Mar 04, 2024
Fear and Loathing - With Brutally Bearish Fundamentals, How Low Could Natural Gas Prices Go?
Mar 01, 2024
Even Flow - How Operational Flow Orders Help the Natural Gas Market Stay in Balance
Feb 29, 2024
Reelin' in the Years - The Next Decade of the Natural Gas Market Balance
Feb 28, 2024
He Is Not Yet Dead - Louisiana Court Ruling Gives Formosa Petchem's Sunshine Project a Ray of Hope
Feb 27, 2024
Off To The Races - Sentinel-ExxonMobil JV Could Mean Big Things for Louisiana's Raceland Hub
Feb 26, 2024
Kick Out the Jams - The U.S. NGL Production, Fractionation and Export Juggernaut Rolls On
Feb 23, 2024
Gimme Three Steps - Additionality Rules Throw a Monkey Wrench Into Plans for Hydrogen Scale-Up
Feb 22, 2024
Wind of Change - Reliability Efforts, Renewables Help ERCOT Tame Cold Snaps Three Years After Uri
Feb 21, 2024
Follow Your Arrow - How Plaquemines LNG Will Impact Gas Availability in Southeast Louisiana
Feb 20, 2024
We Just Disagree - Our Contrarian Take on Refining Capacity, Product Demand and Other Matters
Feb 16, 2024
My Aim is True, Encore Edition - New LNG Export Capacity Upends Texas/Louisiana Natural Gas Fundamentals
Feb 16, 2024
How Do You Like Me Now? - Who Are the Winners and Losers With Biden's LNG Permitting Pause?
Feb 15, 2024
Top of the World - Is 2023 the Peak for Re-Exports of Canadian Heavy Crude Oil from the Gulf Coast?
Feb 14, 2024
You Belong With Me - Diamondback/Endeavor Duo Challenges Taylor and Travis for Couple-of-the-Year Honors
Feb 13, 2024
Catch A Wave - Texas GulfLink, Bluewater Texas Hoping to Catch Next Wave of U.S. Crude Exports
Feb 12, 2024
Ahead of Ourselves? - Will There Be Enough Gas to Fill Mexico's New Pipelines to the Yucatán?
Feb 09, 2024
Gimme Three Steps - Clean Hydrogen Rules on Deliverability to Pose New Challenges for Producers
Feb 08, 2024
Another BRRIC in the Wall - Baton Rouge Refinery Set to Access More Crudes, Boost Exports After Modernization
Feb 07, 2024
Heat of the Moment - High Gas Production, Historically Low Heating Demand Keep a Lid on Prices
Feb 06, 2024
Keep on Dancing - Exploring the Drivers of Burgeoning Upstream Consolidation
Feb 05, 2024
Smack Dab in the Middle - Williams Acquires Gas Storage Near the Heart of LNG Export Demand
Feb 02, 2024
Start Me Up - Biden Administration Using Billions to Kick Domestic Battery Production Into High Gear
Feb 01, 2024
Take Five - Gauging the Impact of the DOE's Pause in LNG Export Licenses
Jan 31, 2024
Not Giving In - Is the G-7's Price Cap on Russian Crude Oil Exports Having Its Intended Effect?
Jan 30, 2024
Back on the Borderline - Canada's Natural Gas Market Remains Mired in Oversupply at Midwinter
Jan 29, 2024
My Aim is True - New LNG Export Capacity Upends Texas/Louisiana Natural Gas Fundamentals
Jan 26, 2024
House of the Rising SUN - Sunoco LP's $7.3 Billion Deal to Acquire NuStar Energy
Jan 25, 2024
Welcome to the Future - With Tier 3 Costs Sky-High, U.S. Refiners Consider Investments, Alternatives
Jan 24, 2024
Take Control - More States Seeking Primacy Over CO2 Injection Wells to Bypass EPA Backlog
Jan 23, 2024
Deep Water - Blue Marlin Offshore Port Stays in the Export Race with a Little Help from TotalEnergies
Jan 22, 2024
Down in Mexico - New Pipelines and Power Plants Spur Ever-Higher Natural Gas Exports to Mexico
Jan 19, 2024
Gimme Three Steps - Clean Hydrogen Rules Focus on 'Three Pillars,' Strict Approach to Hourly Matching
Jan 18, 2024
Take It to the Limit - Bakken Production Growth Will Soon Test Infrastructure Limitations
Jan 17, 2024
On The Hunt - Trans Mountain Expansion Will Pose a Test for U.S. Refiners in Need of Barrels
Jan 16, 2024
Finally - After a Long Courtship, Gas-Focused Chesapeake and Southwestern Put a Ring On It
Jan 15, 2024
Remove This Doubt, Encore Edition - High Court Ruling in 'Chevron Deference' Challenge Could Upend Energy Regulations
Jan 15, 2024
Shall We Gather At The River - Distinguishing Gas Gathering Pipelines From Transmission And Why It Matters
Jan 11, 2024
Texas on My Mind - Acquisition of Callon Petroleum Gives APA Much Deeper Roots in the Permian
Jan 10, 2024
Someday We'll Be Together - Consolidation Trend Expands to the Gas Compression Services Sector
Jan 09, 2024
Shock to the System - Alberta's Ethane Demand to Soar with Approval of New Dow Ethane Cracker
Jan 08, 2024
Remove This Doubt - High Court Ruling in 'Chevron Deference' Challenge Could Upend Energy Regulations
Jan 05, 2024
For the First Time in Forever - Trinity Constructing First Greenfield Gas Storage Project in Many Years
Jan 04, 2024
Down To The Waterline - Michigan Gives Line 5 a Nudge, But Pipeline Still Ensnared by Controversy
Jan 03, 2024
Let's Make a Deal - More on What Happens Behind the Scenes in Gas Pipeline Rate Cases
Jan 02, 2024
Top 10 RBN Energy Prognostications for 2024: Year of the Dragon - Breathing Fire?
Jan 01, 2024
Let's Make a Deal, Encore Edition - How Gas Pipeline Rates Are Really Set and Why You Should Care
Jan 01, 2024
The Top 10 RBN Energy Prognostications - 2023 Scorecard
Dec 28, 2023
On The Road Again - The Top 10 RBN Blogs of 2023: What It Takes to Move Energy Supplies to Market
Dec 27, 2023
First I Look at the Purse, Part 2 - A Look at Total Shareholder Returns for Gas-Focused and Diversified E&Ps
Dec 26, 2023
First I Look at the Purse - 2023 Shareholder Returns Rise for Gas-Focused E&Ps; Others Fare Less Well
Dec 22, 2023
Get Ready, Encore Edition – Growth in NGL Production and Exports Drives Continued Build-Out of NGL Networks
Dec 22, 2023
Empty Spaces - The Strategic Petroleum Reserve Is Slowly Being Refilled. How Much Is Enough?
Dec 21, 2023
Let's Make a Deal - How Gas Pipeline Rates Are Really Set and Why You Should Care
Dec 20, 2023
Welcome to the Future - High Cost of Gasoline Sulfur Specification Tests Refiners, Analysts
Dec 19, 2023
Against the Wind - Capline's Volumes Making Strides Two Years After Reversal, But Headwinds Remain
Dec 18, 2023
Beautiful Texas - Kinder Morgan Builds a South Texas Gas Network Aimed at Mexico, LNG Exports
Dec 15, 2023
Time Has Come Today - How Will EPA's Methane Rule Impact the Certified/Differentiated Gas Market?
Dec 14, 2023
Something's Gotta Give - Five Ways the Market Could React to Surging Renewable Diesel Output, RIN Generation
Dec 13, 2023
Chasing the Crown - Our Take on Occidental's Planned $12 Billion Acquisition of CrownRock
Dec 12, 2023
Can't Get Enough - Gulf Coast LPG Export Dock Capacity Maxing Out; What Happens to U.S. Markets?
Dec 11, 2023
Take It Easy - E&P Shareholder Returns Stall Despite Higher Cash Flows As Caution Prevails
Dec 08, 2023
End Game - Targeted Approach Could be Key to Success for Carbon-Capture Pipeline Projects
Dec 07, 2023
Cold As Ice - Pending Closure of Everett LNG Terminal Poses Challenge for New England Gas Supply
Dec 06, 2023
Love is a Battlefield - U.S. Push to Decarbonize Playing Out Very Differently from State to State
Dec 05, 2023
Signs of Life, Part 2 - Transco Corridor Expansions Give Appalachian Gas Producers a Way Out
Dec 04, 2023
Don't Give Up - Amidst a Production Revival, the Offshore Gulf of Mexico Faces New Challenges
Dec 01, 2023
Welcome to the Future - Sulfur Credit Investments Pay Off 10-Fold for Forward-Looking Refiners
Nov 30, 2023
Time Has Come Today - Utilities, Other Natgas Buyers Dip Toes in Certified/Differentiated Gas Market
Nov 29, 2023
Train Kept A-Rollin' - For Florida, a Proposed 'Rolling Pipeline' for Refined Products
Nov 28, 2023
We Won't Get Fooled Again - Polar Vortex 2013-14 Propane Market Chaos and What It Means Today
Nov 27, 2023
Baby Come Back - Oil and Gas Producers' Earnings Rebound in Q3 After a Five-Quarter Slide
Nov 24, 2023
Get Ready - Growth in NGL Production and Exports Drives Continued Build-Out of NGL Networks
Nov 23, 2023
It's a Gas Gas Gas, Encore Edition - High-Nitrogen Permian Natural Gas Mucks Up Texas Gulf Coast LNG Feedgas
Nov 23, 2023
You Can't Hurry Love - Moving Away From Coal, Can Michigan Add Renewables Fast Enough?
Nov 21, 2023
Signs of Life - Williams's Transco Corridor Expansions Give Appalachian Gas Producers a Way Out
Nov 20, 2023
I Wish It Would Rain - Mayhem in LPG Export Market as Drought Cuts Panama Canal Traffic
Nov 17, 2023
Just Dropped In - Renewable Naphtha Likely to Play Increasing Role in Decarbonization Efforts
Nov 16, 2023
Same Ol' Situation - Will the TMX Project Narrow the Price Discount for Western Canada's Heavy Oil?
Nov 15, 2023
Let It Grow - Midstream Business Strategies Differ Depending on Their Corporate Structure
Nov 14, 2023
Get Ready - Enterprise's Multifaceted Plan for Dealing With the Coming Deluge of Permian NGLs
Nov 13, 2023
Let It Grow - Midstream Companies Revamp Their Strategies to Reflect Changing Times
Nov 10, 2023
When The Wind Blows - Offshore Wind Stung By Project Cancellations, But Progress Can Be Seen Too
Nov 09, 2023
Roamin' Thru the Gloamin' With 40,000 Headmen and Headwomen - Inside the RBN Blogosphere
Nov 08, 2023
Time Has Come Today - Wide Range of Producers Lining Up to Prove Their Natgas Is 'Low-Emissions'
Nov 07, 2023
Same Ol' Situation - Why Western Canada's Heavy Oil Discount Has Widened Again
Nov 06, 2023
You Got Lucky - Mild Summer Saves West Coast Gas Market ... This Time
Nov 03, 2023
Every Step of the Way - Phillips 66's NGL Network from the DJ, Permian and Eagle Ford to the Coast
Nov 02, 2023
How Soon is Now? - Financing, Tariffs, Prices Complicate the Path to FID for LNG Export Projects
Nov 01, 2023
New York State of Mind - New York Will Need Unprecedented Increase in Wind, Solar to Hit 2030 Target
Oct 31, 2023
Rock and a Hard Place - Fierce Opposition, Lack of Regulatory Framework Squeeze CO2 Pipeline Projects
Oct 30, 2023
Time Has Come Today - Are We Entering the Age of Certified/Differentiated Natural Gas?
Oct 27, 2023
OMG - The Build-Out of Permian Gas Processing Capacity Isn't Over, Not by a Long Shot
Oct 26, 2023
Surprise, Surprise - Chevron Shuns Permian for $60 Billion Grab of Guyana-Focused Hess
Oct 25, 2023
Which Way Does That Old Pony Run? - Clean Energy Booms in Texas, But Oil and Gas Still Critical
Oct 24, 2023
Let's Work Together - Midstream Companies Combining to Gain Scale, Fill in Asset Gaps
Oct 23, 2023
Squeeze Box - Shifting Natural Gas and Power Market Fundamentals Driving Storage Values
Oct 20, 2023
Over The Hills and Far Away - Canada's 'Carbon-Price' and Its Impacts on Production and Refining
Oct 19, 2023
The Contenders - Department of Energy Follows its Blueprint in Selection of Clean Hydrogen Hubs
Oct 18, 2023
Still Not Dead - Petra Nova Restart Provides an Intriguing Test Case for Carbon-Capture Technology
Oct 17, 2023
One Step Ahead - Clean Ammonia Production Planned at Leading Deepwater Ammonia Terminal
Oct 16, 2023
Take Me to the Top - ExxonMobil Soars to #1 in the Permian in Largest Ever U.S. Upstream Deal
Oct 13, 2023
Total Eclipse of the Heart - 'Ring of Fire' Eclipse to Stress Power Grids from California to Texas
Oct 12, 2023
Just One More - How New England Would Benefit From a Gas Pipeline Expansion
Oct 11, 2023
Takin' Care of Business - Strong Crude Oil Prices Driving Robust Canadian M&A Activity
Oct 10, 2023
We Can Work It Out - Appalachia Gas Basis Outlook in a Pipeline-Constrained World
Oct 09, 2023
Feed Me - U.S. LNG Feedgas Demand Has Additional Upside Beyond New Capacity
Oct 06, 2023
Bigger - A New Report on Upstream Consolidation in the Permian and Other Key Plays
Oct 05, 2023
The Heat Is On - Is the U.S. Northeast in for a Supply-Challenged, High-Price Heating Season?
Oct 04, 2023
Connection - Surging Hydrocarbon Production Increasingly Links U.S. to Global Markets
Oct 03, 2023
Don't Get Me Wrong - Are Government Forecasts Underestimating Gas Burn for Power?
Oct 02, 2023
Replace Me - Gas-Focused Producers' Strong, Profitable Reserve Growth Tested by Recent Price Plunge
Sep 29, 2023
The Contenders - Mississippi Clean Hydrogen Hub Banks on Off-Grid Renewables, Salt-Dome Storage
Sep 28, 2023
It's a Gas Gas Gas - High-Nitrogen Permian Natural Gas Mucks Up Texas Gulf Coast LNG Feedgas
Sep 27, 2023
I Can See Clearly Now - E&Ps Slow Capex Growth Amid Talk of Cost Deflation in 2024
Sep 26, 2023
I Want to Take You Higher - How Much Will the Midland-Houston WTI Price Spread Widen as Oil Flows Shift?
Sep 25, 2023
Burn On - Spurred by Interest From Japan and South Korea, Clean Ammonia Projects Proliferate
Sep 22, 2023
Freeze Frame - California Pauses Shift from Natural Gas Amid Concerns About Power Shortages
Sep 21, 2023
Bottoms Up - E&P Profits Hit Two-Year Low, But Rising Prices Are Improving Outlook
Sep 20, 2023
Need You Now - New Developments in Bakken Crude Oil Production and Dakota Access Pipeline Drama
Sep 19, 2023
When the Wind Blows - Potential Project Cancellations Highlight Difficulties for Offshore Wind
Sep 18, 2023
Hold the Line - Has the Natural Gas Market Averted an Injection Season Meltdown?
Sep 15, 2023
One Way or Another - E&Ps Are Taking Different Approaches to Getting Bigger
Sep 14, 2023
Replace Me - Diversified E&P Reserve Growth Driven by Acquisitions After Tepid Organic Additions
Sep 13, 2023
Ready For It? - Permian Basin Production Growth Drives NGL Pipeline Buildout
Sep 12, 2023
Squeeze Box - Storage Values Are Making a Comeback; But Will a Capacity Build-Out Follow?
Sep 11, 2023
After the Gold Rush - E&Ps Assume Debt to Sustain Shareholder Returns as Cash Flow Falls
Sep 08, 2023
Please Don’t Go - What About Using Some Permian Gas Locally to Make Gasoline, SAF and Power?
Sep 07, 2023
The Contenders, Part 4 - Unveiling the Full List of Survivors of the DOE's Hydrogen Hub Cutdown
Sep 06, 2023
Carefree Highway - Canadian Crude 'Re-Exports' from the USGC Surge on Pipeline Access, Overseas Demand
Sep 05, 2023
One Week - A Record Seven Days for Gulf Coast Crude Exports, and a Lot More
Sep 01, 2023
O Ye'll Take the High Road and I'll Take the Low Road, Encore Edition - Exploring Two Potential Paths for Natural Gas Markets
Aug 31, 2023
Baby the RINs Must Fall, Part 3 - Examining the Odds and Timing of a Potential RINs Price Crash
Aug 31, 2023
Time Has Come Today - Is Responsibly Sourced Natural Gas About to Take Center Stage?
Aug 30, 2023
Bring It On Home, Part 2 - MVP Optimism Spurs Williams/Transco Gas Midstream Expansions
Aug 29, 2023
Eat or Be Eaten - Yet Another Round of E&P Consolidation in the Permian and Eagle Ford
Aug 28, 2023
O Ye'll Take the High Road and I'll Take the Low Road - Exploring Two Potential Paths for Natural Gas Markets
Aug 25, 2023
We've Only Just Begun - Carbon Capture Faces Several Challenges To Wider Commercialization
Aug 24, 2023
Replace Me, Part 2 - Metrics Favor Large Oil-Focused Shale Producers in Race to Replenish Reserves
Aug 23, 2023
Make That Connection - Understanding North American Crude Oil Markets in the Export Era
Aug 22, 2023
Bring It On Home - Southeast Gas Midstream Expansions Heat Up As MVP Regains Traction
Aug 21, 2023
I'm a Believer - U.S. Refiners Stand to Benefit from Longer Reliance on Liquid Fuels, Limited Global Capacity Additions
Aug 18, 2023
Building the Perfect Beast - Energy Transfer Continues Its Expansion With Crestwood Deal
Aug 17, 2023
King Creole, Part 3 - Venture Global Becomes LNG Leader as Calcasieu Pass Commissioning Drags On
Aug 16, 2023
Bill and Todd's Excellent Propane Adventure - Where the Market Stands as Heating Season Looms
Aug 15, 2023
The Payback - Canadians 'Avenge' Keystone XL Loss With Takeover of Top U.S. Crude Export Terminals
Aug 14, 2023
Replace Me - E&Ps Grapple With Replacing Oil and Gas Reserves in Challenging, Uncertain Times
Aug 11, 2023
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Hydrogen's Colors Hog the Spotlight, but Tax Credit Puts Focus on Carbon Intensity
Aug 10, 2023
We're Gonna Make It - Clean Methanol Gains Momentum as a Shipping Fuel of the Near-Future
Aug 09, 2023
Easier Said Than Done - Permitting for Energy Projects Proves to Be a Delicate Balancing Act
Aug 08, 2023
You've Got Another Thing Comin', Part 2 - Trans Mountain Expansion Faces More Logistical Challenges
Aug 07, 2023
They Work Hard for the Money - The Latest Trends in Setting Oil and Gas Companies' Executive Pay
Aug 04, 2023
Smoke on the Water - As IMO Targets Additional Emissions Reductions, LNG Carriers Play a Role
Aug 03, 2023
Nothing Compares 2 U - Enterprise's NGL and Petchem Distribution and Export Machine
Aug 02, 2023
You Never Even Called Me by My Name - 'NYMEX WTI' Is Not WTI: The Battle Over Crude Oil Quality
Aug 01, 2023
Money For Nothing - Competition Heats Up for Margin-Boosting Oil and Gas Mineral Rights
Jul 31, 2023
I Was CCS When CCS Wasn't Cool - Carbon Capture Spurs ExxonMobil's Denbury Acquisition
Jul 28, 2023
Baby the RINs Must Fall, Part 2 - Will a RIN Price Crash Make a Mess in the Renewable Diesel Market?
Jul 27, 2023
Fly Me to the Moon - Ethane Prices Rocket into Space, then Crash to Earth on Tuesday. What Happened?
Jul 26, 2023
50 Ways to Leave (Louisiana) - Pipeline Expansions Key to Unlocking the Second Wave of LNG Exports
Jul 25, 2023
The Equaliser - Canadian Gas Market Slowly Rebalancing Thanks to Improved Exports, Less Production
Jul 24, 2023
Say You'll Be There - How Much Longer Can Shale Support U.S. Oil and Gas Production?
Jul 21, 2023
You've Got Another Thing Comin' - How Will Steeper Tolls on Trans Mountain Impact Crude Flows?
Jul 20, 2023
... Ready for It?, Part 4 - Enterprise's NGL Transportation, Storage, Fractionation and Export Machine
Jul 19, 2023
Fuel Rollercoaster - Anticipating the Twists and Turns Ahead in U.S. and Global Product Markets
Jul 18, 2023
Better Together - Energy Industry Finds Strength, Better Credit Ratings in Post-Pandemic Consolidation
Jul 17, 2023
King Creole - Can Anyone Challenge Cheniere as the King of U.S. LNG?
Jul 14, 2023
Fight Song - An Epic Battle Brews Over the Mountain Valley Pipeline Project
Jul 13, 2023
Connection, Part 2 - Could EVs Someday Help Tame California's Troublesome 'Duck Curve'?
Jul 13, 2023
We Are the World – Midland WTI Surging into the Brent Market. What Does It Mean for Brent? For Midland WTI?
Jul 12, 2023
Join Together - Mastering Oil, Gas and NGL Market Links Is Key to Surviving New Era in Energy
Jul 11, 2023
... Ready for It?, Part 3 - Permian Production Boom Drives Build-out of Targa's NGL Network
Jul 10, 2023
You Really Got Me - FERC Crude Oil Pipeline Tariffs Jump Again, With Differing Impacts on Customers
Jul 07, 2023
Baby the RINs Must Fall - A Decade After the 'Big Bang,' Are RIN Prices Headed for a Crash?
Jul 06, 2023
Swap It Out - Decoding Corpus Christi and MEH Export Hub Crude Price Differentials
Jul 05, 2023
Under Pressure - What's Shrinking the Medium and Heavy Sour Crude Discounts, and What's Next?
Jul 04, 2023
Deeper and Deeper, Encore Edition - Corpus Christi Channel Dredging Is Poised to Boost Oil Export Economics
Jul 03, 2023
Don't Pass Me By - With Many Steps Required, Mining Projects Face Trickiest Path to Approval
Jun 30, 2023
I Walk the Line - The New Appalachian Gas Producer Playbook in a Pipeline-Constrained World
Jun 29, 2023
Iron Man - Iron Content In Some Permian Crude Oil Affects Entire Value Chain
Jun 28, 2023
... Ready for It?, Part 2 - Midstream Giants Prepare for More NGLs Bound for Export Docks
Jun 27, 2023
Let's Dance - Public Non-Op E&Ps Emerge as New Source of Permian Consolidation Funding
Jun 26, 2023
Burning Down the House - Wildfires, Pipeline Maintenance Punish Western Canadian Gas Production
Jun 23, 2023
It's Not Enough, Part 2 - Sustainable Aviation Fuel Can Only Fly With More Incentives
Jun 22, 2023
Deeper and Deeper - Corpus Christi Channel Dredging Is Poised to Boost Oil Export Economics
Jun 21, 2023
Locked In - Enbridge Poised for Success Following Mainline Tariff Settlement as TMX Startup Looms
Jun 20, 2023
Rescue Me - Debt-Ceiling Deal Remakes NEPA, Shows a Path to Further Permitting Reforms
Jun 15, 2023
I Need You, Encore Edition – U.S. Crude Oil and Refined Products Exports Are Driven by Production Growth
Jun 15, 2023
Slip Sliding Away - E&Ps Face Tougher Decisions About Allocating Dwindling Free Cash Flow
Jun 15, 2023
Things Have Changed - As U.S. Oil Production and Exports Rise, Midstream Players Seek an Edge
Jun 14, 2023
It's Not Enough - SAF Production Will Need More Than the IRA Tax Credit to Really Take Off
Jun 13, 2023
King Creole - The 'Big Three' of U.S. LNG Look to Press Their Advantage, Push More Projects to FID
Jun 12, 2023
... Ready for It? - Midstream Giants Prepare for More NGLs Bound for Export Docks
Jun 09, 2023
What I Like About Texas - E&P Consolidation Continues in the Permian and Eagle Ford
Jun 07, 2023
(Gulf) Deep, Mountain High - The Race to Build Texas's First Offshore Crude Export Terminal
Jun 06, 2023
Rescue Me - Could the Fiscal Responsibility Act Really End Mountain Valley Pipeline's Troubles?
Jun 05, 2023
Don't Pass Me By, Part 3 - For Wind and Solar Projects, Permitting Battles Increasingly Turn Local
Jun 02, 2023
Can't Help Falling in Love - Hawaii Finds the Move Away from Fossil Fuels is Easier Said Than Done
Jun 01, 2023
Wrecking Ball - Plunging Natural Gas Prices Spur Continued Decline in E&P Earnings in Q1 2023
May 31, 2023
O Captain! Mercaptan! - As Crude Oil Exports Grow, the Mercaptans Issue Can't Be Ignored
May 30, 2023
Burnin' For You - The Impact of Coal- and Gas-Fired Generation Shifts on Summer Natural Gas Prices
May 27, 2023
Proud Mary, Encore Edition - Crude Oil Export Volumes Will Drive U.S. Production Growth
May 26, 2023
Rocky Mountain High - Chevron's $7.6 Billion Deal for PDC Energy Highlights Rich Rockies Cash Flows
May 25, 2023
I Need You - U.S. Crude Oil and Refined Products Exports Are Driven by Production Growth
May 24, 2023
The Price is Right - North America Crude Oil Price Differentials Explain and Foretell Market Shifts
May 23, 2023
I Wanna Dance With Somebody - What's Driving the Energy Industry's Latest Cycle of Consolidation?
May 22, 2023
Call Me NAESB - Clash Over Force Majeure in the Natural Gas Industry's Master Sale and Purchase Agreement
May 19, 2023
Tulsa Time - Does ONEOK's Magellan Deal Give It Enough Scale and Permian Presence?
May 18, 2023
Don't Pass Me By, Part 2 - TransWest Express Shows Challenges in Building Long-Distance Transmission
May 17, 2023
Life in the Fast Lane - New DOE Rule Changes Push LNG Projects to Move Fast or Get Left Behind
May 16, 2023
It's All Part of a Bigger Plan - The Case for Energy Transfer's Blue Marlin Crude Oil Export Project
May 15, 2023
The Debt I Owe - U.S. E&P Debt Ratios Indicate Resilience to Credit Market Volatility
May 12, 2023
Stranded - Bitcoin Mining and ChatGPT Can Help Reduce Gas Flaring ... Wait, What?
May 11, 2023
Synchronicity, Part 2 - Canadian Heavy Oil Prices Increasingly Linked to Global Oil Market Developments
May 10, 2023
Gotta Get Over, Part 5 - The Race to Debottleneck Louisiana Feedgas Routes: Pre-FID Projects
May 09, 2023
Spread It Around - E&Ps Provided Record Shareholder Returns in 2022 But Eye a Leaner 2023
May 08, 2023
It’s Time, Part 3 - Partners in Clean Ammonia Projects Eye Billions in Federal Tax Incentives
May 05, 2023
Synchronicity - Canadian Heavy Oil Prices Increasingly Align With Other North American Trading Hubs
May 04, 2023
May Exports Be With You - Crude Oil Export Volumes Will Drive U.S. Production Growth
May 03, 2023
It's a Mystery - Why Did Propane Production Sag, and When Is It Coming Back?
May 02, 2023
Over the Hills and Far Away, Part 2 - Trading Carbon Across the Atlantic
May 01, 2023
It's Time, Part 2 - Federal Incentives, Rising Demand Spur a Slew of U.S. Clean Ammonia Projects
Apr 28, 2023
Name Game, Part 3 - The IRA's Sourcing Rules Chart a Narrow Path to Full EV Tax Credits
Apr 27, 2023
Gotta Get Over, Part 4 - TC Energy's Gillis Access to Help Shape Louisiana's LNG Market
Apr 26, 2023
Walking Contradiction - The Import-Export Mismatch and What it Means for U.S. 'Big 3' Production
Apr 25, 2023
I Am a Rock - Building Toward Another Revival of Canada's East Coast Oil Production
Apr 24, 2023
Money's Too Tight (To Mention) - For LNG Developers and Sponsors, It's a Tricky Path to Reach FID
Apr 21, 2023
It's Time - Huge Incentives, Rising Demand Drive Boom in Clean Ammonia Project Development
Apr 20, 2023
Growing Up - Their Finances Now Stronger Than Ever, E&Ps Assess What's Ahead
Apr 19, 2023
Take Me to the Top - Will Another Big-Money Deal Take ExxonMobil to #1 in the Permian?
Apr 18, 2023
Now It's Gone, Gone, Gone, Part 2 - To Replace Russian Products, Europe Turns to Asia, Mideast
Apr 14, 2023
Just the Two of Us, Part 5 - Energy Transfer Steps Up Its Permian Game With Lotus Midstream Deal
Apr 14, 2023
Cover Me - With Methane Emissions, Solutions Can Be As Tricky to Pin Down As the Problem Itself
Apr 13, 2023
Dock of the Bay - A Revolution in U.S. Crude Oil and Petroleum Product Export Markets
Apr 12, 2023
Let's Go Crazy - Ovintiv Doubles Down on the Permian's Midland Basin
Apr 11, 2023
Shake It Up - Why SPOT Will Change Everything in the U.S. Crude Oil Export Market
Apr 10, 2023
Go All the Way - Proposed Pipelines Would Land Permian Natural Gas on LNG Terminals' Doorstep
Apr 07, 2023
Trading in the USA, Encore Edition - Pulling Back the Curtain on North America's Crude Oil Trading Market
Apr 07, 2023
Ebb and Flow - Commodity Pricing Currents Trigger Significant Regional Shifts in 2023 E&P Investment
Apr 05, 2023
Now It's Gone, Gone, Gone - U.S. Crude Oil Helps Replace Russian Barrels in Europe
Apr 04, 2023
The Contenders, Part 3 - LIGH2T Hydrogen Hub Seen as Platform for Industrial-Scale Decarbonization
Apr 03, 2023
Trading in the USA - When Price Does Not Matter: Exchange Trading, Differentials, and the Cash Roll
Mar 31, 2023
It Don't Come Easy, Part 3 - In Quest to Lower Methane Emissions, Picking the Right Technology is Key
Mar 30, 2023
Downhill Lullaby - E&Ps Reap Record 2022 Profits, But Eroding Q4 Returns Harken a Less Idyllic 2023
Mar 29, 2023
Don't Pass Me By - Plans for Energy Development Largely Rest on Fate of U.S. Permitting Reform
Mar 28, 2023
Price Tag - European Commission Seeks to Add Transparency to LNG Market, Prevent Price Spikes
Mar 27, 2023
Trading in the USA - Pulling Back the Curtain on North America's Crude Oil Trading Market
Mar 24, 2023
Slow It Down - U.S. E&Ps Temper 2023 Capex Increases After Aggressive Late-'22 Investment Spurt
Mar 23, 2023
From Here to There to You - Enbridge's Heavy- and Light-Oil 'Supersystems' to Texas's Gulf Coast
Mar 22, 2023
Homegrown - Could Canada's Emerging Renewable Diesel Production Replace U.S. Imports?
Mar 21, 2023
Hard Habit to Break - How Will EPA's Plan for Year-Round E15 Sales in Eight States Play Out?
Mar 20, 2023
Gotta Get Over, Part 3 - Gas Pipeline Projects Targeting Southeastern Louisiana LNG Export Demand
Mar 17, 2023
Over the Hills and Far Away - Greenhouse Gases and the Refining Industry
Mar 16, 2023
Just a Little Bit Better, Part 2 - HIF Global Advancing Plans for First World-Scale eFuels Plant
Mar 15, 2023
Hazy Shade of Winter - European Gas Markets Avoided Mayhem This Winter, But Challenges Remain
Mar 14, 2023
Come Back Song, Part 2 - Frenzy of Eagle Ford M&A Continues as E&Ps Enter, Expand or Exit
Mar 13, 2023
It Don't Come Easy, Part 2 - Oil, Gas Operators Face Mounting Pressures Around Methane Emissions
Mar 10, 2023
The Price You Pay - How Much Will Price Impact Future U.S. Crude Production Growth?
Mar 09, 2023
What's Your Name - Explaining the EIA's Huge Unaccounted Crude Oil Imbalances
Mar 08, 2023
Sail Away - Supply/Demand Imbalances Will Make the U.S. a Leading Exporter of RD and SAF
Mar 08, 2023
The Heat Is On - Is New England Headed for an Electricity Supply Crisis?
Mar 07, 2023
Gotta Get Over, Part 2 - Southwest Louisiana Gas Pipeline Projects Targeting LNG Export Demand
Mar 06, 2023
Square One, Part 4 - Drilling and Completion Set the Stage for Hydrocarbon Production
Mar 03, 2023
Where're You From, You Waxy Thing, Part 2 - Uinta Basin’s Gas-Egress Dilemma Clouds Forecast
Mar 02, 2023
Like a Rolling Stone - With Sanctions in Place, Russia's Oil-and-Refining Sector Faces a Slow, Steady Decline
Mar 01, 2023
Houston Bound - Permian Crude Oil Flows Shifting from Corpus Christi to Houston
Feb 28, 2023
Gotta Get Over - The Race to Debottleneck U.S. LNG Feedgas Routes
Feb 27, 2023
It Don't Come Easy - As Focus on Methane Intensifies, Companies Face Key Challenges, Questions
Feb 24, 2023
Still Not Dead - Petra Nova's New Lease on Life a Critical Test for Carbon-Capture Technology
Feb 23, 2023
Man in the Mirror - Oilfield Service Results, Projections Reflect E&P Spending Patterns
Feb 22, 2023
I Believe in Miracles ... Where're You From, You Waxy Thing - Uinta Basin's Waxy Crude Is on a Roll
Feb 21, 2023
The Future's So Bright, Encore Edition - What's Ahead for Refined Products in the U.S. and Abroad
Feb 20, 2023
Name Game, Part 2 - When it Comes to Forecasting the IRA's Full Impact, the Devil’s in the Details
Feb 17, 2023
Sooner or Later - The Crude Oil Pipelines to Corpus Christi Are Filling Up. What Happens Then?
Feb 16, 2023
Wouldn't It Be Nice - British Columbia's Montney Gas Play Revived with New First Nations Agreement
Feb 15, 2023
The Future's So Bright - What's Ahead for Refined Products in the U.S. and Abroad
Feb 14, 2023
The Final Countdown, Part 2 - RBN's Five-Year Natural Gas Market Outlook
Feb 13, 2023
The Longest Time - For Carbon-Capture Projects, Storage Risks Require Decades of Monitoring
Feb 10, 2023
Should I Stay Or Should I Go - Will Asia Start Pulling Large Volumes of LNG Away From Europe?
Feb 09, 2023
The Contenders, Part 2 - To Survive DOE's Hydrogen Hub Cutdown, Certain Factors May Prove Critical
Feb 08, 2023
Less Than You Think - New White House Guidance on Environmental Policy Might Have a Limited Effect on FERC
Feb 07, 2023
What's It All About, Alky?, Part 3 - For Refiners, Are There Viable Alternatives to HF Alkylation?
Feb 06, 2023
Just a Little Bit Better - 'Electrofuels' Could Play a Role in Decarbonizing Transportation
Feb 03, 2023
Two of Us - Portfolio Players Take on Critical Roles in Rapidly Commoditizing Global LNG Market
Feb 02, 2023
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger - Permian M&A Widening the Gap Between Major and Minor Players
Feb 01, 2023
The Final Countdown - Bearish 2023 Gas Market Punctuates Last Throes of Shale Era Abundance
Jan 31, 2023
Money, Money, Money - Canadian Gas Producers Pivoting Toward Greater LNG Price Exposure
Jan 30, 2023
Whiskey Rock-A-Roller - Jack Daniel's and Jim Beam Will Drink to This: It's Time to Make RNG
Jan 27, 2023
Breaking the Chains, Part 4 - Credit System Provides U.S. Refiners a Way Around Tier 3 Specifications
Jan 26, 2023
Everything's Gonna Be Alright - Colorado E&Ps Learn to Deal with State's Tougher Rules
Jan 25, 2023
Calling the Shots - Exports Are Now the Driving Force in U.S. Crude, Gasoline and Distillate Markets
Jan 24, 2023
Music is Love - U.S. LNG, Underground Storage Help Save Europe From Another Tough Winter
Jan 23, 2023
Stuck in the Middle With You, Part 2 - U.S. Outlines Criteria for Direct Air Capture Hubs
Jan 20, 2023
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet - Ethane Exports Driving Surge in Production and Infrastructure
Jan 19, 2023
Over, Under, Sideways, Down - Energy Transfer's Gulf Run Pipeline Expands Critical Louisiana LNG Feedgas Corridor
Jan 18, 2023
The Contenders - What We Know of the Secret List of Survivors of DOE’s Hydrogen Hub Cutdown
Jan 17, 2023
Top 10 RBN Energy Prognostications for 2023, Encore Edition – Year of the Rabbit
Jan 16, 2023
Breaking the Chains, Part 3 - Tier 3 Gasoline Specs Can Handcuff Production, But Refiners Have Options
Jan 13, 2023
I've Come To Expect It From You - The 2023 Outlook for Permian Gas and Oil Markets
Jan 12, 2023
What's It All About, Alky?, Part 2 - Could a Proposed EPA Rule Spur More Refinery Closures?
Jan 11, 2023
When the Levee Breaks - Why U.S. Natural Gas Liquids Production is Surging
Jan 10, 2023
Ruby, Ruby, When Will You Be Mine - Tallgrass Bid Breathes New Purpose into Languishing Ruby Pipeline
Jan 09, 2023
It’s Growing - E&Ps' Investment Likely to Accelerate in 2023 After Steady Rise Through 2022
Jan 06, 2023
If You’re Gonna Play in (South) Texas - You Gotta Have This Map in Your Hands
Jan 05, 2023
Out of This World – Latest Cold Blast Sets New Records for the Canadian Gas Market
Jan 04, 2023
Top 10 RBN Energy Prognostications for 2023 - Year of the Rabbit
Jan 03, 2023
The Top 10 RBN Energy Prognostications - 2022 Scorecard
Jan 02, 2023
I Want Security, Yeah - The Top 10 RBN Blogs of 2022: All About Energy Security
Dec 30, 2022
Cover Me, Part 4 - EPA Proposal Brings Third Parties into Fight Against Methane 'Super-Emitters'
Dec 29, 2022
Money - Shareholder Returns Reach Record Levels in Q3 as E&Ps' Cash Generation Remains Strong
Dec 28, 2022
We Three Kings - Is U.S. LNG Development Cornered by the Big Three Developers?
Dec 27, 2022
You’re the Ones That I Want, Encore Edition – DOE Is on Its Way to Selecting Hydrogen Hub ‘Winners’
Dec 26, 2022
Don't It Make My Gray Methanol Blue? - Blue Hydrogen, Blue Ammonia, and Now Blue Methanol
Dec 23, 2022
I Need You - FERC's New Spire STL Decision Helps Secure Future of Key Gas Infrastructure
Dec 22, 2022
Where It's At, Part 2 - Timing Is Everything for Gulf Coast Gas Producers, LNG Offtakers
Dec 21, 2022
You're the Ones That I Want - DOE Is on Its Way to Selecting Hydrogen Hub 'Winners'
Dec 20, 2022
Jump In The Line, Part 5 - Sempra Will Soon Expand its LNG Export Capacity with Port Arthur LNG
Dec 19, 2022
Ghosts of Pipelines Past and Future - Beleaguered Appalachian Gas Pipelines Would Reduce Emissions
Dec 16, 2022
Walk on the Wild Side - The Refining Sector's Volatility Isn’t Over. It’s Just Beginning
Dec 15, 2022
Wild, Wild West - Natural Gas Price Blowouts Signal Worsening Westbound Supply Constraints
Dec 14, 2022
Safety Dance - Is It Too Soon to Celebrate Comfortable Winter Propane Market Conditions?
Dec 13, 2022
Not What I Had in Mind - Are Canadian E&Ps Struggling to Meet the Rising Need for Oil Sands Diluent?
Dec 12, 2022
Breaking the Chains, Part 2 - Tier 3 Gasoline Mandate Tests Refiners, U.S. Octane Production
Dec 09, 2022
Cruisin' - Natural Gas Producers Shine In Another Sterling Quarter for U.S. E&Ps
Dec 08, 2022
Crash and Burn - Why Did the Frac Spread Collapse? And What's Next?
Dec 07, 2022
Southbound - What's Ahead for the Recently Reversed Capline Crude Oil Pipeline?
Dec 06, 2022
What’s It All About, Alky? - How Refiners Would Be Impacted by EPA’s Proposed Rule on HF Alkylation
Dec 03, 2022
Connection - Vehicle-to-Grid Technology Could Make EVs an Asset to the Power Grid
Dec 02, 2022
Land of Confusion - Counterintuitive Premises at Heart of Debate Over RINs Policy
Dec 01, 2022
Sunny in Seattle - Prolific Renewables Are Key to Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub Plans
Nov 30, 2022
Where It's At - More Gulf Coast LNG Export Capacity Is on Its Way. Where Will the Feedgas Come From?
Nov 29, 2022
Big Gun, Part 5 - British Columbia's Montney Gas Well Performance Continues to Soar
Nov 28, 2022
Why, Encore Edition - What's Throwing the Distillates Market Out of Whack?
Nov 25, 2022
Sitting on Top of the World, Encore Edition - Targa Built a Leading Midstream Platform in the Permian. What’s Next?
Nov 24, 2022
Green Light - Oil Giants, Utilities and Private Equity Scoop Up Renewable Natural Gas Assets
Nov 23, 2022
Buy Me a Boat - Will the Gulf Coast Soon Be Home to Floating LNG Export Capacity?
Nov 22, 2022
Monaca - How Shell's New Steam Cracker Is (and Isn’t) Impacting Northeast NGL Markets
Nov 21, 2022
Breaking the Chains - Steady March Higher for Octane Prices Driven by Demand, Tighter Supplies
Nov 18, 2022
We Got the Power - With New Reliability Rules, Is Texas Ready for an Extreme Uri-Like Winter?
Nov 17, 2022
Searchin' - EOG Again Seeks to Build Its Oil and Gas Inventory Organically, This Time in the Utica
Nov 16, 2022
Come Back Song - Does a Slew of M&A and Drilling Activity Signal a Rebound in the Eagle Ford?
Nov 15, 2022
The Mississippi, She’s A-goin' Dry - Low Water Levels Pinch Midwest Condensate Takeaway
Nov 14, 2022
Straighten Up and Fly Right - Mega Rule Puts All Gas-Gathering Pipelines Under Federal Scrutiny
Nov 11, 2022
The Big Bang Theory, Part 2 - A Decade After 'RINsanity,' Markets Not Immune to Future Price Shocks
Nov 10, 2022
Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Will Emissions Limits Force Canadian E&Ps to Reduce Production?
Nov 09, 2022
Taxman - Frustration Over Gasoline Prices Revives Calls for a Questionable 'Fix'
Nov 08, 2022
Keep It Comin' Love, Part 3 - Outlook for Permian Gross Gas Production vs. Processing Capacity
Nov 07, 2022
Cover Me, Part 3 - U.S. Embraces Multifaceted Approach to Combat Methane Emissions, Advance Clean-Energy Goals
Nov 04, 2022
Sitting on Top of the World - Targa Built a Leading Midstream Platform in the Permian. What's Next?
Nov 03, 2022
Rocky Mountain Way - Can Clean Hydrogen Help Replace Coal in the Rockies?
Nov 02, 2022
Why - What's Throwing the Distillates Market Out of Whack?
Nov 01, 2022
Closing Time - Growing LNG Flotilla Has Big Implications for European Gas Market
Oct 31, 2022
Stuck in the Middle With You - Hubs Seen as Critical Part of Carbon Capture's Evolution
Oct 28, 2022
Roller Coaster - Another Wild Ride for Western Canadian Select-WTI Differentials
Oct 27, 2022
With a Little Help From My Friends, Part 2 - U.S. Lithium Production and Processing Projects
Oct 26, 2022
Forever and for Always, Part 3 - Alberta Advances Multiple Carbon Storage Hubs
Oct 25, 2022
Philadelphia Freedom - Could a New LNG Export Terminal Be Coming to the Marcellus/Utica's Backyard?
Oct 24, 2022
The Big Bang Theory - Lessons from the RINs Price Spike of 2013 And Why They Still Apply
Oct 21, 2022
Keep It Comin’ Love, Part 2 - Permian Crude Leads Growth, But Will Gas Processing Capacity Keep Up?
Oct 20, 2022
West Texas in My Eye - Diamondback Doubles Down (Again) on the Permian With FireBird Deal
Oct 19, 2022
Heartland - Clean Hydrogen Hub Plans Taking Shape in the Midwest and Great Plains
Oct 18, 2022
With a Little Help From My Friends - Can the U.S. and Its Allies Break China's Stranglehold on EV Batteries?
Oct 14, 2022
Square One, Part 3 - Seismic Surveys and Well-Site Prep Set the Stage for Drilling
Oct 14, 2022
And So it Goes - ERCOT, Texas Regulators, Permian Gas Supply, LNG and the Energy Transition
Oct 13, 2022
Keeps Getting' Better, Part 2 - Project Eyes Using Ethanol to Make Bioethylene, Renewable Alkylate, SAF
Oct 12, 2022
Keep It Comin' Love – Permian Crude Leads Growth, But Will Gas Processing Capacity Keep Up?
Oct 11, 2022
Dizzy - U.S. LNG Feedgas Volumes Swing Wildly Ahead of Peak Winter Demand
Oct 10, 2022
Everything - Appalachian Hydrogen Hub May Have It All, Including Support from a Key Senator
Oct 07, 2022
Brine of the Century - Alberta Ramping Up Efforts to Produce Lithium from Oil and Gas Well Brine
Oct 06, 2022
Road to Nowhere, Part 2 - Oil Prices Have Moved Lower With SPR Releases, But Production Still Lags
Oct 05, 2022
One Shining Moment, Part 3 - As Interest in EVs Spikes, Revised Tax Credit Boosts Plans for U.S. Production
Oct 04, 2022
Almost Heaven - EQT Acquisitions Boost Its Role in West Virginia Gas, NGL Markets
Oct 01, 2022
Square One, Part 2 - Preparations for Drilling Begin with Highly Detailed Leasing Process
Sep 30, 2022
Cover Me, Part 2 - Inflation Reduction Act's New Methane Charge Takes Aim at Emissions
Sep 29, 2022
Halo - Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas Push for Regional Hydrogen Hub as DOE Plan Advances
Sep 28, 2022
Jump In The Line, Part 4 - NextDecade Eyes FID on Rio Grande LNG Project with Carbon Capture
Sep 27, 2022
(LNG) Will Never Do Without You - Louisiana Gas Pipeline Projects Key to Unlocking More U.S. LNG Exports
Sep 26, 2022
You've Got a Friend in Me - Enbridge Makes a Major Investment in Canada’s Woodfibre LNG
Sep 23, 2022
The Hard Way Every Time, Part 2 - In G-7's Plans for Price Cap, Punishing Russia is Easier Said Than Done
Sep 22, 2022
Beyond the Sea - Is Europe Ready for a Winter Without Russian Gas?
Sep 21, 2022
No Easy Way Out - Changes to Global Refining Industry Fueled by Pandemic, Economics
Sep 20, 2022
Long Story Short - Natural Gas Production Hits 100 Bcf/d, But Is No Match for Record Demand
Sep 19, 2022
Misunderstanding Part 4 - A New Perspective on RINs: The Tax-and-Subsidize Interpretation
Sep 16, 2022
Simply Unaffordable - How Sky-High Natural Gas Prices Affect International Gas Markets
Sep 15, 2022
Move It On Over, Part 3 - Refined Product Price Spreads Spur Pipeline Projects in PADDs 2, 3 and 4
Sep 14, 2022
The Way She Moves, Part 3 - The Process, Quirks and Idiosyncrasies of U.S. Natural Gas Pricing
Sep 13, 2022
Can't You See - Big Changes Happening Below the Surface in U.S. Crude Export Markets
Sep 12, 2022
Ventura Highway - Is a DOE-Backed Clean Hydrogen Hub in California’s Future?
Sep 09, 2022
Keeps Gettin' Better - Stars Aligning as Gulf Coast Ethylene-to-Alkylate Project Advances
Sep 08, 2022
Keep Holding On - Is Alaskan Crude Oil Production on the Verge of Bouncing Back?
Sep 07, 2022
Move It On Over, Part 2 - Piping Refined Products from the Midwest to the East Coast
Sep 06, 2022
Way Down in the Hole, Encore Edition - Incentives, Technology Have Carbon Capture Poised for Global Breakout
Sep 05, 2022
Lublin on the Edge, Part 2 - To Counter Russia, Europe Needs to Integrate Its Far-Flung Natural Gas Networks
Sep 02, 2022
Two Shots of Happy - E&P Shareholders Reap Soaring Returns While Producers Boost Cash Balances
Sep 01, 2022
Way Down in the Hole - Incentives, Technology Have Carbon Capture Poised for Global Breakout
Aug 31, 2022
I Go to Extremes - The Non-Canadian Factors Behind the Latest Widening of the WCS-WTI Price Spread
Aug 30, 2022
See the Sky About to Rain - Atlantic Hurricane Forecasts Signal Havoc for Gas Shoulder Season
Aug 29, 2022
Thunderstruck, Part 2 - Producers of Renewable Diesel, Sustainable Aviation Fuel to Gain from New Climate Bill
Aug 26, 2022
Too Low for Zero - Canadian Natural Gas Prices Experience Another Collapse, Record Discounts
Aug 25, 2022
Camelot - E&Ps Bask in Soaring Second-Quarter Profits on Surging Gas and Oil Prices
Aug 24, 2022
Gulf Coast Highway, Part 3 - Corpus Christi's Case for Becoming a Clean Hydrogen Hub
Aug 23, 2022
Blurred Lines - As the U.S. Races Toward 30 Bcf/d of LNG Exports, What Could it Mean for Upstream Markets?
Aug 22, 2022
Way Down in the Hole, Part 11 - Carbon Capture Gets a Big Boost in Biden's Climate Bill
Aug 19, 2022
If I Could Change the World - Growing Crude Oil Export Volumes Reshape Domestic and Global Markets
Aug 18, 2022
Good Thing - High-Grading Crude Oil Production Assets to Reduce GHG Emissions
Aug 17, 2022
Spread Your Wings - Devon Energy Investing in Broad-based 'Portfolio Renewal'
Aug 16, 2022
Always on My Mind - Global Refining Capacity Set to Grow, But U.S. Gains Will Be Negligible
Aug 15, 2022
Square One - To Understand the Hydrocarbon Value Chain, Start With The Basics
Aug 12, 2022
Do You Believe in Brent After WTI? - Implications of Adding WTI to the Dated Brent Price Assessment
Aug 11, 2022
Keep This Party Going - The Expansion of Permian Gas Infrastructure Is Far From Over
Aug 10, 2022
If You Leave Me Now - The Impacts of Banning U.S. Exports of Crude Oil and Refined Products
Aug 09, 2022
Here Comes the Sun? - Is the Gulf of Mexico Poised for a Run of Crude Oil Production Growth?
Aug 08, 2022
The Name Game - Democrats' Bill Touts Fight Against Inflation, but Real Focus is Clean Energy
Aug 05, 2022
Way Down in the Hole, Part 10 - Can the Carbon-Capture Industry Grow as Quickly as It Needs To?
Aug 04, 2022
You Got What I Need - Exports of LNG, Oil and NGLs - Will the U.S. Deliver What the World Needs?
Aug 03, 2022
Flyin' High - What's Behind the Mid-Atlantic/Southeast Natural Gas Price Spikes?
Aug 02, 2022
People Get Ready Part 2 - Will The Propane Market Be Prepared for Winter? It Depends
Aug 01, 2022
Misunderstanding?, Part 3 - Do RINs Increase the Price of Gasoline to Consumers?
Jul 29, 2022
Almost Paradise - A Drill Down Report on ESG in the Energy Industry
Jul 28, 2022
Gulf Coast Highway, Part 2 - The Houston Area's Case for Becoming a DOE-Backed Hydrogen Hub
Jul 27, 2022
It's Not Enough - LNG Outages and Russian Aggression Send Global Gas Prices Soaring - Again
Jul 26, 2022
People Get Ready - Will The Propane Market Be Prepared for Winter?
Jul 25, 2022
We Gotta Get Out of This Place - Court Decision Helps Supply Access to LNG Export Facilities
Jul 22, 2022
Tighten Up - Startup of Western Canada's Heartland Petchem Complex to Tighten Propane Balances
Jul 21, 2022
Bring Me Some Natural Gas - A Key Driver Behind Today's High Refining Margins
Jul 20, 2022
Back in the USSR - The Combined Impact of Russia and China on Global Products Markets
Jul 19, 2022
Tell It Like It Is, Part 4 - What It Will Take to Make the Energy Transition Happen
Jul 18, 2022
The Hard Way Every Time - U.S. Efforts to Punish Russia Echo Response to 1973 Oil Embargo
Jul 15, 2022
Already Gone, Part 2 - Refinery Shutdowns Around the World
Jul 14, 2022
Make it Rain - E&Ps Shower Cash on Shareholders as Cash Flows Rise with Soaring Oil and Gas Prices
Jul 13, 2022
Good Lookin', So Refined - RBN's New Consulting Team: Refined Fuels Analytics
Jul 12, 2022
Thunderstruck - Fidelis New Energy's GigaSystem Gears Up to Produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel, Renewable Diesel
Jul 11, 2022
Two Birds, One Stone - Tallgrass Sees Trailblazer Conversion as Pathway to CO2 Market
Jul 08, 2022
Welcome to the Machine - Ongoing Consolidation Streamlines the Permian’s Midstream Networks
Jul 07, 2022
Glory Days - Is IMO 2020's Relevance for Crude Oil Markets Making a Comeback?
Jul 06, 2022
Float On - Europe Seeks FSRUs to Boost LNG Import Capacity, and Fast
Jul 05, 2022
Defying Gravity, Encore Edition - Western Midstream Presses Permian Advantage to Offset Legacy Basin Declines
Jul 04, 2022
Limbo Rock - Supreme Court Ruling Introduces New Regulatory Uncertainty to the Energy Sector
Jul 01, 2022
East Bound and Down - Western Canada Gas Storage Faces Very Low Starting Point for Next Winter
Jun 30, 2022
Rollin' on the River - E&Ps Ride Strong Commodity Price Wave to Record Income and Cash Flow
Jun 29, 2022
Move It on Over - Replumbing U.S. Refined Products Pipeline Networks
Jun 28, 2022
Already Gone - U.S. Refinery Shutdowns a Major Contributor to Refined Products Squeeze and High Prices
Jun 27, 2022
Cover Me - Debate Over Methane Emissions Starts With Determining Size of the Problem
Jun 24, 2022
Man in the Box - Energy Executives Consider Biden's Calls for Increased Supplies and Lower Prices
Jun 23, 2022
Gulf Coast Highway - Greater Houston's Vision for a Texas-Louisiana Hydrogen Hub
Jun 22, 2022
Meet in the Middle? - Can the Biden Administration, E&Ps and Refiners See Eye to Eye on Anything?
Jun 21, 2022
Point of Know Return - The Fundamentals Driving the Energy Transition
Jun 20, 2022
Misunderstanding?, Part 2 - RINs as a Tax and a Subsidy
Jun 17, 2022
Shut Down, Part 2 - Global Market Impacts of the Freeport LNG Outage
Jun 16, 2022
Turn the Page - Producer Restraint, Tighter Balances Disrupt Appalachian Gas Market Trends
Jun 15, 2022
Lublin on the Edge - An Effort to Help Wean Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania from Russian Gas
Jun 14, 2022
Shut Down - Gas Flow, Price Impacts of the Freeport LNG Outage
Jun 13, 2022
Into the Woods - Yosemite Clean Energy's 'Stump to Pump' Plans Rest on Local Partnerships
Jun 10, 2022
Defying Gravity - Western Midstream Presses Permian Advantage to Offset Legacy Basin Declines
Jun 09, 2022
Misunderstanding? - A Look at Both Sides of the Debate Over Renewable Identification Numbers
Jun 08, 2022
Return to the Ethane Asylum - Price Skyrockets as Supply/Demand Uncertainty Looms for the Lightest NGL
Jun 07, 2022
Playin' by the Rules - When A Molecule's Pedigree is More Important than Its Energy Content
Jun 06, 2022
Signed, Sealed, Delivered - Long-Term Deals Propel New LNG Development Towards FID
Jun 03, 2022
Runnin' Down A Dream - EPIC Crude Pipeline Nears Full Utilization
Jun 02, 2022
Piece by Piece, Part 2 - What's Powering the Growth of Small-scale LNG Producers?
Jun 01, 2022
Talkin' 'Bout My Generation, Part 2 - Natural Gas vs. Coal Fuel Costs for Power Generation
May 31, 2022
Tell Me Why, Encore Edition - Markets React as the Energy Transition Slams Into Energy Reality
May 30, 2022
Tell Me Why - Markets React as the Energy Transition Slams Into Energy Reality
May 27, 2022
We Go Together - Another Permian E&P Merger Aimed at Building Scale and Returning Cash
May 26, 2022
That's Where I Belong - Location is Key for the Latest Blue Hydrogen/Ammonia Project
May 25, 2022
Cracking Up, Part 2 - Will High Crack Spreads Be Enough to Balance Refined Products Markets?
May 24, 2022
Way Down in the Hole, Part 9 - An Honest Look at Direct Air Capture's Promise and Pitfalls
May 23, 2022
Life in the Fast Lane - New Permian Gas Pipeline Matterhorn Express Takes FID
May 20, 2022
That's All Right - LNG May Not Join Oil as Global Commodity, But Markets Seem Just Fine With That
May 19, 2022
Reunited - Hydrogen and Natural Gas are Back in the News (and in the Pipeline)
May 18, 2022
Jet, Part 3 - Rebound in Jet Fuel Demand Renews Pressure on Stressed Distribution Network
May 17, 2022
Tell It Like It Is, Part 3 - Sourcing Energy-Transition Metals and Minerals in a Not-so-friendly World
May 16, 2022
One Shining Moment, Part 2 - Price Trends Could Pave the Way to Greater EV Adoption, or Obstruct It
May 13, 2022
Jet, Part 2 - Jet Fuel Market Recovery Highlights Challenges of Transporting Fuel to Airports
May 12, 2022
All I Need to Get By?, Part 2 - A Flood of SPR Releases May Test U.S. Crude Export Capacity
May 11, 2022
Will It Go Round in Circles? - MVP's Prospects Improve, But Will It Be Enough?
May 10, 2022
Cracking Up - What's Driving U.S. Refiners' Sky-High Crack Spreads?
May 07, 2022
Talkin' 'Bout My Generation - The Drivers and Constraints of Coal-Gas Fuel Switching
May 06, 2022
Run for the Roses - An Update on the Race to Add Permian Gas Pipeline Capacity
May 05, 2022
Duel of the Fates - Chaotic Markets Re-emphasize the Need for a Balanced Energy Policy
May 04, 2022
Way Down in the Hole, Part 8 - Trio of Projects Target Carbon Capture from Midwest Ethanol Plants
May 03, 2022
Jet - After a Scary Plunge in Production and Prices, the Jet Fuel Market Recovers and Prices Soar
May 02, 2022
Sometimes It Snows in April - Offseason Blizzard Slams Bakken Natural Gas Production
Apr 29, 2022
Where Do We Go From Here? - Assessing Next Steps After Russia Cuts Gas to Poland and Bulgaria
Apr 28, 2022
Everything Has Changed - Plan to Quickly Wean Europe Off Russian Gas Faces Major Hurdles
Apr 27, 2022
Can't Stop Me Now - Power Burn Leads Lower 48 Gas Demand Gains on Limited Fuel Switching
Apr 26, 2022
Gimme More - E&Ps Continue to Prioritize Rewarding Shareholders as Cash Flows Soar
Apr 23, 2022
Brand New Day - Global Clamor for LNG Puts Focus on U.S. Exports
Apr 22, 2022
You Still Believe in Me, Part 3 - Can Eastern Canada's LNG Export Projects Pass Muster?
Apr 21, 2022
Turn, Turn, Turn - Biden Turns to E15 as Next Tool to Keep Gasoline Prices Under Control
Apr 20, 2022
All I Need to Get By? - Could Gulf Coast Terminals Handle a Rise in Crude Oil Exports?
Apr 19, 2022
Piece by Piece - Small-scale LNG Plants in U.S. Find Niche Markets at Home and Abroad
Apr 18, 2022
Monkey Wrench, Encore Edition - Energy Transition Slams into Energy Reality Slams into War in Europe
Apr 15, 2022
Road to Nowhere - IEA Charts a Course Through Oil Market Turmoil, But Does it Go Anywhere?
Apr 14, 2022
Way Down in the Hole, Part 7 - ExxonMobil Plans to Ramp Up Scale of Carbon-Capture Projects
Apr 13, 2022
Runaway Train - The Supply-Demand Fundamentals Spurring $6-Plus Natural Gas Prices
Apr 12, 2022
Tell It Like It Is, Part 2 - Unseen Costs of the Energy Transition: Minerals and Metals
Apr 09, 2022
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - E&Ps Post Record Profits in 2021, and 2022's Likely to Be Even Better
Apr 08, 2022
One Shining Moment - As Gasoline Prices Spike, How Do Electric Vehicles Stack Up?
Apr 07, 2022
Break Up to Make Up - Can Green Methanol Help Clean Up Global Shipping?
Apr 06, 2022
Monkey Wrench - Energy Transition Slams into Energy Reality Slams into War in Europe
Apr 05, 2022
I Can't Go for That (No Can Do), Part 3 - Drilling Down Into Major E&Ps' Capex and Production Guidance
Apr 04, 2022
I Want to Break Free - The Real-life Impacts of the Planned Crude Oil Releases from the SPR
Apr 01, 2022
Jump in the Line, Part 3 - With Construction Beginning, Is Tellurian's Driftwood LNG a Done Deal?
Mar 31, 2022
What's Going On? - Crude Oil Prices, Drilling Activity and the New Energy-World Order
Mar 30, 2022
Baby, I Got It - Could the U.S. Alone Meet Biden’s Call for 15 Bcm More LNG to the EU?
Mar 29, 2022
I Can't Go for That (No Can Do), Part 2 – E&P Capex and Production Guidance, and Why They Aren't Doing More
Mar 28, 2022
Take A Look At Me Now, Part 2 - Changes Could Help Boost Nascent Bioethylene Market
Mar 25, 2022
I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) - Why U.S. E&Ps Have Been Slow to Ramp Up Crude Oil Production
Mar 24, 2022
You Still Believe in Me, Part 2 - Could Europe's Gas Needs Revive Eastern Canada's LNG Export Prospects?
Mar 23, 2022
Right Back Where We Started From - Whiting and Oasis Return to Their Roots and Merge
Mar 22, 2022
Help Is on Its Way - How Much More LNG Can the U.S. Send to Europe?
Mar 21, 2022
Way Down in the Hole, Part 6 - Carbon-Capture Projects Hold Promise, But Hurdles Remain
Mar 18, 2022
The Way She Moves, Part 2 - A Deep Dive into the Process, Quirks and Idiosyncrasies of U.S. Natural Gas Pricing
Mar 17, 2022
Something to Believe In? Part 2 - Co-firing Coal Plants With Ammonia to Reduce CO2 Emissions
Mar 16, 2022
Climb That Hill, Part 2 - How Refined FERC Policies Will Affect New LNG Terminals
Mar 15, 2022
Tops Drop, Part 2 - Cushing's Running Low on Crude Oil. How Much is Left In the Tanks?
Mar 14, 2022
Tops Drop - Prices Popping, Crude Oil Tank Tops Keep Dropping Down in Cushing
Mar 11, 2022
You Don't Own Me - What Will It Take for Europe to Give Up Russian Gas?
Mar 10, 2022
Comfortably Numb - A Reality Check on Energy Prices and Their Impacts
Mar 09, 2022
Jump in the Line, Part 2 - How Close is Cheniere to FID on Another LNG Terminal Expansion?
Mar 08, 2022
We're Not Gonna Take It - What Do U.S. Refineries Import from Russia? And What If They Stop?
Mar 07, 2022
Just the Two of Us, Part 4 - U.S. Midstream Consolidation Continues on Many Fronts
Mar 04, 2022
Something to Believe In? - Co-powering Natural-Gas-fired Power Plants with Hydrogen
Mar 03, 2022
Climb That Hill - A Steeper Path to Gas-Project Certification Following New FERC Policies
Mar 02, 2022
Tell It Like It Is - Unseen Costs of the Energy Transition: Minerals, Metals, and Construction Materials
Mar 01, 2022
You Still Believe in Me - An Update on LNG Export Projects Along Canada's West Coast
Feb 28, 2022
It's Been a Long Time Comin' - $100/bbl Crude Oil Is Back. What Does It Mean? Will it Last?
Feb 25, 2022
So Far Away - Another Setback for Canada's Trans Mountain Expansion and Crude Oil Producers
Feb 24, 2022
The Way She Moves - A Deep Dive into the Process, Quirks and Idiosyncrasies of U.S. Natural Gas Pricing
Feb 23, 2022
Green River - Lucrative Opportunities for Renewable Propane Flow into Low-Carbon Fuel Markets
Feb 22, 2022
Sledgehammer, Encore Edition - Energy Transition Slams into Energy Reality - School of Energy Spring 2022
Feb 21, 2022
I Can Help - As Wind And Solar Sectors Expand, Service Opportunities Open Up
Feb 18, 2022
Vulnerable - Is Western Canada’s Gas Production Renaissance in Jeopardy?
Feb 17, 2022
Upside Down - How Global Prices Steer U.S. LNG to Different Destinations
Feb 16, 2022
Sold - What Happens When a Midstream Company Gets Flipped
Feb 15, 2022
Baby I'm-A Want You - Smaller, Crude-Oil-Focused Producers Are on a Buying Spree
Feb 14, 2022
Whiskey Bent and (Hydrogen) Bound - Decarbonizing the Scotch Whisky Industry
Feb 11, 2022
Way Down in the Hole - Everything You Need to Know About CO2 and Carbon Capture
Feb 10, 2022
Sledgehammer - Energy Transition Slams into Energy Reality - School of Energy Spring 2022
Feb 09, 2022
Just Can't Get Enough, Part 2 - Growing U.S. LNG Output Has Influenced Global Logistics, Pricing
Feb 08, 2022
Higher Power - Alberta's Oil Sands Production Setting Up for Another Record Year in 2022
Feb 07, 2022
Jump in the Line - Venture Global's Plaquemines Project Could Lead Next Wave of U.S. LNG Development
Feb 04, 2022
I Feel the Earth Move - Is Seismic Activity a Threat to Permian Crude Production Growth?
Feb 03, 2022
Way Down in the Hole, Part 5 - Proposed Changes to 45Q Tax Credit Could Survive a 'Build Back Better' Defeat
Feb 02, 2022
Play the Game - Morphing Midstream Dealmaking into Energy Transition and 'Near Green' Opportunities
Feb 01, 2022
Shattered Dreams - After MVP Setback, Is the Appalachia Gas Forward Curve Wrong?
Jan 31, 2022
Space Oddity - How Rocket Technology Could Help Power the Energy Transition
Jan 28, 2022
Just Can't Get Enough - LNG's Increasing Commoditization Driven by Rising U.S. Production
Jan 27, 2022
(Hydrogen) Dreams Come Through - Alberta's Roadmap for Expanding the Role of Hydrogen
Jan 26, 2022
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Midstreamers' Critical Role in the Energy Transition
Jan 25, 2022
Ten Years After - Celebrating a Decade of RBN Energy Blogs - Let's Rock & Roll!
Jan 24, 2022
Buy, Buy, Buy - Upstream Consolidation Surges on Drive to Maximize Cash Flow
Jan 21, 2022
Just the Two of Us, Part 3 - Enterprise Expands Into Midland Gas Processing With Navitas Deal
Jan 20, 2022
Every Little Thing - Pipeline Projects, Refinery Closures Alter Flows to Crude Export Venues
Jan 19, 2022
Way Down in the Hole, Part 4 - For Many Carbon-Capture Projects, 45Q Tax Credit Just Isn’t Enough
Jan 18, 2022
Top 10 RBN Energy Prognostications for 2022 – Year of the Tiger, Encore Edition
Jan 17, 2022
I Can't Make You Love Me, Part 2 - Kinder Morgan's Short- and Long-Term Prospects
Jan 14, 2022
Standing Still, Part 2 - While SCOOP/STACK Oil Output Falls, 'Rich' Gas Signals a Rebound
Jan 12, 2022
Closer to Home, Part 2 - Gibson and USD Open a New Avenue for Alberta Bitumen to the Gulf Coast
Jan 12, 2022
Try (Just a Little Bit Harder), Part 3 - Are 'Green' and 'Blue' Ammonia the Shipping Fuels of the Future?
Jan 11, 2022
Higher and Higher - U.S. LNG Feedgas Demand Looks Primed to Build on Record Highs
Jan 10, 2022
Fancy Like Permian - The 2022 Outlook Is Bright for Our Favorite U.S. Basin
Jan 07, 2022
Way Down in the Hole, Part 3 - 45Q Tax Credits Evolve to Incentivize Carbon-Capture Projects
Jan 06, 2022
Maya Mia! - How Mexico's Plan to Phase Out Crude Oil Exports May Impact U.S. Refineries
Jan 05, 2022
Call Me NAESB - Standards Organization's Base Contract is Central to Winter Storm Uri Litigation
Jan 04, 2022
Top 10 RBN Energy Prognostications for 2022 – Year of the Tiger
Jan 03, 2022
The Top 10 RBN Energy Prognostications - 2021 Scorecard
Dec 31, 2021
When Two Worlds Collide - Top 10 RBN Blogs of 2021: Energy Transition Slams into Energy Reality
Dec 30, 2021
Driver's Seat, Part 2 - For Alternative Transportation Fuels, A Road Crowded with Possibilities
Dec 29, 2021
Three's (Not Always) A Crowd - Qatar Stresses Scale In New Round Of LNG Expansion
Dec 28, 2021
We're Here for a Good Time, Part 2 - What's Driving the Wider WCS/WTI Price Spreads?
Dec 27, 2021
Driver's Seat, Encore Edition - Built-In Advantages Help Drive Shift To Renewable Diesel
Dec 24, 2021
The Tipping Point - New England Power Sector Plans Shift From Gas to Renewables and Storage
Dec 23, 2021
Baby, It’s Cold Outside - Geopolitical Tension with Russia Sends Global Gas Soaring Again
Dec 22, 2021
Start Me Up - U.S. Low-Carbon Hydrogen Production Set to Advance in 2022
Dec 21, 2021
Holidays in the Sun - E&Ps Bask in the Warmth of Strong Third-Quarter Profits, Cash Flows
Dec 19, 2021
(Not So) Big in Japan - The Implications of JERA's Shift Away from Long-Term LNG Deals
Dec 17, 2021
Ahead of Ourselves - Propane Prices Soared to the Moon then Dropped Like a Rock. What’s Next?
Dec 16, 2021
More, More, More - Permian Gas Production Growth Spurs Still More Infrastructure Projects
Dec 15, 2021
One Step at a Time - New Vopak Moda Houston Terminal Anticipates Growing Role for Ammonia
Dec 14, 2021
The Race is On - New Long-Term Contracts Propel Multiple North American LNG Projects Toward FID
Dec 13, 2021
Lost Without You - Canada's Trans Mountain Pipeline Restarting After Three-Week Shutdown
Dec 10, 2021
I Can't Make You Love Me - Kinder Morgan Woos Investors with Financial Discipline, ESG Commitments
Dec 09, 2021
Try (Just a Little Bit Harder), Part 2 - Very Low- and No-Carbon Alternatives to Old-School Bunker Fuels
Dec 08, 2021
Up Around the Bend, Part 3 - Midstream Constraints Loom for Northeast Gas Production
Dec 07, 2021
No Promises - How Will Rejection of Enbridge's Plan for Mainline Contracting Affect Crude Oil Flows?
Dec 06, 2021
Way Down in the Hole, Part 2 - Capturing CO2 for a Host of Industrial Uses
Dec 03, 2021
What It Takes - The Battle to Define Carbon-Neutral and GHG-Neutral LNG
Dec 02, 2021
Just the Two of Us, Part 2 - Permian Midstreamers Consolidate as Basin Production Rebounds
Dec 01, 2021
Different Drum - NGL Markets Have Been Up, Down, and All Around. What Will Winter and 2022 Bring?
Nov 30, 2021
Will You Be There? - The Spire STL Natural Gas Pipeline and the New Challenge to Already-Built Assets
Nov 29, 2021
Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) - Journey to Decarbonization a Tricky Path for Crude Oil, Natural Gas, NGLs
Nov 26, 2021
Crossroads, Encore Edition - Record Global Gas Prices Signal More Room for North American LNG
Nov 25, 2021
Ship of Fuels - As Global LNG Market Grows And Evolves, Vessel Usage Follows Suit
Nov 24, 2021
Driver's Seat - Built-In Advantages Help Drive Shift To Renewable Diesel
Nov 23, 2021
Midnight at the Oasis - A New Day for Oasis Petroleum As It Delevers, Focuses on Free Cash Flow
Nov 22, 2021
Take A Look At Me Now - How Bioethylene Fits Into The Energy Transition Discussion
Nov 19, 2021
Which Way Are You Goin? - Crude Oil, Natural Gas and NGL Markets in a Decarbonizing World
Nov 18, 2021
In The Mood? - Increased OPEC+ Crude Oil Supply Depends on the Group's Powerhouses
Nov 17, 2021
Feelin' Good Again - For Canadian Producers, the Most Promising Natural Gas Price Outlook in Years
Nov 16, 2021
Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) - The Shipping Industry's New Push for Net-Zero CO2 Emissions
Nov 15, 2021
Electric Avenue - Greater EV Adoption Creates a Disruptive Predicament for U.S. Power Grid
Nov 12, 2021
We Just Disagree, Part 3 - Local Issues Also at Play in Questar Pipeline Sale
Nov 11, 2021
We're Here for a Good Time - Will Enbridge's Line 3 Replacement Narrow the WCS/WTI Spread?
Nov 10, 2021
Way Down in the Hole - Carbon Capture and Sequestration’s Growing Role in the Energy Industry
Nov 09, 2021
Up Around the Bend, Part 2 - Midstream Conundrum Threatens Gas Production Growth Long Term
Nov 08, 2021
Wake Up Call - Navigating Crude Oil, Natural Gas, and NGLs Through the Energy Transition
Nov 05, 2021
Just the Two of Us - Midstreamers Joining Forces to Optimize Gathering and Processing
Nov 04, 2021
Go West, Part 4 - Pacific Coast LNG Export Projects Gain Traction
Nov 03, 2021
Better Way, Part 3 - Who Certifies Responsibly Sourced Natural Gas?
Nov 02, 2021
Up Around the Bend - Midstream Conundrum Threatens Gas Production Growth Long Term
Nov 01, 2021
I've Got The Power - The Challenges Facing LNG-Fueled Independent Power Projects Overseas
Oct 29, 2021
We Just Disagree, Part 2 - Perceived Value at Heart of Dispute Over Questar Pipeline Sale
Oct 28, 2021
How Long Can This Keep Going On - Are We Headed for $100 Crude Oil? And Then What?
Oct 27, 2021
Play It Again - Permian Natural Gas Markets Singing a Familiar Tune as Constraints Loom
Oct 26, 2021
Better Way, Part 2 - Producing, Transporting, Liquefying, and Buying Responsibly Sourced Natural Gas
Oct 25, 2021
Tangled Up in Blue - Air Products' Plan to Make Hydrogen So Blue It's Almost Green
Oct 22, 2021
Money (That's What I Want) - E&Ps Start Hoarding Cash from Rapidly Rising Inflows
Oct 21, 2021
Go West, Part 3 - Mexico's Pacific Coast LNG Export Projects Gain Traction
Oct 20, 2021
Wake Up Call - Navigating Today's Energy Markets While Preparing for a Lower-Carbon Future
Oct 19, 2021
It Don't Come Easy - The Energy Crunch, Decarbonization Goals, Forecasts, and Putin
Oct 18, 2021
We Just Disagree - The Battle Over Questar Pipeline's Natgas Infrastructure in the Rockies
Oct 14, 2021
Go West, Part 2 - Mexico's Pacific Coast LNG Export Projects Gain Traction
Oct 14, 2021
Do Ya' Think I'm Waxy? Part 2 - Railing Uinta Basin Waxy Crude to Gulf Coast Refineries
Oct 13, 2021
Anticipation - Did Putin Pop the Global Natgas Bubble, or Give Europe a Last Chance to Stock Up?
Oct 12, 2021
Better Way - The Rise of Responsibly Sourced Natural Gas
Oct 11, 2021
Come Clean, Part 7 - How Big a Role Will Hydrogen Play in Transportation?
Oct 08, 2021
Coming Back to Life - Henry Hub Physical Flows Hit 13-Year Highs Amid Rising LNG Exports
Oct 07, 2021
Standing Still - Can SCOOP/STACK Get Its Mojo Back?
Oct 06, 2021
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? - Western Canada's Propane Balances Look Even Tighter
Oct 05, 2021
To the Moon and Back - U.S., International Gas Markets Strap in for Wild Winter Ride
Oct 04, 2021
Wave on Wave - For Its Proponents, Wave Energy Is More Than Just Another Fish In The Sea
Oct 01, 2021
Californication – Renewable Diesel Buildout Driven by Low Carbon Fuels Standards
Sep 30, 2021
Go West - Red-Hot Natural Gas Markets Help Push North American LNG To Asia
Sep 29, 2021
Hear My Train A Comin', Part 2 - Rising LNG Exports Hitch U.S. Gas to Soaring TTF, JKM Prices
Sep 28, 2021
Capacity - OPEC's Giants Claiming Ground Despite Uncertain Crude Oil Market
Sep 27, 2021
Never Give Up - Can Higher Crude Oil Prices Revive the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale Play?
Sep 24, 2021
I Won't Back Down - European Carbon Trade Drives Up Global Gas Prices, By Design
Sep 23, 2021
Where Has All the Capex Gone? E&P Investment Down Despite Rising Prices and Cash Flows
Sep 22, 2021
I Can't Help Myself - Why Western Canada's Natural Gas Production Has Been Hitting Multi-Year Highs
Sep 21, 2021
A Matter of Trust, Part 4 - Adding Structure and Credibility to Carbon Offsets
Sep 20, 2021
Do Ya' Think I’m Waxy? - Will Waxy-Crude-by-Rail Support Uinta Basin Production?
Sep 17, 2021
Back on Top - Oil-Weighted and Diversified E&Ps' Earnings Climb Past 2018 Peak; Gas Producers Lag
Sep 16, 2021
Crossroads - Record Global Gas Prices Signal More Room for North American LNG
Sep 15, 2021
Reaching Out - The Gathering Pipes That Will Supply the Coastal GasLink Pipeline
Sep 14, 2021
Out of Sight - The Latest on Gulf Coast Crude Export Capacity Expansions
Sep 13, 2021
It's Too Late - Global Natural Gas/LNG Supply Squeeze Sets Stage for Record Winter Prices
Sep 10, 2021
High Voltage - Tight Balances Supercharge Gas Market, Propel Prices Over $5/MMBtu
Sep 09, 2021
You Send Me – Moda Ingleside Deal Propels Enbridge to Leading Role in Crude Exports
Sep 08, 2021
One Step Ahead, Part 2 - Navitas Midstream's Staged Build-Out of Permian Gas Processing Capacity
Sep 07, 2021
Permian Rhapsody, Encore Edition - Plains All American Targets Long-Term Growth from Key Shale Infrastructure
Sep 06, 2021
Almost Is Never Enough - EPNG Outage Worsens Gas Transportation Constraints to the U.S. West
Sep 03, 2021
I Got the News - Making Sense out of Today's Red-Hot Energy Markets
Sep 02, 2021
Permian Rhapsody - Plains All American Targets Long-Term Growth from Key Shale Infrastructure
Sep 01, 2021
Hear My Train A Comin' - The Liquefaction Train Ramp-Up Process and Timelines
Aug 31, 2021
One Step Ahead - Permian Natural Gas Growth Spurs More Processing Capacity
Aug 30, 2021
What's Next? Northern California's New Emissions Rule and the Potential Impact to Regional Refiners
Aug 27, 2021
You Can Make It If You Try - New Contracts Inch North American LNG Projects Closer to FID
Aug 26, 2021
Freeze Frame - Coronavirus Surge Blurs Global Demand Picture for Crude Oil
Aug 25, 2021
What's Price Got to Do with It - High Propane Prices Fail to Put the Brakes on Exports
Aug 24, 2021
Blank Space, Part 2 - The Ins and Outs of Natural Gas Storage
Aug 23, 2021
Rocket Man - The Surprising Simplicity of Many Rocket Fuels
Aug 20, 2021
Back to Zero - Appalachia's Dwindling Natural Gas Pipeline Takeaway Capacity
Aug 19, 2021
Hold On ... I'm Coming - Wolf Midstream Sanctions Straddle Plant to Increase Canadian NGL Supplies
Aug 18, 2021
Last Great American Whale? - Shell's Latest Crude Oil Project in the Deepwater Gulf
Aug 17, 2021
A Matter of Trust, Part 3 - How Midstreamers Are Reducing Their Pipelines' GHG Impact
Aug 16, 2021
Bullet the Blue Sky - U.S. Energy Markets Progress Toward Carbon Capture Solutions
Aug 13, 2021
Running on Empty - Propane Exports Continue to Pull U.S. Inventories Lower
Aug 12, 2021
Come Clean, Part 6 - Why Sustainable Aviation Fuel Is Taking Flight
Aug 11, 2021
Knocked Out - CO2 Users Face Supply Issues, Higher Prices as Carbon Sequestration Grows
Aug 10, 2021
A Matter of Trust, Part 2 - Carbon-Neutral Cargoes of LNG and Other Hydrocarbons
Aug 09, 2021
Blank Space - Is Another Build-out of Natural Gas Storage Capacity Just Ahead?
Aug 06, 2021
Forever and for Always, Part 2 - Active and Planned Carbon Capture and Storage Projects in Canada
Aug 05, 2021
Part of the Plan, Part 4 - Who'll Be Buying the Heavy Sour Canadian Crude Moving South on Capline?
Aug 04, 2021
The Air That I Breathe, Part 7 - Reality or Myth? Carbon-Negative Crude from EOR
Aug 03, 2021
A Matter of Trust - Assessing the Energy Industry's Carbon-Related Initiatives
Aug 02, 2021
Waitin' for the (Gas) - Mexico's Salina Cruz LNG Project Targets Latin American Buyers
Jul 30, 2021
Dark Horse - 'Sweetening' Sour Natural Gas and Sequestering CO2 in the Permian
Jul 29, 2021
Forever and for Always - Canada's Energy Industry Steps Up Carbon Capture Efforts in the Oil Sands
Jul 28, 2021
Can We Just Talk? - Symposium Explores How Natural Gas Fits into ERCOT Reliability
Jul 27, 2021
Third Dimension - OPEC+ Adjusts as Crude Oil Comes into View for 2022
Jul 26, 2021
Different Strokes for Different Folks, Part 3 - How the FERC Sets Oil and Gas Pipeline Rates
Jul 23, 2021
The Air That I Breathe, Part 6 - For Producers Using CO2 for EOR, What Once Was Cost Is Now Revenue
Jul 22, 2021
Danger Zone - The Outlook for the Appalachian Natural Gas Market
Jul 21, 2021
We Belong Together - Plains/Oryx Midstream Joint Venture Creates Permian Crude Juggernaut
Jul 20, 2021
Part of the Plan, Part 3 - The St. James Crude Oil Hub Readies for Capline-Related Changes
Jul 19, 2021
Different Strokes for Different Folks, Part 2 - How the FERC Sets Oil and Gas Pipeline Rates
Jul 16, 2021
The Air That I Breathe, Part 5 - Shifting from Natural CO2 to Captured CO2 for Enhanced Oil Recovery
Jul 15, 2021
Feelin' Stronger Every Day - E&Ps' Credit Metrics Improve as U.S. Emerges from the Pandemic
Jul 14, 2021
Surprise, Surprise - Setbacks to Iranian, OPEC+ Talks Rattle Market for Crude Oil
Jul 13, 2021
Better Days - U.S. LNG Feedgas Rebounds as Spring Maintenance Season Rolls Off
Jul 12, 2021
A Thousand Miles From Henry, Part 2 - Desert Southwest Natural Gas Basis Is Sizzling
Jul 09, 2021
Skyrockets in Flight - Propane Headed Toward Uncharted Territory
Jul 08, 2021
United We Stand - Pembina and Inter Pipeline Merger Could Create Canada’s Largest Midstreamer
Jul 07, 2021
What a Fool Believes - Will Crude Oil Hit $100 a Barrel?
Jul 06, 2021
The Air That I Breathe, Part 3, Encore Edition - The U.S.'s Existing and Planned CO2 Pipeline Networks
Jul 05, 2021
Movin' On Up - Will the SCOTUS Ruling Save the PennEast Natural Gas Pipeline?
Jul 02, 2021
The End? - Alaska's Crude Oil Production Continues to Decline on Stronger Headwinds
Jul 01, 2021
Big Gun, Part 4 - Building More Natural Gas Pipeline Takeaway Capacity Out of the Montney
Jun 30, 2021
The Air That I Breathe, Part 4 - Supercritical CO2 for Long-Haul Piping and Enhanced Oil Recovery
Jun 29, 2021
Come Clean, Part 5 - Why Everyone's Talking About Renewable Diesel
Jun 28, 2021
Generator - Wind Generation Has a Lot of Fans!
Jun 25, 2021
Higher - Mont Belvieu Propane Prices Top $1 a Gallon; How High Will They Need to Go?
Jun 24, 2021
Been Around a Long Time - Old-School Hydrogen Production and Demand, and Why It Matters
Jun 23, 2021
Big Gun, Part 3 - Alberta's Side of the Montney Natural Gas Play
Jun 22, 2021
The Air That I Breathe, Part 3 - The U.S.'s Existing and Planned CO2 Pipeline Networks
Jun 21, 2021
I Love Trash - Renewable Natural Gas Doesn't Stink
Jun 18, 2021
Paradise, Part 5 - The Social and Governance Parts of ESG
Jun 17, 2021
Part of the Plan, Part 2 - St. James Hub Preps to Receive Canadian Crude Via Southbound Capline
Jun 16, 2021
Only the Strong Survive, Part 3 - How COVID-19 Reshaped the Future of North American LNG Projects
Jun 15, 2021
Take It Easy - Post-Pandemic E&P Cash Allocation Shifts to Debt Repayment, Shareholder Return
Jun 14, 2021
My Favorite Mistake - Shifting Global Dynamics Affect Japanese LNG Players with U.S. Supply Contracts
Jun 11, 2021
Any Way You Want It - Proposed 'Green,' 'Turquoise,' and 'Blue' Hydrogen Production Projects
Jun 10, 2021
All Together Now - What You Need to Know About Energy Markets in One Place - Absolutely No Charge!
Jun 09, 2021
It's a Hard Knock Life - Appalachia Gas Outflows, Prices Take a Hit with TETCO Capacity Cut
Jun 08, 2021
Come Clean, Part 4 - Is Biodiesel a Viable Low Carbon Fuel Pathway or a Fading Fashion?
Jun 07, 2021
Only the Strong Survive, Part 2 - How COVID-19 Reshaped the Future of North American LNG Projects
Jun 04, 2021
Walking on Sunshine - E&Ps Post Strong Profits as Pandemic-Impacted Oil & Gas Prices Rebound
Jun 03, 2021
The Air That I Breathe, Part 2 - Opportunities for CO2 Sequestration Through Enhanced Oil Recovery
Jun 02, 2021
Heal Me - OPEC+ Supply Management Faces Tests as Crude Oil Market Recovers
Jun 01, 2021
That Smell, Encore Edition - Renewable Natural Gas and Its Possible Role in Hydrogen Production
May 31, 2021
Only the Strong Survive - How COVID-19 Reshaped the Future of North American LNG Projects
May 28, 2021
A Thousand Miles From Henry - San Juan Natural Gas Basis Goes Premium
May 27, 2021
The Air That I Breathe - The Tremendous Promise, Gold-Rush Potential, and Remarkable Paradox of CO2 Sequestration
May 26, 2021
Don't Fear the Reaper, Part 2 - LNG's Role in Decarbonizing the Shipping Industry
May 25, 2021
Part of the Plan - Crude Oil Industry Prepares as Capline Pipeline Closes in on 'Flip Day'
May 24, 2021
Wreck of the Edmund Fitz…. No, It’s the End for the ‘Falls of Clyde,’ Last of the First Oil Tankers
May 21, 2021
Got to Get You Into My Life - Hydrogen Markets Looking For Regulatory Attention
May 20, 2021
Big Gun, Part 2 - Why Natural Gas Production Took Off in British Columbia’s Montney Region
May 19, 2021
Don't Fear the Reaper - The Impact of Decarbonization Efforts on the LNG Industry
May 18, 2021
Slippin' and Slidin' - MVP Delay Risks Amplifying Appalachia's Re-emerging Gas Takeaway Constraints
May 17, 2021
Hold on Loosely - Waha Natgas Market Is Going Premium, But It May Be Short-Lived
May 14, 2021
Come Clean, Part 3 - Ethanol Cuts Gasoline's Carbon Intensity Some, But Could It Do More?
May 13, 2021
Summertime - Low European Stocks, High Global Gas Prices to Keep U.S. LNG Production at Full Capacity
May 12, 2021
On the Dark Side - Colonial Pipeline Shutdown Exposes Vulnerability, Highlights Resiliency
May 11, 2021
Wide Open Spaces, Part 4 - How Plains' Crane Terminals Help Move Permian Crude Oil to Market
May 10, 2021
Different Strokes for Different Folks - When it Comes to FERC, Oil and Gas Really Are Distinct
May 07, 2021
You Can Make It If You Try - A Review of Hydrogen Production Pathways
May 06, 2021
Wide Open Spaces, Part 3 - Getting Permian Crude Oil to Wherever It Needs to Go
May 05, 2021
Low Rider - Corpus Christi's Ship Channel Dredging Will Streamline Crude Oil Exports
May 04, 2021
Headed for Heartbreak, Part 6 - Prospects for Severe Springtime Gas Takeaway Constraints in Appalachia
May 03, 2021
Big Gun - The Montney's Increasing Dominance in Western Canadian Natural Gas Production
Apr 30, 2021
Jigsaw Puzzle - How a New Natural Gas Storage Project Fits In The Permian
Apr 29, 2021
Come Clean, Part 2 - California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard and Why It Matters
Apr 28, 2021
Jumpin' Jack Flash, It's a Gas: Propane - Propane Markets Writhe Due to Supply/Demand Uncertainty
Apr 27, 2021
Don't Stop Me Now - How Natural Gas Production Has Continued to Outpace Crude Since COVID Hit
Apr 26, 2021
Ridin' the Storm(s) Out - What Do New Gulf of Mexico Crude Oil Projects Mean for the Offshore Production Outlook?
Apr 23, 2021
That Smell - Renewable Natural Gas and Its Possible Role in Hydrogen Production
Apr 22, 2021
Headed for Heartbreak, Part 5 - Appalachia Gas Flows to the Midwest Rising, But Constraints Loom
Apr 21, 2021
Crazy - A Year Like No Other: Negative Crude Oil Prices, an Anemic Rebound, and a Deep Freeze
Apr 20, 2021
A Well-Respected Man - E&Ps Maintain Conservative Investment Despite Rising Commodity Prices
Apr 19, 2021
Don't Let Go - Reducing Intentional Releases of Natural Gas Spurred by ESG Objectives, Regulations
Apr 16, 2021
I Want You to (Refine) Me - Canadian Refiners Adapt to Changes in North American Market
Apr 15, 2021
All Summer Long - Less Gas Available For Canadian Gas Storage Injection This Summer
Apr 14, 2021
Such Great Heights, Part 2 - U.S. LNG Outlook: Feedgas Demand Headed to 12 Bcf/d in Late 2021
Apr 13, 2021
Don't You (Forget About Me), Part 3 - Patoka Crude Oil Terminals and Outbound Pipelines
Apr 12, 2021
Paradise, Part 4 - Shift to Renewable Diesel Drives Many Refiners' ESG Plans
Apr 09, 2021
Back in Black - A Look at Monolith's 'Turquoise' Hydrogen and Carbon Black Plant in Nebraska
Apr 08, 2021
Coming Out of the Dark - Clouds on E&Ps' Horizon Dissipate as Industry Fortunes Brighten
Apr 07, 2021
How Do I Live (Without You)? - TC Energy Refocusing Growth Plans After Keystone XL Setback
Apr 06, 2021
Such Great Heights - U.S. LNG Feedgas Demand Surges as Export Capacity Additions Continue
Apr 05, 2021
I Did It, Encore Edition - Converting Hydrogen's Units Is an Accomplishment in Itself
Apr 02, 2021
Should I Stay or Should I Go? - Propane Inventory Build Imperiled by Pull of Exports to Asia
Apr 01, 2021
Wide Open Spaces, Part 2 - The Ins and Outs of Crude Storage at the Permian's Crane Hub
Mar 31, 2021
Get Closer - Canada's Natural Gas Producers Face Increasing Pressure to Merge
Mar 30, 2021
Come Clean - Low Carbon Fuel Policies and How They're Changing the Transportation Sector
Mar 29, 2021
Headed for Heartbreak, Part 4 - Will Northeast Gas Outflows to the Gulf/Southeast Max Out Capacity This Spring?
Mar 26, 2021
I Did It - Converting Hydrogen's Units Is an Accomplishment in Itself
Mar 25, 2021
Wide Open Spaces - Does the Permian Have Sufficient Crude Storage Capacity to Prevent Disruptions?
Mar 24, 2021
Leaders of the Pack, Part 3 - Crude Export Terminal Projects Itching to Join Battle for Barrels
Mar 23, 2021
Can't Get Enough - Ethylene Shortages From Plants Crippled by Deep Freeze Roil Petchem Markets
Mar 22, 2021
Turn Around, Look at Me - Maintenance to Curb Alberta's Synthetic Crude Oil Production This Spring
Mar 19, 2021
Wild Thing - Understanding the Volatile Relationship Between LNG and Global Gas Markets
Mar 18, 2021
Don't You (Forget About Me), Part 2 - Inbound Pipelines to the Patoka Crude Oil Hub
Mar 17, 2021
Undun - Alberta's Natural Gas Market Faces New Price Uncertainties This Summer
Mar 16, 2021
Leaders of the Pack, Part 2 - What Puts Enterprise Houston, LOOP Near Top of Crude Export Ranking
Mar 15, 2021
ESG (It's Easy as CNG) - The Economics and Potential Benefits of Compressed Natural Gas
Mar 12, 2021
Put Me In, Coach - Hydrogen Slides 'On Deck' and Ready to Play
Mar 11, 2021
Headed for Heartbreak, Part 3 - Ample Supply, Outflow Constraint Kept Lid on Northeast Gas Prices in February
Mar 10, 2021
Propane: It's a Gas - After the Deep Freeze; Announcing RBN's Virtual Propane Conference
Mar 09, 2021
Better Together - Energy Transfer's Purchase of Enable Midstream Helps Its Gas and Liquids Segments
Mar 08, 2021
Don't You (Forget About Me) - The Patoka Hub Gains Stature as Crude Oil Flows Shift
Mar 05, 2021
I Want You to (Refine) Me, Part 4 - Refiners' Crude Slates, Exports Show Canada's Self-Sufficiency
Mar 04, 2021
Leaders of the Pack - Three Gulf Coast Crude Oil Export Terminals Winning Battle for Barrels
Mar 03, 2021
Paradise, Part 3 - Midstreamers' ESG Agendas Focus on Reining in Methane, CO2 Emissions
Mar 02, 2021
Don't Wanna Lose You - How Closing DAPL Would Impact Bakken Crude Oil Producers
Mar 01, 2021
I Want You to (Refine) Me, Part 3 - Eastern Canadian Refineries Shift To More Domestic Slates
Feb 26, 2021
Flip the Switch - Natural Gas Price Spike Curtails Ammonia Plants, Linking Hydrogen and Gas Markets
Feb 25, 2021
Feed Me - Uri Scrambles Gulf Coast Gas Flows, Briefly Shuts Off Texas LNG Feedgas
Feb 24, 2021
Looks Like We Made It - Propane and the 2021 Deep Freeze; Where Are We Now?
Feb 23, 2021
You Rock My World - February's Cold Blast Sets New Records for the Canadian Natural Gas Market
Feb 22, 2021
Perfect Storm - Sustained Arctic Weather Exposes Weaknesses in Texas's Power Industry
Feb 19, 2021
Paradise, Part 2 - Producers, Midstreamers, and Refiners Address the Environmental Part of ESG
Feb 18, 2021
Terminal Frost - Extreme Cold Wreaks Havoc with Natural Gas Producers, Power Generators, and Everybody in Between
Feb 17, 2021
I Want You to (Refine) Me, Part 2 - Western Canada's Refineries Provide a Bonanza of Fuels
Feb 16, 2021
East is East, West is West - U.S. Natural Gas Spot Prices Race to $600/MMBtu as Midcon Runs Out of Gas
Feb 15, 2021
…Ready for It? Part 2 - Gas Processing Build-Out Continues in Permian's Delaware Basin
Feb 12, 2021
Help! Part 3 - Making Sense of the Hydrogen Buzz, Production Economics Edition
Feb 11, 2021
Paradise - Environmental, Social, and Governance Issues Take Center Stage in the Energy Industry
Feb 10, 2021
Arctic Shuffle - February Polar Vortex Effect Puts $3/MMBtu Gas Prices Back in Play
Feb 09, 2021
Cold as Ice - Frigid Weather Blasting into Propane Country. Markets Brace for Supply Disruptions
Feb 08, 2021
…Ready for It? - Permian Gas Infrastructure Projects Near Completion, and There's More to Come
Feb 05, 2021
Don't Come Around Here No More - What a Ban on Federal Lands Could Mean for the Permian
Feb 04, 2021
I Want You to (Refine) Me - Canadian Refiners Grappling With Morphing Market Realities
Feb 03, 2021
I'm Still Standing - Breadth of Midstreamers' Portfolios Help Shape Their Fates in Tough Times
Feb 02, 2021
Headed for Heartbreak, Part 2 - The Northeast Gas Market's Slow March Toward More Takeaway Constraints
Feb 01, 2021
Too Hot - Could an Ethane-Fired Power Plant in the Bakken Help Address an Imbalance?
Jan 29, 2021
Help! Part 2 - Making Sense of the Hydrogen Buzz, Production Edition
Jan 28, 2021
It's All Over Now - U.S. Propane Prices Spike, Then Ricochet. What's Next in 2021?
Jan 27, 2021
Headed for Heartbreak - The Northeast Gas Market's Slow March Toward More Takeaway Constraints
Jan 26, 2021
With or Without You - How Will Keystone XL's Latest Setback Impact Canadian Crude Oil Producers?
Jan 25, 2021
You're the Best Around - How TTF Became a Premier Natural Gas Trading Hub and Global Benchmark
Jan 22, 2021
They All Went to Mexico - Mexico Pacific Ltd.'s LNG Export Project in Puerto Libertad
Jan 21, 2021
Oil From the North Country, Part 2 - As More Canadian Crude Flows South, a Push to Expand Pipes
Jan 20, 2021
Levitating - Western Canada's Crude Oil Supplies to Reach Record Highs in 2021
Jan 19, 2021
Let's Get It Started, Encore Edition - The 2021 Outlook For Permian Oil and Gas Markets
Jan 18, 2021
Building the Perfect Beast - Shell's New Ethane-Consuming Steam Cracker in the Home Stretch
Jan 15, 2021
Dodged a Bullet - FERC's Decision on the Oil Pipeline Rate Index Is a Win for Midstreamers
Jan 14, 2021
Big Panama with a Purple Hat Band - Propane Price Squeeze, Panama Canal Rules Fluster Market
Jan 12, 2021
The Big Money - Refiners Cut Capex and Signal Shift Toward Renewables
Jan 12, 2021
Down So Low - 2020's Upheavals Bring Midstreamers' Challenges to the Fore
Jan 11, 2021
Let's Get It Started - The 2021 Outlook For Permian Oil and Gas Markets
Jan 08, 2021
Oil From the North Country - The Push to Expand Canada-to-Gulf-Coast Crude Oil Pipeline Capacity
Jan 07, 2021
You Oughta Know - Canadian Natural Gas Fundamentals, Storage, and Pricing
Jan 06, 2021
Ethylene Ethylene, Prettiest Margin I Ever Seen - Ethylene Margins Skyrocket; How Long Will It Last?
Jan 05, 2021
The Top 10 RBN Energy Prognostications for 2021 - Year of the Ox: Recovery Strong as an Ox?
Jan 04, 2021
The Top 10 RBN Energy Prognostications - 2020 Scorecard
Jan 01, 2021
Breakdown, It's Alright - Top 10 RBN Blogs of 2020: Meltdown, Shut-Ins, NGLs, and Hydrogen
Dec 31, 2020
You Spin Me Round - Asian Supply Shortage, Spot Cargoes Lead to Record U.S. LNG Exports
Dec 30, 2020
Why Worry? - Above-Average Winter Withdrawals Expected for Canadian Natural Gas Storage
Dec 29, 2020
Nashville West - The Plan to Pipe Chicagoland Refined Products South to Central Tennessee
Dec 28, 2020
I'm a Steady Rollin' Man, Encore Edition - Pembina Follows Midstream Expansion Spree With Financial Discipline
Dec 25, 2020
The Heart of the Matter, Encore Edition - Everything You Need to Know About the Cushing Oil Hub
Dec 24, 2020
Comin' to America, Part 5 - Imports Remain Key to Rockies and West Coast Refiners' Crude Slates
Dec 23, 2020
Are You Ready? - RBN School of Energy's Forecasts and Excel Models to Prepare for 2021
Dec 22, 2020
Now You See It, Part 3 - U.S. Propane Prices Spike; December Exports Soar to All-Time Highs
Dec 21, 2020
Blue Marlin Blues - Can a Low-Cost Offshore Crude Export Terminal Hook Shippers?
Dec 18, 2020
Closer to Home - A Novel Effort to Recover Diluent for Reuse in Alberta's Oil Sands
Dec 17, 2020
Comin' to America, Part 4 - Gulf Coast Refineries Slashing Their Need for Imported Crude Oil
Dec 16, 2020
Flick of the Switch - Marcellus/Utica Gas Producers Declare Enough-is-Enough, Learn to Switch Off Wells
Dec 15, 2020
Shake It Out - Financial Results, Bankruptcy Filings, and Mergers Separate E&P Winners, Losers
Dec 14, 2020
Back in Business - Keyera/Energy Transfer Canada JV Recommits to Construction of KAPS Pipeline
Dec 11, 2020
Closer - Proximity Drives Costa Azul LNG Export Project Forward
Dec 10, 2020
The Heart of the Matter - Everything You Need to Know About the Cushing Oil Hub
Dec 09, 2020
Bottleneck Blues - Traffic at the Panama Canal and Its Impacts on LNG Economics
Dec 08, 2020
I'm a Steady Rollin' Man - Pembina Follows Midstream Expansion Spree With Financial Discipline
Dec 07, 2020
You Raise Me Up - Alberta Looks to Further Incentivize More Petrochemical Development
Dec 04, 2020
Look Into the Future - The 2021 Outlook for Key Midstream-Sector Players
Dec 03, 2020
Comin' to America, Part 3 - PADD 2 Refineries Continue a Years-Long Shift to Canadian Crude
Dec 02, 2020
Good Vibrations - Top-Tier Crude Oil-Focused Producers Merge in New Upstream Consolidation Wave
Dec 01, 2020
Now You See It, Part 2 - Could U.S. Propane Demand Plus Exports Draw Down Inventories Enough to Spike Prices?
Nov 30, 2020
Two of Us, Encore Edition - The Multi-Billion-Dollar Merger of Canadian Giants Cenovus and Husky
Nov 27, 2020
Bridge Over Troubled Water, Encore Edition - Pipeline Commitments Key to Enbridge's Strategy
Nov 26, 2020
Extreme Ways - What It Took to Balance the Natural Gas Market This Fall
Nov 25, 2020
Now You See It - Could U.S. Propane Demand Plus Exports Draw Down Inventories Enough to Spike Prices?
Nov 24, 2020
Looking East - PADD 2 Refiners Gaining New Pipeline Access to PADD 1 Gasoline, Diesel Markets
Nov 23, 2020
North to Alaska - Proposed Rail Line Could Transport Oil Sands Crude to Alaska and Beyond
Nov 20, 2020
Close the Door - Slumping Refined-Product Demand, Economics, and Fire Force Refinery Closures
Nov 19, 2020
Sign o' the Times - A Tough Year for Crude Oil Slows Pipeline Development to a Crawl
Nov 18, 2020
The Heat Is On - New England Gears Up for Another Propane-Dependent Winter
Nov 17, 2020
Riders on the Storm, Part 2 - Physical Gas Flow Constraints, Volatility Arise at Henry Hub
Nov 16, 2020
Help! - Making Sense of the Hydrogen Buzz
Nov 13, 2020
Travelin' Clean, Part 2 - New LNG-Fueled Ships and LNG Bunkering Infrastructure Coming Online
Nov 12, 2020
Two of Us - The Multi-Billion-Dollar Merger of Canadian Giants Cenovus and Husky
Nov 11, 2020
Some Beach, Part 4 - Eight Steps That Could Upend Texas Gulf Coast Natural Gas Markets
Nov 10, 2020
Riders on the Storm - Henry Hub Physical Gas Volumes Jump with LNG Exports, Storage Flows
Nov 09, 2020
Livin' on a Prayer - How Alberta's Oil Production Cap Became Redundant in Crazy Times
Nov 06, 2020
Comin' to America, Part 2 - Shale, Oil-Sands Production Gains Impacting U.S. Refineries' Crude Slates
Nov 05, 2020
Take Me to the River - Another East Coast LPG Export Terminal Joins the Fray
Nov 04, 2020
An LNG Market for All Seasons - Global Demand Swings Amplify U.S. Gas Market Seasonality
Nov 03, 2020
Still Crazy - The Wacky World of Condensates: What Are They, and What's Ahead for Them?
Nov 02, 2020
Down by the Water, Part 2 - Rising LNG Exports from Texas Reshape Louisiana Gas Flows
Oct 30, 2020
Better Late Than Never - Canada Finally Approves 2021 Expansion of NGTL's Gas Pipeline Network
Oct 29, 2020
Travelin' Clean - LNG-as-Bunker-Fuel Winning Converts as Shipping Industry Eyes Future CO2 Rules
Oct 28, 2020
Much Too Much - Distillate Glut Challenges U.S. Refiners But Offers Contango Opportunity
Oct 27, 2020
Keepin' Up with the Daily Twists and Turns of Volatile, COVID-Era Energy Markets
Oct 26, 2020
New Dawn Fades - Floating LNG Prospects Fizzle as Operational Issues Emerge
Oct 23, 2020
It Takes Two, Part 4 - Rising Export Demand Will Reduce U.S. Ethane Rejection and Goose Prices
Oct 22, 2020
Comin' to America - Major Changes in Crude Oil Imports as Refineries' Needs Shift
Oct 21, 2020
Stir It Up, Part 2 - Coastal GasLink Pipeline Making Slow Progress to Connect with LNG Canada
Oct 20, 2020
Some Beach, Part 3 - LNG Demand Will Flip Natural Gas Flows and Basis Across the Texas-Louisiana Border
Oct 19, 2020
You Really Got Me - Crude Oil Export Volumes Hold Up Despite a Barrage of Storms
Oct 16, 2020
Down by the Water - Rising LNG Exports From Texas Reshapes Gulf Coast Gas Flows
Oct 15, 2020
Good Times Bad Times - RBN's Outlook for Oil, Gas, and NGL Supply, Demand, And Prices
Oct 14, 2020
Sultans of Swing, Part 2 - LNG Shipping Costs, Netbacks, and the Decision to Cancel Cargoes
Oct 13, 2020
Some Beach, Part 2 - New Permian-to-Gulf Gas Pipelines to Shake Up Regional Flows and Basis
Oct 12, 2020
It Takes Two, Part 3 - More Ethane Export Capacity - And More Exports to China - On the Way
Oct 09, 2020
Stir It Up - COVID-19 Slowing Progress on LNG Canada Project
Oct 08, 2020
House of Pain - Once Again, Bakken Crude Oil Producers Were Hit Especially Hard by Sagging Prices
Oct 07, 2020
Some Beach - 4 Bcf/d Permian Gas Capacity Headed to the Beach - What Happens to Flows and Basis?
Oct 06, 2020
It Takes Two, Part 2 - U.S. Ethane Export Terminals, Throughputs, and Cargo Destinations
Oct 05, 2020
Tank Full of (Butane) - Summer Gasoline, Winter Gasoline, and Reid Vapor Pressure
Oct 02, 2020
(Propane) Double Vision - An Update on Alberta's Two PDH-PP Plants and Their Appetite for Propane
Oct 01, 2020
The Bare Necessities - E&Ps Plot Lean Second-Half Investment After Second-Quarter Capex Retreat
Sep 30, 2020
It Takes Two - U.S. Ethane Exports Rise With International Steam Cracker Demand
Sep 29, 2020
Life Ain't Easy - Canadian Natural Gas Production Facing Another Year of Decline
Sep 28, 2020
You've Got Your Troubles, Part 4 - More Northeast Gas Production Curtailments
Sep 25, 2020
California Dreamin' - State's Plan to Shift to Renewables Hits a Snag, and Gas-Fired Power Rebounds
Sep 24, 2020
You've Got Your Troubles, Part 3 - Seasonal Demand Declines, Production Curtailments Hit Appalachian Gas Market
Sep 23, 2020
Never Say Goodbye, Part 4 - A Rebound in Canadian Crude-by-Rail May Not Come Until 2021
Sep 22, 2020
Getting Better - E&Ps' Third-Quarter Results Seen Rebounding After a Memorable, Brutal Spring
Sep 21, 2020
Gulf of Mexico - Bidding for Oil and Gas Lease Acreage in the Offshore GOM
Sep 18, 2020
Gonna Find Another You - A South Texas NGL Alternative Hub to Mont Belvieu?
Sep 17, 2020
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Pipeline Commitments Key to Enbridge's Strategy
Sep 16, 2020
Whirlwind - Permian Oil and Gas Growth Stalls As New Pipes Come Online, Altering Market Dynamics
Sep 15, 2020
Sultans of Swing - The Economics of U.S. LNG in a Competitive Global Gas Market
Sep 14, 2020
Give Me One Reason – Why Gulf of Mexico Crude Production Isn't Always Steady As She Goes
Sep 11, 2020
So Much Cooler Online - RBN's Fall 2020 School of Energy
Sep 10, 2020
I Want to Break Free - The Upcoming Release of Crude Oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Sep 09, 2020
Never Say Goodbye, Part 3 - Will Rebounding Canadian Crude Production Fill Up Pipelines?
Sep 08, 2020
As Long As the Price Is Right, Encore Edition - U.S. LNG As Swing Supply Amid Shifting Global Market Balance
Sep 07, 2020
WOOOO! PIG! SOOIE! - Why Midstreamers Depend on Pigs
Sep 04, 2020
I Don't Know Where I'm Bound - Potential Recontracting Dilemma for Gas Supply-Push Pipelines
Sep 03, 2020
I've Got to Have You, Part 2 - The Crude Oil and LPG Supply Roles of Enbridge's Line 5
Sep 02, 2020
Now You See It, Now You Don't - Is Propane Production Increasing or Decreasing?
Sep 01, 2020
Never Say Goodbye, Part 2 - Spare Capacity Finally Opens Up on Canada's Oil Pipelines
Aug 31, 2020
The Long and Winding Road, Part 3 - A Propane Molecule's Journey to Mont Belvieu and Beyond
Aug 28, 2020
Laura, Part 2 - The Potential Hurricane Impacts on Sabine Pass, Cameron LNG Exports
Aug 27, 2020
Laura - The Hurricane's Possible Impacts on Mont Belvieu, NGLs, and Maybe Even the Permian
Aug 26, 2020
As Long As the Price Is Right - U.S. LNG As Swing Supply Amid Shifting Global Market Balance
Aug 25, 2020
I've Got to Have You - Enbridge's Line 5 Faces New Scrutiny
Aug 24, 2020
The Long and Winding Road, Part 2 - A Propane Molecule's Journey to Mont Belvieu and Beyond
Aug 21, 2020
Whatcha See Is (Not) Whatcha Get - Bakken Gas Production Rebounds, But Will It Last?
Aug 20, 2020
Never Say Goodbye - Western Canadian Crude Oil Production Embarks on the Road to Recovery
Aug 19, 2020
I'm Moving On - Is New England's On-and-Off Embrace of Gas-Fired Power Headed for a Fall?
Aug 18, 2020
(LNG) Interruption - How Will U.S. LNG Producers Navigate Global Market Uncertainty?
Aug 17, 2020
The Long and Winding Road - A Propane Molecule's Journey to Mont Belvieu and Markets Beyond
Aug 14, 2020
Where Are You Going - What's Next for the U.S. Refining Sector?
Aug 13, 2020
Hold on to Your Hat, Part 3 - Canada's Overseas Propane Exports Come at the Expense of the U.S.
Aug 12, 2020
'Til You Use Me Up - Ethane Recovery Must Increase to Meet Demand
Aug 11, 2020
Just What I Needed - Permian Oil Shut-Ins End At $40/bbl, But a Production Decline Looms
Aug 10, 2020
Smoky and The Salt Caverns - A Saga of NGL Storage: RBN's Greatest Hits
Aug 07, 2020
Texas Flood - The Challenges Facing CO2-Based Enhanced Oil Recovery
Aug 06, 2020
Watching Airplanes - Jet Fuel Production Starts to Recover, But There's a Long Way to Go
Aug 05, 2020
Hold On To Your Hat, Part 2 - Canada's Propane Supply Dip, Exports to Asia to Hit Railed Volumes
Aug 04, 2020
You've Got Your Troubles, Part 2 - Northeast Gas Takeaway Constraints Loom This Fall
Aug 03, 2020
How Much More Can She Stand - Gulf Coast Crude Export Terminals Have Capacity to Spare
Jul 31, 2020
What Difference Does It Make? - How Crude Price Differentials Affect Producers
Jul 30, 2020
I Got Mexico - U.S. Natural Gas Living Good South of the Border
Jul 29, 2020
Hold on to Your Hat - A Fight is Brewing for Canada’s Propane Exports
Jul 28, 2020
You've Got Your Troubles - Is the Northeast Gas Market Headed for a Fall Meltdown?
Jul 27, 2020
Work to Do - The Ongoing Build-Out of MPLX's NGL/Condensate Pipeline Network in the Midwest
Jul 24, 2020
The Second Time Around - Chevron's $13 Billion Noble Energy Deal Signals Return of Upstream M&A
Jul 23, 2020
Time to Move On - Shell's Plan to Sell Another Refinery, This Time in Louisiana's Refinery Row
Jul 22, 2020
Gimme Some Truth - Permian Well Shut-ins Wind Down, But Natural Declines Extend Oil, Gas Downturn
Jul 21, 2020
Stayin' Alive - Oxy's Prospects Hinge on Oil Prices, Cash Flow as Debt Repayment Looms
Jul 20, 2020
Life in the Fast Lane - Alberta's Gas Power Burn to Expand Significantly Next Year
Jul 17, 2020
When the Ship Comes In - First Tanker Set to Arrive at South Texas Gateway Crude Export Terminal
Jul 16, 2020
Save It for a Rainy Day - Energy Storage's Emerging Challenge to Natural Gas in the Power Sector
Jul 15, 2020
Born to Flow, Part 2 - Cheniere's Midship Shuffles Gas Flows East From SCOOP/STACK Plays
Jul 14, 2020
Cruel Summer? - Is the Crude Market Headed for an Ugly Replay of This Spring?
Jul 13, 2020
Undone - U.S. LNG Export Demand Unravels
Jul 10, 2020
Dream On - The Challenges Posed by Shutting Down the Dakota Access Crude Pipeline
Jul 09, 2020
He Ain't Heavy, He's My (Diluent), Part 4 - Assessing Future Demand and Sources of Diluent
Jul 08, 2020
Green Grow the (Refineries) - Low-Carbon Programs Spur More Renewable Diesel
Jul 07, 2020
I Knew You Were Trouble - Rulings on KXL Permit Cloud Other Oil and Gas Pipeline Projects
Jul 06, 2020
Let's Get Together, Encore Edition - Targa Resources' Integrated Infrastructure to Sustain Profits Despite E&P Meltdown
Jul 03, 2020
Soak Up The Sun - Texas Solar Ramps Up at Expense of Coal, Not Natural Gas
Jul 02, 2020
He Ain't Heavy, He's My (Diluent) Part 3 - The Pipelines that Transport Diluent to the Oil Sands
Jul 01, 2020
We Take Care of Our Own, Part 2 - Pemex's Struggles Bode Well for U.S. Refined Product Exports
Jun 30, 2020
Too Soon to Know - E&Ps Slash Capex, Offer Sparse Production Guidance
Jun 29, 2020
Time Is (Not) On My Side - Natural Gas Futures Plunge to Record June Lows; Why Now?
Jun 26, 2020
I'll Take You There - Tallgrass's Cheyenne Connector, REX Cheyenne Hub Gas Projects Begin Service
Jun 25, 2020
He Ain't Heavy, He's My (Diluent), Part 2 - The Pipeline Networks that Source Diluent for the Oil Sands
Jun 24, 2020
That's Schadenfreude! - Crude Oil's Misfortune Is Positive for Natural Gas; Or Is It?
Jun 23, 2020
Now Here You Go Again - FERC Prepares to Slash the Liquids Pipeline Rate Index
Jun 22, 2020
Push Comes to Shove, Part 2 - Shippers Take Sides on Enbridge's Mainline Recontracting Plan
Jun 19, 2020
How Much More Can She Stand, Part 8 - Ingleside's Quick Rise to Crude Exports Prominence
Jun 18, 2020
Spring Breakdown - Impairment Charges Trigger E&P Losses, While a Cash-Flow Crisis Looms
Jun 17, 2020
Lift Me Up! - The Brent Complex, Linkages that Make It Work and Implications for Global Markets, Part 2
Jun 16, 2020
Look What You Made Me Do - Permian Crude Producers Waste No Time in Ramping Up Production
Jun 15, 2020
The Waiting Game, Part 2 - Northeast Gas Production Cutbacks Tighten Regional Balance, For Now
Jun 12, 2020
He Ain't Heavy, He's My (Diluent) - The Growing Need for Diluent in Alberta's Oil Sands
Jun 11, 2020
How Much More Can She Stand, Part 7 - New Permian Pipes Boost Crude Exports From Corpus Christi
Jun 10, 2020
Let's Get Together - Targa Resources' Integrated Infrastructure to Sustain Profits Despite E&P Meltdown
Jun 09, 2020
We Take Care of Our Own - Pemex and the Future of U.S. Motor Fuel and LPG Exports to Mexico
Jun 08, 2020
Push Comes to Shove - Will Crude Shippers Soon Need to Commit to Enbridge's Mainline System?
Jun 05, 2020
Caught in the Balance - A Precarious Position for Propane Markets: Reading the Signals
Jun 04, 2020
The Space Between - European and U.S. Gas Markets Look To Each Other For Price Direction
Jun 03, 2020
Wake Up! - The Brent Crude Oil Matrix, the Linkages that Make It Work and Implications for Global Markets
Jun 02, 2020
The Waiting Game - Northeast Gas Production Cutbacks Take Effect
Jun 01, 2020
Alberta Bound - Recent Trends and Outlook for Canadian Crude Oil, Liquids and Natural Gas
May 29, 2020
How Much More Can She Stand, Part 6 - Corpus Christi's Newest Crude Export Terminals
May 28, 2020
Keep on Pushing - U.S. Liquefaction Capacity Growing, Even as Utilization Declines
May 27, 2020
Whistle and Fish - Permian Producers Curtail Production, Bide Their Time Amid COVID Crisis
May 26, 2020
Baby Break It Down, Part 3 - Staffing Refineries and Petrochemical Facilities in a Time of Social Distancing
May 22, 2020
NGLs Among Us - What's Ahead for Northeast NGL Production, Exports and Wintertime Supply?
May 21, 2020
How Much More Can She Stand, Part 5 - LOOP's Unicorn Status Among Crude Export Terminals
May 20, 2020
Break It to Me Gently, Part 2 - The Impacts of U.S. LNG Cargo Cancellations
May 19, 2020
Finish What Ya Started - Crude, Gas and NGL Midstream Projects Advance Despite Market Turmoil
May 18, 2020
How Much More Can She Stand, Part 4 - Crude Export Volumes Key to Balancing Market
May 15, 2020
Closing Time - Bakken Gas Supplies Plunge as Oil Production Pulls Back
May 14, 2020
Break It to Me Gently - Factors Influencing U.S. LNG Offtaker Decisions to Lift vs. Cancel Cargoes
May 13, 2020
Can't Get Enough of It - Are We on the Verge of a Propane Supply Shortfall?
May 12, 2020
Future(s) Games, Part 2 - The Baffling Impact of Oil Futures on Physical Contract Prices - CMA Roll Adjust and P-Plus
May 11, 2020
Dakota - Bakken Rig Cutbacks, Well Shut-Ins to Leave Crude Gathering Networks Underutilized
May 08, 2020
Baby Break it Down, Part 2 - Refineries' Options for Dealing with Extraordinary Times
May 07, 2020
Born to Flow - Cheniere's Midship Set to Increase SCOOP/STACK Gas Flows to Gulf Coast
May 06, 2020
Stuck In Midland With Crude - Refinery Cuts, Emerging Crude Production Losses Drive Permian Volatility
May 05, 2020
Shut Down - Justifications, Complications and Ramifications of Crude Well Shut-Ins
May 04, 2020
Got Me Under Pressure, Part 2 - Potential Gas Demand Impacts of Alberta Oil Sands Supply Cuts
May 01, 2020
How Much More Can I Take - How Long Until Crude Oil and Refined Products Storage Maxes Out?
Apr 30, 2020
One Thing Leads to Another - Big Changes Impacting Ethane and LPG Markets
Apr 29, 2020
Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Permian Natural Gas Forward Curve Signals Better Days Ahead
Apr 28, 2020
Shelter From The Storm - Appalachian E&Ps' Shares Soar on Forecasted Associated Gas Decline
Apr 27, 2020
Future(s) Games - How the Futures Market Impacts Physical Crude Oil
Apr 24, 2020
Baby Break It Down - How Much Can Refineries Slow Their Operations Without Going Offline?
Apr 23, 2020
It's Always Somethin' - Negative Prices for Crude and Natural Gas Slam Permian Markets
Apr 22, 2020
One Way Out - Yesterday's Crude Price Meltdown, Futures Contract Expiration and Crude Storage
Apr 21, 2020
Take Me to the Other Side - Oil, Natural Gas and NGLs in Post-COVID, 2021-25 Markets
Apr 20, 2020
Holding On for Life - Second-Wave U.S. LNG Projects Stagnate Amid Market Uncertainty
Apr 17, 2020
(Canadian) Pipedream - Is Western Canada Suddenly Headed for a Crude Pipeline Overbuild?
Apr 16, 2020
How Much More Can She Stand, Part 3 - Crude Export Terminals Weather Stormy Times
Apr 15, 2020
Got Me Under Pressure - Canada's Gas Market Could Test Storage Limits This Summer
Apr 14, 2020
Figure it Out - The Biggest Moves Reverberating Across Oil, NGL and Gas Markets
Apr 13, 2020
You Wreck Me - What COVID-19, Global LNG Demand Loss Could Mean for U.S. Gas Storage Refill
Apr 09, 2020
Eve of Destruction - Cost Structure Threatens the Survival of Many U.S. Crude Oil Producers
Apr 08, 2020
Rock Bottom, Part 2 - Will Record-Low WCS Prices Spur Oil Sands Producers to Reduce Output?
Apr 07, 2020
Things That Matter - Understanding How COVID-19 Turns Energy Fundamentals Upside Down
Apr 06, 2020
How Much More Can She Stand, Part 2 - Crude Crisis Squeezes Export Terminals
Apr 03, 2020
Spoilin' for a Fight - Why U.S. LPG Exporters Are Losing Their Edge in Asia
Apr 02, 2020
Rock Bottom - Crude Price Crash, Pipeline Constraints Push Alberta's WCS to All-Time Low
Apr 01, 2020
Flirtin' with Disaster - COVID-19 Shutdowns Compound Weak Gas Demand Fundamentals
Mar 31, 2020
We Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet - Outlook for Oil/Gas/NGL Supply, Demand and Prices: Completely Blown Away
Mar 30, 2020
Dakota, Part 5 - Paradigm Midstream's Bakken Crude Oil Gathering Systems
Mar 27, 2020
When Propane and Exports Collide, Part 2 - Price Crash Could Upend Western Canada's Propane Export Outlook
Mar 26, 2020
Smooth Sailing? - Gulf of Mexico Crude Oil Producers Braced for Price/Coronavirus Storm
Mar 25, 2020
Strange Brew - COVID-19 and the Crude Oil Price Crash Puts the Screws on U.S. Refiners
Mar 24, 2020
Déjà Vu - The Impending Slowdown in Oil, Gas and NGL Production: A Slow-Motion Train Wreck
Mar 23, 2020
Paint It Black - E&Ps Slashing Already-Weak Capital Spending Amid Oil Price Rout
Mar 20, 2020
Save It for Later - Crude Market Vaporizes; Contango and Storage Plays Take Center Stage
Mar 19, 2020
Where Do We Go From Here? - COVID-19, Price Wars and Black Swans: School of Energy Goes Virtual!
Mar 18, 2020
How Much More Can She Stand - Crude Export Capacity at Existing Gulf Coast Terminals
Mar 17, 2020
Can't Get There From Here? - Developing Bottlenecks in the Louisiana Gas Market
Mar 16, 2020
Dakota, Part 4 - Oasis Midstream Partners' Bakken Crude Oil Gathering Systems
Mar 13, 2020
Steady As She Goes? - U.S. LNG Exports Grow in a Weakening, Highly Uncertain Market
Mar 12, 2020
Tortoise and the Hare - U.S. Shale and Canadian Oil Sands Production in a 'Cheap Crude' World
Mar 11, 2020
When Propane and Exports Collide - New Pembina LPG Terminal to Boost Canadian Exports
Mar 10, 2020
Wipe Out - Crude Prices Tumble, OPEC-Plus Crumbles as COVID-19 Spreads. What's Next?
Mar 09, 2020
Dakota, Part 3 - Enable Midstream and Crestwood's Bakken Crude Oil Gathering Systems
Mar 06, 2020
Fixing a Hole, Part 2 - The Outlook for 2020 Western Canadian Natural Gas Supplies
Mar 05, 2020
The Shift, Part 2 - New Infrastructure Driving Flow and Price Changes in Texas Gulf Coast Gas Markets
Mar 04, 2020
One Step Closer - Augustus Crude Pipeline Advances Lotus Midstream's Broader Permian Plan
Mar 03, 2020
Free Fallin' - COVID-19, Declining Energy Commodity Prices and What Might Lie Ahead
Mar 02, 2020
Dakota, Part 2 - Hess Midstream's Bakken Crude Oil Gathering Systems and Related Assets
Feb 28, 2020
Time Will Tell - Sagging Supply and Rising Demand for Jones Act Ships to Send Rates Higher
Feb 27, 2020
True to Your School of Energy - Spring 2020: Oil, Gas and a Special Focus on NGLs
Feb 26, 2020
Everybody Wants To Rule The World, Part 3 - Coronavirus, the Crude Price Slide and OPEC Production Cuts
Feb 25, 2020
Express Yourself, Part 3 - What REX Pipeline's Contract Changes Mean for Gas Flows, Prices
Feb 24, 2020
People Out There Turnin' Natgas Into Gold, Part 2 - The Changing Composition of a U.S. NGL Barrel
Feb 21, 2020
Highway Headin' South - NuStar Reaping Benefits of Permian Gathering and Export Investments
Feb 20, 2020
Fixing a Hole - North Montney Mainline Will Help Boost WCSB Natural Gas Supplies
Feb 19, 2020
Dakota - Bakken Crude Oil Production Growth Spurs Gathering System Development
Feb 18, 2020
The Price You Pay - Current Bunker-Fuel Sulfur Spreads Justify IMO 2020 Scrubber Investments
Feb 14, 2020
Put It All Together - Introducing RBN's New App for Energy Market Analytics
Feb 13, 2020
People Out There Turnin' Natgas Into Gold - NGLs, Gas Processing and the Frac Spread
Feb 12, 2020
Takin' Care of Business - Midstreamers' Benefiting from Past Decisions, New Investments
Feb 11, 2020
Express Yourself, Part 2 - Tallgrass/Rockies Express's Recontracting Efforts for Rockies Gas Flows
Feb 10, 2020
Everybody Wants To Rule The World, Part 2 - Changes Ahead for Global Oil Supply Management?
Feb 07, 2020
Go Your Own Way - Why Iroquois Pipeline Gas Flows Are an Outlier in the U.S. Northeast
Feb 06, 2020
Everybody Wants to Rule the World - What's Ahead for OPEC-Plus's Crude Supply Management?
Feb 05, 2020
Shop Around, Part 2 - The Refineries on the Block in the Western U.S.
Feb 04, 2020
The Shift - Flurry of Changes Continue in Texas Gulf Coast Gas Markets
Feb 03, 2020
Shop Around - A Look at the Unusually Long List of U.S. Refineries on the Market
Jan 31, 2020
40 Miles from Denver - D-J Basin Production Gains Spur Crude Gathering Systems Build-Out
Jan 30, 2020
Against the Wind - Assessing Midstream Company Performance After a Decade of Record Investment
Jan 29, 2020
Come Together - How Disparate Permian Crude Quality Impacts New Pipeline and Export Infrastructure
Jan 28, 2020
The Battle Rages On, Part 2 - Increasing Bakken Gas Flows Into the Northern Border Pipeline
Jan 27, 2020
40 Miles from Denver, Part 6 - Outrigger Energy's D-J Basin Crude Gathering Systems
Jan 24, 2020
Oops, (Winter's) Out of Time - Natural Gas Buyers Party Like It's 1999
Jan 23, 2020
Fear Inoculum - Oil Market Shows Concern, Not Panic, Over U.S.-Iran Face-Off
Jan 21, 2020
Don't Stop, Part 2 - Will Canadian Producers Increase Gas-Focused Spending, Supplies?
Jan 21, 2020
Drive My Car - The Thinking Behind a Planned Gulf Coast Ethylene-to-Alkylate Project
Jan 17, 2020
Express Yourself - Tallgrass/Rockies Express's Recontracting Efforts for Rockies Gas Flows
Jan 16, 2020
Pipeline - The New and Expanded Refined Products Pipes Criss-Crossing Texas
Jan 15, 2020
40 Miles from Denver, Part 5 - Western Midstream's D-J Basin Crude Gathering Systems
Jan 14, 2020
Don't Stop - Western Canada 2020 Gas Supplies to Expand on TC Energy's Nova System
Jan 13, 2020
Los Angeles, I'm Yours - Southern California Gas Constraints Ease
Jan 10, 2020
Steady as She Goes, Part 5 - How Global Prices Drive U.S. LNG Cargo Destinations
Jan 09, 2020
Farther Up the Road - As the Infrastructure Build-Out Wanes, What's Ahead for Midstreamers?
Jan 08, 2020
Thinking Out Loud - The 2020 Outlook for Permian Oil and Gas Markets
Jan 07, 2020
Ratio Ga Ga? Crude-to-Gas Ratio Hits Six-Year High of 30X - Ramifications for Oil, Gas and NGLs
Jan 06, 2020
Things Have Changed - New Terminals Boost Corpus Christi Crude Oil Exports
Jan 03, 2020
The Top 10 RBN Energy Prognostications for 2020 - Year of the Rat: Abandoning the Sinking Ship?
Jan 02, 2020
It's All Too Much - The Top 10 RBN Blogs of 2019: Supply, Exports and Low Prices
Dec 31, 2019
Takeaway, Part 2 - Plains All American's Cactus II Ramps Up Corpus Deliveries
Dec 30, 2019
Friends (and NGL Storage) in Low-Lying Places, Part 4 - MPLX's BANGL, Fracs and Exports Plan
Dec 27, 2019
All Around the World - IMO 2020 Finally Arrives, Not With a Bang But a Whimper
Dec 26, 2019
I Can Help - How ONEOK's New Elk Creek NGL Pipeline Makes Things Better in the Williston Basin
Dec 24, 2019
Even Flow, Part 2 - Crude Oil Pipeline Rate Compression from the Permian and Cushing to the Coast
Dec 23, 2019
Gimme Three Steps - NuStar's Capex Plan Addresses Trio of Crude and Refined Product Challenges
Dec 20, 2019
The Battle Rages On - Rising Bakken Gas Production Displacing Western Canadian Gas on Pipes
Dec 19, 2019
Can't Afford to Love You - 2020 E&P Capex Set to Plunge As Producers Prioritize Cash Flow
Dec 18, 2019
Out of the Woods - Pacific Northwest Gas Supply Route Returns Full Force
Dec 17, 2019
40 Miles from Denver, Part 4 - PE-Backed ARB Midstream's D-J Basin Crude Gathering Systems
Dec 16, 2019
Steady as She Goes, Part 4 - How Global Prices Drive U.S. LNG Cargo Destinations
Dec 13, 2019
Farmer's Blues, Part 2 - Can PADD 2 Propane Consumers Count on Canada to Save the Day?
Dec 12, 2019
Second Chance - RBN School of Energy + International Now Online
Dec 11, 2019
40 Miles from Denver, Part 3 - Crude Quality Drives Build-Out of Taproot's D-J Basin Gathering System
Dec 10, 2019
Steady as She Goes, Part 3 - How Long-Term Contracts Factor into U.S. LNG Cargo Destinations
Dec 09, 2019
Playin' by the Rules - Regulations Spark a Bevy of U.S. Renewable Diesel Projects
Dec 06, 2019
Hello, Goodbye - Disappearing Arbs and Harder Times for Some Third-Party Oil Shippers
Dec 05, 2019
What I Like About You - An Asset-Level Evaluation of Midstreamers' 2020 Prospects
Dec 04, 2019
Un-Thinkable - Is the Market Ready for 100-Bcf/d U.S. Natural Gas Production?
Dec 03, 2019
Farmer's Blues - Late Crops and Delivery Snags Send PADD 2 Propane Prices Soaring
Dec 02, 2019
Turn the Page - Just Because It Worked, Doesn't Mean You Were Right
Nov 29, 2019
40 Miles from Denver, Part 2 - Noble Midstream's Crude Gathering Systems in the D-J Basin
Nov 27, 2019
Higher and Higher, Part 2 - Long-Term LNG Export Contracts Lift Baseload-Level Demand for U.S. Gas
Nov 26, 2019
Down, But Not Out - E&P Profits, Cash Flow Slip Again, But Cost Controls Keep Industry in the Black
Nov 25, 2019
Broke Down Engine - Are SCOOP and STACK the Crude Oil Plays That Couldn't?
Nov 22, 2019
Where Will You Go - Crude Supply vs. Export Capacity at Beaumont-Port Arthur
Nov 21, 2019
Higher and Higher - Rising Baseload Demand For Gas Means More Price Spikes, Volatility
Nov 20, 2019
Days of Wild - Butane Prices Are Up, and a Big Draw on Butane Stocks May Be in the Offing
Nov 19, 2019
I'll Be Alright Without You - U.S. Gulf Coast Refiners Adjust to the Venezuela Sanctions
Nov 18, 2019
Get the Balance Right! - How Crude Oil Schedulers Keep Volumes In Check and Oil Flowing
Nov 15, 2019
Pretzel Logic - U.S. Propane Now Knotted With the Far East's Enigmatic World of FEI and Ginga
Nov 14, 2019
Get Me Out of Here - The Outlook for Gas Supply, Demand and Pipeline Egress from Western Canada
Nov 13, 2019
40 Miles from Denver - Crude Gathering Systems in the Denver-Julesburg Basin
Nov 12, 2019
(Rox) and Roll - Tallgrass Projects to Boost Eastbound Gas Flows from the Rockies' Cheyenne Hub
Nov 11, 2019
Break the Ice - Could an Alaska North Slope LNG Project Undercut Gulf Coast Competitors?
Nov 08, 2019
Even Flow - Crude Oil Pipeline Rate Compression from Permian and Cushing to the Gulf Coast
Nov 07, 2019
Let's Get Physical, Part 2 - A Step-by-Step Guide to Making an International LPG Trade
Nov 06, 2019
Tighten Up - PADD 1 Distillate Shortage Threatens Winter Price Spikes
Nov 05, 2019
Rescue Me - Crude-by-Rail Will Help Alberta Producers, But Pipelines Would Help More
Nov 04, 2019
Let It Go - Will New Crude Export Terminals Be 'Frozen' in Favor of Expansions?
Nov 01, 2019
Baby, What a Big Surprise - Don't Bank on a Boring Propane Market This Winter
Oct 31, 2019
Steady as She Goes, Part 2 - SPAs Keep U.S. LNG Exports Flowing Amid Global Price Volatility
Oct 30, 2019
Let's Get Physical - An Insider's Look at the Ins and Outs of International LPG Trading
Oct 29, 2019
Taste The Pain - Permian Natural Gas Prices Get Crushed, Again
Oct 28, 2019
Living in the Plastic Age - More Propane-Consuming PDH Plants Are on the Way
Oct 25, 2019
I Feel It Coming - Natural Gas Exports To Mexico Swell, But Is a Tidal Wave Coming?
Oct 24, 2019
Do Ya Think I’m Waxy?, Part 3 - A Crude-by-Rail Project Advances in the Uinta Basin
Oct 23, 2019
Get Me Out of Here, Part 7 - The Bottom Line on Natural Gas Egress From Western Canada
Oct 22, 2019
That Was Then, This Is Now, Part 2 - New Crude Pipeline Capacity Out of the Cushing Hub
Oct 21, 2019
Do Ya Think I’m Waxy?, Part 2 - Uinta Basin Crude Producers and Nearby Refinery Customers
Oct 18, 2019
I Can't Make You Love Me - E&Ps' Performance Belies Negative Investor Sentiment
Oct 17, 2019
Punching Bag, Part 2 - Are Northeast Natural Gas Takeaway Constraints Back?
Oct 16, 2019
The Way You Used to Do - The Latest Twists and Turns in U.S. Crude Oil Fundamentals
Oct 15, 2019
Punching Bag - Northeast Gas Prices Take Shoulder-Season Hits
Oct 14, 2019
That Was Then, This Is Now - An Update on Cushing-Related Crude Pipeline Projects
Oct 11, 2019
Friends (and NGL Storage) in Low-Lying Places, Part 3 - Easton Energy's Storage and Pipe Projects
Oct 10, 2019
I'm Tore Down - Supply Growth Levels Natural Gas Futures to Near 20-Year Lows
Oct 09, 2019
Don't Be Afraid, Part 2 - AECO Gas Forwards Mostly Shaking Off Low Alberta Storage
Oct 08, 2019
How High, Part 2 - Rising Ethane Demand Means Less Rejection, More Recovery and Higher Prices
Oct 07, 2019
Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler) - How Shifting Permian Crude Fundamentals Affect Trucking, Costs
Oct 04, 2019
Steady, As She Goes - Long-Term SPAs Keep U.S. LNG Exports Stable Amid Global Price Volatility
Oct 03, 2019
Keep on Growing, Part 3 - Williams's Marcellus/Utica Gas Processing and Fractionation Assets
Oct 02, 2019
How High - Ethane Prices May Rise With Steam-Cracker Demand, But Not Much
Oct 01, 2019
The Race Is On - Houston Crude Oil Futures Contracts Compete for Market Share
Nov 19, 2018