Sunday, August 9, 2026

LNG Bill Could Add 45,000 Jobs as soon as 2018

In late January the U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 351, the LNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act. The bill was designed to accelerate the approvals of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH), Energy and Commerce Committee member wrote the bill “to put an end to the unnecessary obstructive delays” by the Department of Energy (DOE)

Core Lab Q1 2016, Conference Call Recap

Free Cash Flow, V-Shaped Recovery, Decline Curves, Balance Coming 2H 2016 Core Laboratories (ticker: CLB; CoreLab.com) reported Q1 earnings on April 20. The company held its earnings call this morning. Here is a recap of what the company reported and discussed in the call. EPS $0.37, ex-FX FCF $43.2 million – share count 42.5 million Paid $23.3 million in dividends,

US Energy vs. Russia

EnerCom Inc. Provides Annual Finding and Development Cost Study

For the global oil and gas industry, world events are shaping the future. If the shale revolution started in 2004, the shale evolution will have its genesis in 2015. The industry’s previous business model, using scarcity as its raison d’être, is dead and buried.  We have seen the potential of the horizontally drilled well, and it is good.  Technology is

Boone Pickens: Let’s Make OPEC Irrelevant, Not Just Laughable

Published in Forbes, written by T. Boone Pickens: Nearly 40 years ago, OPEC nations met and brought America to her knees overnight. Long gasoline lines. Gasoline prices skyrocketed. Crippling economic conditions. Nearly two generations have passed since then. That translates to 185 million Americans – more than half of all Americans – who have never experienced that hardship or challenge.