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Will Investor Hesitation Destabilize a Thriving Permian Basin?

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As the United States’ oil and gas industry continues to gain momentum, one of the most prominent performers has been Texas and New Mexico’s Permian Basin. Over the last few years, the Permian has come to represent the United States’ growing dominance in energy production. In recent months, however, some unexpected financial choices from some of the nation’s largest hedge funds have begun to make some investors wonder about the future of the Permian Basin.

Will the vast shale deposit continue to remain one of the United States’ most active oilfields, or does the future of oil and gas lie elsewhere in the nation?

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Trudeau’s Plan for a Cleaner Canada May Just Put the Entire Country at Risk

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As the world moves forward with the Paris Climate Agreement, one world leader has risen to the top of the pile in terms of outspoken support of the pact. That man is Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. His vocal “disappointment” at the United States’ departure from the Paris Agreement has won him fans around the globe. Yet, the young Prime Minister’s support for the act is threatening to destabilize one of his country’s most important economic sectors: the oil and gas industry.

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Oil and Gas Pushes to Employ Talented Women

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As the oil and gas industry works to recover from its years-long recession, the need to supply new and future projects with talented employees is growing. As companies in every sector of the industry search for talented employees, there is also a dramatic change taking place in the way oil and gas companies hire incoming professionals, and things will never look the same again.

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The Paris Agreement Isn’t About the United States, It’s About the Rest of the World

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Since the Trump administration took office earlier this year, the President has been working to make good on his campaign promises. In a lot of cases, that has meant battling his way upstream against a steady flow of criticism. The President’s environmental goals have been no different. Whether its the repeated attacks on his decision to open up federal lands to more extraction opportunities or his attempts to de-regulate the oil and gas industry, it seems that environmentalists can’t stand anything Trump does.

In general, that kind of partisan in-fighting is to be expected. What’s more, those decisions on the part of the Trump administration are easily defensible thanks to the continuing innovation within the oil and gas industry and the obvious economic benefits that extraction brings.

When it comes to Trump’s stance on the 2015 Paris Agreement, however, things get more complicated. In that instance, prominent oil and gas company executives are urging the President to comply with the terms of the Agreement.

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