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What Does the US Rig Count Mean for the Oil and Gas Industry?

Posted by admin on  April 25, 2019
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Category: Science & Tech
At noon on Friday, the last day of the work week, Baker Hughes will continue a tradition began in 1944 when they release their weekly US rig count. Week after week, month after month, year after year, this metric is used by journalists, financial experts, and academics as the pulse of the domestic oil and gas industry.  But what does the Baker Hughes rig count truly measure, and what do its rise and fall mean
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Why Do Democrats Need to Publicly Disown Oil and Gas to Succeed?

Posted by admin on  April 18, 2019
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It seems like the left side of the aisle has painted themselves into a corner when it comes to the oil and gas industry. The crusade to curtail the United States’ energy efforts has become so poisonous that even party luminaries are being discredited for daring to demonstrate some connection to the oil and gas industry. Down With Hickenlooper! Let’s start in Colorado, where a left-wing government has just signed into law an extremely controversial
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Trump Uses Houston Summit to Loosen the Reigns on Oil and Gas

Posted by admin on  April 12, 2019
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On Wednesday, Donald Trump visited Houston, Texas, the nation’s energy capital, to continue the fight for American energy dominance.  On a hard-charging tour of the Lone Star State, the President took the time to speak to a room filled with oil and gas professionals. In his speech, Trump reasserted his commitment to the nation’s oil and gas industry, praising their past success while paving the way for future prosperity. Join me in Crosby, Texas as
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Interior Nominee Assailed By Swamp Creatures and Buzz Words

Posted by admin on  March 29, 2019
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On Thursday, during the confirmation hearing for the presumed next leader of the Secretary of the Interior, David Bernhardt, a pair of jokers in movie monster masks decided to drop by. Though the “protestors” were few, their banal, little outburst has successfully stolen most of the attention away from Bernhardt’s confirmation — of course, that in and of itself is extremely telling. Because We’re in a Swamp! Get It? A Swamp! As David Bernhardt sat
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Colorado Nets $1 Billion in Tax Revenue Courtesy of State’s Oil and Gas Industry

Posted by admin on  March 22, 2019
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After a spate of new proclamations, newly-elected Colorado Governor Jared Polis is a bright shining star on the left. Now that the plans are public, however, the governor’s personal crusade to squash the state’s thriving oil and gas industry threatens to undo all the governor’s other ambitious (and costly) work. Pushing Colorado in a Controversial Direction In a State of the State delivered on January 10, buried underneath a slew of potentially infeasible social programs,