Dec 18, 2017
US producers continue to fight against federal rules limiting methane emissions from oil and natural gas operations. The Trump administration has put an Obama-era methane rule on hold until 2019 as they draft another, likely weaker rule, but a major industry group has launched a methane emissions...
Dec 11, 2017
Capitol Crude gets a crash course in geology to understand the potential for Permian Basin operators to use recycled water when drilling wells.Pioneer Natural Resources is building a pipeline network to haul produced water that comes up from the drilling process to frack new wells. It hopes to...
Dec 4, 2017
Capitol Crude has an exclusive interview with Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa al-Khalifa, Bahrain’s oil minister, who sees a major crude supply crunch looming in the global market as investments dry up and US shale is likely to decline soon.Senior oil editor Brian Scheid shares more from the...
Nov 27, 2017
Is peak oil demand a myth? Capitol Crude goes to Georgetown University to debate how electric vehicles, technology, policy and petrochemicals (and more) will influence whether demand for crude oil will peak around 2030.Senior oil editor Brian Scheid fields arguments about the economics, policy...
Nov 20, 2017
This week’s Capitol Crude looks at efforts by congressional Republicans to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas development. After decades of debate, drilling in ANWR appears closer than ever, but there are a lot of open questions and moving parts.Senior oil editor Brian...