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Owen Comstock & Mason Hamilton | EIA | June 13, 2019 U.S. imports of crude oil from members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in March 2019 totaled 1.5 million barrels per day (b/d), their lowest level since March 1986, based on data in EIA’s Petroleum Supply Monthly. U.S. crude oil imports from OPEC members have generally fallen over the previous decade as domestic crude oil production has increased.

Alan Neuhauser | U.S. News | June 7, 2019 The U.S. is set to become the world’s biggest provider of liquefied natural gas. The country is seeing booming gas production, and consumption is only expected to keep climbing.

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Jordan Blum | Houston Chronicle | June 6, 2019 West Texas' booming Permian Basin is churning out more oil than believed and pushing U.S. crude output even higher than the federal government estimates, according to a new report Thursday.

James Osborne | Houston Chronicle | June 6, 2019 Oil imports to the U.S. Gulf Coast have reached the lowest level in more than three decades, as production out of shale fields like the Permian Basin continues to rise.

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Jeff Clark and Steve Everley | Midland Report-Telegram | June 3, 2019 For many years, policymakers in Washington have struggled to manufacture a workable policy that addresses the serious challenges we face from our changing climate without raising Americans’ energy bills. They could learn a few things from Texas.

Bill Godsey | Caller Times | May 31, 2019 From wind and solar to oil and natural gas, the American energy sector is booming. The Permian Basin — with record crude-setting production and massive recoverable resources — is at the forefront of this domestic energy golden age.

Simon Casey | Bloomberg Markets | May 29, 2019 The U.S. has a message for the rest of the world: Get ready for a lot more "freedom gas."

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Steve Everley | The Washington Times | May 22, 2019 Politicians often support tariffs with the misguided belief that they are protecting the American economy and reducing our trade deficit. In reality, tariffs are a cap on our economic potential, and nowhere is that more apparent than in America’s rise as an energy superpower.

Bernard L. Weinstein | San Antonio Express-News | May 20, 2019 Last month, America observed the 50th anniversary of the unofficial holiday known as Earth Day.

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Steve Everly | Midland Reporter-Telegram | May 15, 2019 The United States is now the global leader in oil and natural gas development, due in large part to the Permian Basin. Since 2011, oil and gas production in the Permian Basin has increased by 125 percent. Earlier this year, we discovered the Permian Basin is actually the highest producing oilfield in the world.

Texans For Natural Gas Factcheck: The latest in a number of inaccurate and misleading reports from out-of-state anti-oil and gas group Environmental Integrity Project, this most recent example attempts to deceive the public about emissions in the Permian Basin based on an inaccurate reading of air quality events and gross mischaracterization of operations from oil and gas facilities as “illegal air pollution.”

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Mark J. Perry | Washington Examiner | May 8, 2019 The new buzzword in the energy industry is "geopolitics." The role of America’s oil and natural gas companies has never been more consequential in shaping the global political order. If history is a good signpost, the change being driven by our nation’s energy industry will have a significant worldwide impact on technologies and policies that will last for decades.

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Energy In Depth | April 26, 2019 Increased natural gas consumption has generated a truly incredible story for the environment as U.S. greenhouse gas emissions have fallen to their lowest levels since 1992. But the air quality improvements go even further, as a new Energy In Depth analysis shows: The U.S. oil and gas industry is also making incredible progress in reducing methane emissions as production surges in America’s top shale basins.

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Jason Isaac | San Antonio Express-News | April 23, 2019 Amid a groundswell of criticism, San Antonio has recently extended the timeline for revision and public comment on the draft of its Climate Action and Adaptation Plan, or CAAP.

Patrick Thomas | Wall Street Journal | April 24, 2019 Workers at oil and gas companies ranked near the top in median pay, as shale boom squeezed already tight labor market.

Texans for Natural Gas Did you know that natural gas, which has become more abundant thanks to fracking, helps our environment? Check out this list to find out how, and don't forget to click "tweet this" to share your favorite facts!

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