Week in Review: October 19, 2018

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Methane Emissions Decline in Permian Basin as Oil and Gas Production Soars

Texans For Natural Gas | October 18, 2018

The Permian Basin is pumping out record amounts of oil and natural gas, and newly released federal data show that methane emissions from America’s largest oilfield are declining.

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Memo to Texas Tribune: Next Time Read What Experts Say on Natural Gas and Climate

Texans For Natural Gas | October 16, 2018

The Texas Tribune just published the latest in its misleading series on oil and gas exports in Texas. Unfortunately, it’s more of the same. The article – which has a byline exclusively from the Center for Public Integrity, an activist news outlet – falsely asserts that natural gas “isn’t so great for the climate,” and provides little to no evidence to support that claim. Yet the article proceeds from that claim as if it were an indisputable fact.

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New Report Finds Natural Gas Saved Texans $60 Billion

Texans For Natural Gas | October 16, 2018

From 2006 to 2016, Texas families and business saved a total of $60 billion from low-cost natural gas, a new report from the Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) finds. Titled, Oil and Natural Gas Light the Way for Texans, the report quantifies the household savings thanks to increased oil and gas production over the past decade.

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Dallas Fed: Oil and Gas Industry in Texas, Louisiana Remains Strong

Rye Druzin | Houston Chronicle | October 1, 2018

The oil and gas industries of Texas and Louisiana continued to stay at near-record levels of activity during the third quarter.

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Week in Review: October 12, 2018

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Responding to a Misleading Narrative on Texas Oil Exports

Texans For Natural Gas | October 11, 2018

Fact check: Sensational, misleading media story that claims Permian Basin energy development is “threatening the planet” is chock full of inaccuracies, features debunked activist claims, and was co-authored by an organization funded by “Keep It In the Ground” supporters.

Energy development is unquestionably good for Texas. It provides jobs, billions of dollars in tax revenue, and it makes the United States more energy secure. The United States is now the world’s largest producer of oil, thanks in large part to places like the Permian Basin and the Eagle Ford Shale. As the largest natural gas producer in the country, Texas is also playing a key role in reducing air pollution: the United States leads the world in reducing carbon dioxide emissions, and that’s primarily due to the increased use of clean-burning natural gas.

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Platts: U.S. Oil Exports Expected to Hit Nearly 4 Million Barrels a Day By 2020

Rye Druzin | Chron | October 9, 2018

U.S. crude oil exports are expected to hit nearly 4 million barrels a day by 2020.

The export volumes are expected to rise to 2.2 million barrels a day in 2019 and hit 3.9 million barrels a day by 2020, according to a new report by research firm S&P Global Platts.

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