Georgia Wells, Timothy Puko | Wall Street Journal | March 1, 2018

A Russian-backed propaganda group used social media in an attempt to disrupt the U.S. energy industry and influence energy policy, according to a new congressional staff report reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

Katherine Blunt | Houston Chronicle | February 14, 2018

The U.S. is soon expected to become a dominant player in the global market for liquefied natural gas as Gulf Coast companies build massive terminals to serve overseas markets and the federal government considers looser regulations for small-scale exports closer to home.

A new report from the Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA) finds that oil and natural gas operators in Texas paid roughly $30 million per day in state and local taxes and royalties during the 2017 fiscal year. All told, oil and gas contributed $11 billion in revenue to the state and local governments – an increase of 17 percent from 2016 – thanks to record oil and gas production.  

Osamu Tsukimori | Reuters | February 26, 2018

TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States will overtake Russia as the world’s biggest oil producer by 2019 at the latest, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday, as the country’s shale oil boom continues to upend global markets.

Mark J. Perry | American Enterprise Institute | February 9, 2018

There are only five countries in the world that produced more crude oil in October 2017 (most recent month available for EIA international oil production statistics) than the state of Texas (data here): Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, and Canada. Therefore, if Texas was considered as a separate nation, it would be the world’s sixth-largest oil producer.

Valerie Volcovici | Reuters | February 12, 2018

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration’s infrastructure proposal released on Monday would speed up the permitting of U.S. natural gas pipelines, including by cutting Congress out of the process for allowing them to cross national parks.

Oil & Gas Investor | February 12, 2018

Texas oil and gas producers received 1,166 drilling permits last month, a 21% increase over year-ago levels, the state energy regulator said Feb. 9, after filings surged on the back of higher crude prices.

Reuters | February 6, 2018

NEW YORK - U.S. oil production is expected to surpass 11 million barrels per day in late 2018, a year earlier than projected last month, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said on Tuesday.