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Concerns Grow on How ‘Dirt Sciences’ Will Keep Attracting Talent

Factors like the cyclical nature of the energy industry and demand for more skills are widening the gap between industry and education.

Kinetik CEO Pushes Trump Admin to Rethink Tariffs on Steel

Kinetik CEO Jamie Welch said the U.S. oil and gas industry’s products are “born and bred … in our backyard,” and therefore should get exemptions from the tariffs impacting the materials needed to drill and move hydrocarbons.

Bechtel Inks $9B in Contracts for NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG Trains

NextDecade Corp. finalized contracts with Bechtel Energy for construction of Rio Grande Trains 4 and 5, which are awaiting final investment decisions.

Court OKs MVP Southgate Permit Extension—Despite Opposition

A group of environmental petitioners had asked for a review of the Southgate project to extend the Mountain Valley Pipeline.

US NatGas Prices Edge Up on Rising Demand, Signs of Higher Flows to Cameron LNG

Prices edged up even as energy firms continue to add record amounts of gas into storage and as the cost of spot gas remains well below futures prices.

Berry ‘Excited’ for Uinta’s Resource Potential from Horizontal Drilling

Berry Corp. is excited for the untapped resource potential from the Uinta Basin as it dives deeper into horizontal drilling in the basin, CEO Fernando Araujo tells Hart Energy’s Nissa Darbonne.

US Policy to Hobble Midstream Cos.' Feedstock Shipments to China

Energy Transfer and Enterprise Products Partners, two major suppliers of ethane, will bear the brunt of a policy that will cut shipments to China by a quarter in 2025 and by 50% in 2026, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Apollo Makes Strategic Investment in T.D. Williamson

Apollo Global Management has made an investment in global infrastructure technology and services company T.D. Williamson, which will remain majority owned by SCF Partners.

Phillips 66 Leans into Midstream Growth Despite Elliott Activism

Phillips 66 grew its midstream segment so much that activist investor Elliott Management pushed to splinter the company—but the refining giant sees gold in moving NGLs.

Texas Hits Record NatGas Production, Crude Holds Steady

The Texas Oil & Gas Association estimated that crude oil production in Texas held steady at 5.7 MMbbl/d, while NGL production also remained level at 4 MMbbl/d.