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U.S. LNG Is Absorbing Qatar’s Lost Volumes and Pulling Gas Drilling With It

The single most consequential fact in the global gas market right now is a repair timeline. An attack on Qatar’s Ras Laffan export facility on March 18 damaged two liquefaction trains and knocked out 17 percent of the country’s LNG export capacity. QatarEnergy estimates the repairs could take up to five years. Combined with the […]

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The Federal Oil Price Forecast Assumed Peace. The War Resumed Three Weeks Later.

On July 7, the U.S. Energy Information Administration published a forecast built on the assumption that the war was over. The July Short-Term Energy Outlook took as its premise the June 18 memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran, which formalized a sixty-day ceasefire and reopened the Strait of Hormuz. Working from that

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Permian Basin Drilling Efficiency: How Texas Operators Are Doing More with Less in 2026

Shamrock Precision: Precision Engineered Components for the Oil & Gas Industry Since 1981 The Permian Basin drilling defies conventional logic entering 2026. Production from the West Texas and New Mexico shale formation remains near all-time highs even as operators reduce drilling activity in response to falling commodity prices. This paradox reveals the remarkable efficiency gains

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