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Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for May 31, 2017, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed: Why yes, yes it could.: Permian oil play could flood the natural-gas market  via @WSJ Great question.: Why Do Federal Subsidies Make Renewable Energy So Costly? via @forbes Ugh.: Oil at 3-week...
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Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is rooted back to the post-Civil War era when our nation was deeply divided.  In an article written by Dave Thomas Austin, an American Statesman, chronicling the history of Memorial Day, he wrote: “In 1868 the commander of the Grand Army of the Republic,...
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Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for May 30, 2017, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed: Yyyyyyyyyep.: For President Trump, Pulling Out Of Paris Is The Only Logical Move via @forbes Awesome. Great photos here.: Massive tanker's arrival in South Texas makes history  via @callerdotcom Nothing new about...
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While the exploration-and-production sector of the oil and gas industry has drawn most of the media attention recently, the service and supply sector has been making a comeback from the painful downturn of 2015 and 2016. Bank of America Merrill Lynch conducted a survey recently and found that the increase...
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Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for May 24, 2017, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed: The Oil And Gas Situation: Polar Pregnancy, Policy Priorities, And Permian Protraction via @forbes  Really bad idea.: Trump proposes slashing Gulf royalty payments to Texas, other states  And well they should.: U.S....
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Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for May 22, 2017, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed: Well, #GodBlessTexas, then.: More Than Half of All U.S. Oil and Gas Jobs Are In Texas: Dallas Fed Big deal here.: Huntsman, Clariant agree to merge, creating $14 billion chemicals giant...
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The business of exporting petroleum products from the U.S. is growing at a record pace, and the future looks bright. U.S. exports of crude oil and petroleum products during January and February, the most current figures available, averaged 6.1 million barrels per day (bpd) compared to 4.9 million bpd during...
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Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for May 18, 2017, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed: That's how it works, all right.: Oil down as market stays well supplied despite OPEC cuts  Wait - you mean it gets worse?: Fracking Crew Shortage May Push Oil's Biggest Bubble...
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Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for May 17, 2017, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed: Oil never listens!: Saudi Arabia and Russia speak, oil kinda sorta listens.  via @gadfly If this is  what "winning" looks like, let's not have any more wars, ok?:  No, U.S. Shale...
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Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for May 16, 2017, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed: You sure about that?: OPEC would accomplish its mission to clear the oil glut by prolonging output cuts  Actually, they reflect his district.: Texas Democrat lawmaker’s votes reflect oil industry interests  It's...