What You Need To Know In Oil And Gas Today – 8.3.2017

Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for August 3, 2017, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed:

Okaaaayyyyyy: How the wild shale race may be harming the U.S. oil trove  via @markets

Maybe so, maybe no.: Here’s what sanctions on Venezuela would do to the oil market 

No biggie.: Oil dips on high OPEC supplies, defying falling US crude stocks 

Cool.: Houston startup plans $2 billion Permian pipeline  via @HoustonChron

Big Deal Here:  Houston startup plans $2 billion Permian pipeline  via @HoustonChron

Another Big Deal Here: Jacobs Engineering buying CH2M for $2.85 billion  via @HoustonChron

They’ve never been good at playing with others.: OPEC wants oil above $50, but Shale Drillers aren’t playing along 

It is a conundrum for sure.: OPEC’s ‘Catch-22’: How to unwind its deal to cut oil output  via @WSJ

Because, why not? #GodBlessTexas.: Why Texas Uses More Energy Than Any Other State  via @TexasMonthly

Awesome.: Board approves Dan Hughes’ West Texas water project  via @HoustonChron

Good stuff here: AI Models For Investing:  Lessons From Petroleum (And Edgar Allan Poe) via @forbes

Self-inflicted wounds.: OPEC is facing a game-theory dilemma, says @elerianm  via @bv

That’s all for today.  Check back in tomorrow for another dozen Things You Need To Know In Oil And Gas.