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May 19, 2025
One X has acquired United Energy Partners in a move that accelerates One X’s strategy to become the go-to field partner for high-efficiency, low-maintenance, service-less valve systems across the Lower 48.
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May 16, 2025
Occidental has entered into an agreement with ADNOC’s XRG to evaluate a potential joint venture to develop a Direct Air Capture (DAC) facility in South Texas. As part of the joint venture, XRG will consider investing up to $500 million.
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May 15, 2025
Strathcona Resources has entered into an agreement to sell its assets in the Montney shale formation in western Canada in a shift that makes it a pure heavy oil producer. Strathcona is divesting its gas-focused operations in three separate transactions worth C$2.8 billion ($2 billion USD).
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April 2025
Big changes may be headed for hydrocarbon projects 
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May 14, 2025
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) this week announced it has taken the first step in the Energy Department’s largest deregulatory effort in history, proposing the elimination or reduction of 47 regulations.
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May 14, 2025
“The Trump Administration continues to fill important positions within the federal government with outstanding professionals who are committed to increasing American energy dominance," said IPAA President Jeff Eshelman.
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May 14, 2025
Oil giant Saudi Aramco has signed agreements with major U.S. companies potentially totaling about $90 billion. The signed MoUs and pacts cover partnerships on LNG, AI, emission-reduction technologies and more, Aramco said in a statement.
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May 13, 2025
The alliance integrates ZENRG's industry-leading cross-compression capabilities with TDW's extensive pipeline service offerings, including hot tapping and isolation, pigging, in-line inspection and repair.
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May 12, 2025
Slowing global oil demand amid extreme uncertainty about the future of U.S. trade and a coming supply surplus are expected to hobble U.S. oil production growth later this year and could lead to an annual decline in output in 2026, according to a new analysis by S&P Global Commodity Insights.
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May 12, 2025
“We (the Trump administration) need to ensure that (U.S.) resources are secure, abundant and reliable. And we need energy of all kinds.” That is the message that Ryan Peay, the newly installed Deputy Assistant Secretary in the U.S. Department of Energy, brought to an OTC audience on the afternoon of Day 2 at OTC.
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May 12, 2025
Leaders from both the American Petroleum Institute (API) and National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) issued statements Monday after the House Energy and Commerce Committee released its proposed markup of the 2025 tax reconciliation bill, which includes a 10-year pause of the EPA’s Waste Emissions Charge (WEC).
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May 12, 2025
Equinor ASA got no new signals that the Trump administration would reconsider the halt imposed on the Empire Wind project when its CEO met with a top White House official last week. Now the company must decide whether it will kill the project. 
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May 09, 2025
WTI climbed 1.9% to settle near $61 a barrel on Friday, the highest in over a week, as the Trump administration weighs reducing levies on China to de-escalate tensions and temper the economic pain in both countries.
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May 09, 2025
Thailand officials have discussed potential involvement in a $44 billion Alaska gas pipeline project through investments in gas exploration and production and related infrastructure with project officials, the Ministry of Energy said in a statement on Thursday. 
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May 07, 2025
Permian Resources has agreed to acquire core Delaware basin assets from APA Corp in a $608 million deal. The assets include 13,320 net acres, 8,700 net royalty acres and 12,000 boed, significantly expanding Permian Resources' New Mexico footprint.
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May 07, 2025
A federal jury in the Southern District of Texas has ruled in favor of Marathon Oil in a high-stakes natural gas trading dispute stemming from Winter Storm Uri. The jury rejected a $123.7 million breach-of-contract counterclaim filed by Koch Energy Services.
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May 07, 2025
Zephyr Energy has announced successful initial results from the production test on the State 36-2 LNW-CC-R well at the company's flagship project in the Paradox basin, Utah.
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May 02, 2025
Rising Phoenix Capital, an oil and gas investment firm, have announced a strategic purchase of mineral interests in Ector and Midland Counties, TX, operated by ConocoPhillips. The transaction strengthens the firm’s growing position in the core of the Midland Basin.
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April 2025
Upstream oil and gas activity in the part of the U.S. residing in U.S. Federal Reserve District 11 increased slightly during first-quarter 2025, even as crude prices averaged below $70/bbl. Natural gas prices were up noticeably, compared to fourth-quarter 2024 levels.
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May 02, 2025
National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) President Erik Milito issued a statement on Friday in support of the House Natural Resources Committee reconciliation package. "Chairman Westerman’s bill is a game-changer for offshore energy," Milito said.
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May 01, 2025
Shell Offshore Inc. and Shell Pipeline Company (SPLC), subsidiaries of Shell plc (Shell), have completed the previously announced agreement to increase their stake in the Ursa platform in the Gulf of America/Gulf of Mexico from 45.39% to 61.35%.
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