Archive for November 2025
Factsheet: Global Methane Pledge 2025
Last week, the UN released its 2025 Global Methane Pledge report. At 147 pages, the report is dense. Oilfield Witness waded through it so you don’t have too. While framed in an optimistic light, the report’s findings are grim: Even if the fossil fuel industry implemented every feasible methane control technology at every site across…
Read MoreBoats in the Desert? New Mexico’s Natural Gas Export Ambitions
Earlier this month the Japanese ambassador visited New Mexico. He was not in town to visit Carlsbad Caverns or to throw a pizza onto the roof of the Breaking Bad House. Unlike the usual tourists, he was in Santa Fe to discuss the newly announced Western States and Tribal Nations Energy Initiative roadmap for…
Read MoreGluttons For Punishment: Oil Industry Doubles Down Against Reality
The world is facing a multi-year oil glut where the oil producers will be pumping more oil out of the ground than the world is using. This will keep oil prices at low levels – likely well below the level that most US shale oil producers can make a profit. But the U.S. shale oil and…
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