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Charles Kennedy, OilPrice.com | August 15th, 2022The largest shale basin in the United States, the Permian, is on track to hit a record 5.408 million barrels per day next month, with production set to rise by 79,000 bpd, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Ben Shepperd, Midland Reporter-Telegram | August 14th, 2022With each day that passes, the Biden administration continues to find new and inventive ways to attack the oil and gas industry, create greater economic volatility and somehow still find room to blame energy producers for scarcity and high prices.

David Beasley, Santa Barbara News-Press | August 14th, 2022The drop in U.S. crude oil production in May is “part of any normal business cycle,” according to one New Mexico industry group.

NMOGA News Release | August 3rd, 2022

DALLAS, TEXAS–(August 1, 2022) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is conducting helicopter flyovers of the Permian Basin region in New Mexico and Texas. The flyovers will use infrared cameras to survey oil and gas operations to identify large emitters of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, as well excess emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). While VOCs have potential short-and long-term health effects on their own, they also contribute to the formation of ground-level ozone when they combine with nitrogen oxides in the presence of sunlight.

Adrian Hedden, Carlsbad Current Argus | August 3rd, 2022

Aircraft will fly over the Permian Basin in southeast New Mexico and West Texas this month as the federal government investigates the area for potentiallyviolating government air quality standards through carbon emissions from oil and gas operations.

Mark Green, American Petroleum Institute | July 18th, 2022

Even as much of the media coverage of President Biden’s weekend trip to Saudi Arabia focused on discussions of human rights and the broader U.S. role in the Middle East, there was news much more important to American families and businesses than the fist bump between the president and the crown prince – Mr. Biden’s inability to convince the Saudis to immediately and substantially increase crude oil production beyond what they’re already doing.