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Shale Markets Briefing — October 9, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 20 stories across crude oil, lng, midstream and drilling from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: Heavy explosions in Strait of Hormuz as tankers may have hit mines, Iranian media says - Saudi Gazette.
Shale Markets Briefing — October 8, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 21 stories across data centers, crude oil, lng and natural gas from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: At ShaleInsight 2026, Appalachian Producers Talk Pipelines and Power Contracts, Not Just Barrels.
Shale Markets Briefing — October 7, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 25 stories across crude oil, lng, drilling and midstream from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: How Much Gulf Production Will Isaias Knock Out?.
Shale Markets Briefing — October 6, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 24 stories across lng, midstream, crude oil and drilling from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: US LNG Exporters Watch China Tariff Talks as New Gulf Coast Capacity Nears Online.
Shale Markets Briefing — October 5, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 14 stories across offshore, crude oil, lng and refining from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: Strike threat looms over North Sea oil supplies as Apache workers reject pay offer - bairdmaritime.com.
Shale Markets Briefing — October 4, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 3 stories across crude oil from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: OPEC+ Agrees to Keep November Oil Output Targets Steady - The Moscow Times.
Shale Markets Briefing — October 3, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 14 stories across crude oil, exploration, lng and drilling from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: 'Mission critical': Canada backs $30 billion oil export pipeline - Upstream Online.
Shale Markets Briefing — October 2, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 15 stories across drilling, carbon capture, crude oil and lng from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: Federal oil and gas permitting bill heads to Trump's desk.
Shale Markets Briefing — October 1, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 24 stories across drilling, crude oil, natural gas and refining from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: Permian Rig Count Has Fallen to 270 as DUC Backlog Thins and Output Concentrates in Fewer Counties.
Shale Markets Briefing — September 30, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 18 stories across lng, drilling, crude oil and natural gas from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: MidOcean Energy joins LNG Canada Phase 2 following FID.
Shale Markets Briefing — September 29, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 23 stories across drilling, lng, crude oil and refining from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: Spending Shift to Existing Wells Raises Risk of Faster U.S. Shale Output Drop.
Shale Markets Briefing — September 28, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 10 stories across lng, production, crude oil and natural gas from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: European Gas Prices Rally on U.S.-Iran Stalemate.
Shale Markets Briefing — September 27, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 8 stories across drilling, lng and natural gas from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: SLB to deliver more than 450 wells for Aramco under three-year contracts.
Shale Markets Briefing — September 26, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 16 stories across crude oil, refining, drilling and technology from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: Venezuela Oil Output Could Hit 1.8 Million Bpd By 2030, Rystad Says.
Shale Markets Briefing — September 25, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 23 stories across crude oil, lng, exploration and refining from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: U.S.-Iran Talks Revive June Plan for Ending Hormuz Standoff.
Shale Markets Briefing — September 24, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 23 stories across natural gas, data centers, crude oil and lng from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: Chord Energy Sells Non-Operated Marcellus Position to POSCO for $550 Million.
Shale Markets Briefing — September 23, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 22 stories across lng, refining, offshore and crude oil from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: ADNOC’s XRG explores LNG Canada stake as partners weigh expansion.
Shale Markets Briefing — September 22, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 18 stories across natural gas, crude oil, lng and carbon capture from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: Appalachian Gas Output Stalls at 34.7-36.2 Bcf/d as Takeaway Bottlenecks Push Relief Into 2027.
Shale Markets Briefing — September 21, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 6 stories across crude oil, oilfield services, refining and offshore from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: Saudi Arabia Reroutes Oil Exports as Houthi Strikes Target Yanbu.
Shale Markets Briefing — September 20, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 3 stories across crude oil and lng from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: Associated Gas Keeps Rising in U.S. Shale Even as Crude Output Stalls.
Shale Markets Briefing — September 19, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 15 stories across crude oil, midstream, natural gas and lng from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: Macron Calls for Another Emergency Oil Release as Europe Loses Supply.
Shale Markets Briefing — September 18, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 34 stories across midstream, lng, crude oil and exploration from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: Ohio Power Projects Shift Utica Takeaway Math as New Turbines Enter Service.
Shale Markets Briefing — September 17, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 34 stories across production, crude oil, refining and exploration from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: Citadel's Reported Hunt for Shale Production Assets Tests Whether Hedge Funds Can Outbid Traditional Buyers.
Shale Markets Briefing — September 16, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 35 stories across crude oil, natural gas, carbon capture and lng from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: Hormuz Risk Opens $40-Plus Price Gap Between Crude Grades.
Shale Markets Briefing — September 15, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 29 stories across refining, crude oil, lng and offshore from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: Kyiv Says No Deal Yet to Halt Strikes on Refineries.
Shale Markets Briefing — September 14, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 19 stories across pipelines, crude oil, natural gas and lng from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: U.S. Shale Growth Has Fallen to a Trickle, and Only the Permian Is Still Adding Barrels.
Shale Markets Briefing — September 13, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 8 stories across crude oil from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: UAE Oil Exports Reach Pre-War Levels As West Asia Finds New Routes. Will Brent Crude Prices Fall? - News18.
Shale Markets Briefing — September 12, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 21 stories across crude oil, lng, refining and exploration from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: Drone Strikes Hit Saudi Arabia’s Vital East-West Oil Pipeline.
Shale Markets Briefing — September 11, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 26 stories across transportation, crude oil, lng and data centers from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: China’s 70% EV Target Deals Another Blow to Oil Demand.
Shale Markets Briefing — September 10, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 15 stories across crude oil, lng, natural gas and refining from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: Canadian pipeline expansions could unlock 2–3 MMbpd of oil production growth.
Shale Markets Briefing — September 9, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 20 stories across crude oil, refining, exploration and natural gas from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: Tamarack Valley and Headwater in $10B deal to create oil-producing heavyweight - constructconnect.com.
Shale Markets Briefing — September 8, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 26 stories across oilfield services, crude oil, exploration and lng from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: Shale Operators Test Advanced Surfactants to Offset Slowing Well Productivity Gains.
Shale Markets Briefing — September 7, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 25 stories across crude oil, exploration, lng and drilling from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: Why Domestic Refining Capacity, Not New Shale Wells, Is Now the Binding Constraint on U.S. Crude Realization.
Shale Markets Briefing — September 5, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 8 stories across drilling, crude oil and exploration from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: Trump team to fast-track Alaska oil drilling approvals - Washington Times.
Shale Markets Briefing — September 4, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 25 stories across crude oil, refining, drilling and exploration from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: Venezuela Oil Deal Could Reshape U.S. Energy Security and Influence in the Caribbean, Expert Says | Newswise - newswise.com.
Shale Markets Briefing — September 3, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 17 stories across crude oil, refining, lng and natural gas from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: Hormuz Disruptions Could Drag Into Next Year, Japanese Tanker Giant Warns.
Shale Markets Briefing — September 2, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 37 stories across crude oil, pipelines, lng and nuclear from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: U.S.-Iran war intensifies after month-long lull, raising energy prices and inflation fears - The Globe and Mail.
Shale Markets Briefing — September 1, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 15 stories across offshore, midstream, lng and drilling from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: The Permian Builds Pipe. Guyana and Brazil Are Building a Permanent Tanker Bill Instead.
Shale Markets Briefing — August 31, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 12 stories across drilling, crude oil, natural gas and refining from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: Omega discovers major extension in Taroom Trough onshore Australia.
Shale Markets Briefing — August 30, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 7 stories across crude oil, lng, exploration and power & electricity from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: U.S. Eyes 18th-Century Law to Seize and Sell Iranian Oil.
Shale Markets Briefing — August 29, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 11 stories across drilling, crude oil, lng and midstream from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: Ovintiv adds 240 Permian, Montney drilling locations in $460-million acquisition push.
Shale Markets Briefing — August 28, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 39 stories across exploration, crude oil, lng and midstream from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: Thiel Macro's $76 Million Vista Stake Puts a Number on the RIGI Bet in Vaca Muerta.
Shale Markets Briefing — August 27, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 15 stories across crude oil, lng, exploration and drilling from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: Strait of Hormuz Traffic Ticks Higher Amid New Diplomatic Push.
Shale Markets Briefing — August 26, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 21 stories across production, exploration, crude oil and lng from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: India’s ONGC Targets Tenfold Oil Output Boost in Venezuela.
Shale Markets Briefing — August 25, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 42 stories across drilling, crude oil, exploration and pipelines from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: Permian Inventory Depletion Is Pricing Smaller Operators Out of the Market.
Shale Markets Briefing — August 24, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 16 stories across lng, crude oil, offshore and transportation from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: Santos targets higher production as Pikka ramps toward 80,000 bpd.
Shale Markets Briefing — August 23, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 8 stories across policy, technology, markets and midstream from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: IEA: Southeast Asia Needs Grid Investment to Nearly Quadruple by 2050.
Shale Markets Briefing — August 22, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 12 stories across drilling, regulatory, markets and policy from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: The Race to Unlock the World’s Hidden Hydrogen Reserves.
Shale Markets Briefing — August 21, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 27 stories across drilling, policy, markets and midstream from across the global oil and gas market. Leading today: Why U.S. Shale's Geological Ceiling Now Matters More Than Its Rig Count.
Shale Markets Briefing — August 20, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 4 stories across drilling from across North American oil and gas. Leading today: SLB, Formentera Working to Activate Drilling Rigs in Venezuela, Executives Say - EnergyNow.com.