Month: August 2026

On August 6, 2026, ConocoPhillips announced a clean, planned leadership succession. Andy O’Brien, the company’s chief financial officer and executive vice president of Strategy and Commercial, will become president and CEO effective September 1. He will also join the board. Ryan Lance, after 14 years as CEO and more than […]

Japan’s decision this week to forgo any additional releases from its national crude reserves in September and October is a quiet but revealing signal about the current state of the global oil market. Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Ryosei Akazawa made clear that Tokyo expects September crude procurement to drop […]

Every American taxpayer should pay attention to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve’s precarious state because it is a publicly funded national insurance policy that is rapidly losing its ability to pay out when needed—and the bill for fixing or replacing it will land on all of us. The SPR is not […]

MFA Oil Company raised $100,000 for Feeding Missouri in June, helping support hunger-relief efforts for families across the state. Feeding Missouri is a coalition of Missouri’s six regional Feeding America food banks. Through a statewide network of more than 1,200 community and faith-based organizations, it delivers hunger relief to every […]

Montana Renewables, LLC (MRL) joined the Minnesota SAF Hub in celebration of new supply to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP). MRL will supply up to 30 million gallons of neat SAF annually through its existing Shell offtake agreement. MRL’s partnership with the Minnesota SAF Hub began in 2024, when the […]

I support fast-tracked permitting. I’ve spent enough time in this industry to know what a multi-year federal review does to a project’s economics, to a landowner’s patience, and to a small operator’s ability to compete with companies that can afford to wait. On paper, FAST-41 — the federal permitting reform […]

In the oil patch, numbers tell stories. And the latest numbers from 2025 tell a clear one: the United States remains the undisputed heavyweight champion of crude oil production. According to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), American producers pumped 13.58 million barrels per day last year — […]

Terry and Julie Morris drove in from Crane, Missouri, towing a piece of 1970s history behind them, and by the time I clipped a lapel mic on for the first time — trying new things, right, that’s what Route 66 does to you — they were already deep into the […]