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CIR Research Desk

CIR Research Desk

Permian Basin pumpjacks operating at sunset, West Texas oil production

Permian Water Takeaway: Infrastructure Race

The Hidden Constraint on Permian Growth Everyone talks about oil takeaway and gas flaring as the Permian Basin's growth limiters. Water is the quieter crisis. For every barrel of oil produced in the Delaware Basin, operators bring 6–10 barrels of produced water to surface. In some mature

Natural gas processing facility and pipeline, LNG export terminal

Chesapeake/Expand Energy: The New Natural Gas Giant

Upstream oil and gas pumpjack and production infrastructure, U.S. E&P operations

Memorial Day Drive Season: Gasoline Demand and What It Signals

Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of U.S. driving season. Every year, the industry watches gasoline demand data from the EIA's weekly petroleum status report with something approaching ritual significance. The numbers that come in through late May and June are treated as the leading edge