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

NAPE Summit 2026 Recap: Deal Flow and Market Sentiment

NAPE Summit returned to Houston's George R. Brown Convention Center in late January 2026, and after two years of megadeal hangover, the upstream industry showed up with something it hadn't brought in a while: genuine curiosity about what comes next. The North American Prospect Expo is

Oil and gas production facility representing E&P company quarterly performance

Q4 2025 Earnings Preview: Year-End Reckoning

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

New Year Preview: What's on the Calendar for Q1 2026

The calendar flips in three days. Before it does, here is what you need to have on your radar for Q1 2026 — the key dates, the events that will move the needle, and the questions we will be tracking in the first weeks of the new year. January: Budgets Finalize,

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

Year in Review: The 10 Biggest Upstream Stories of 2025

Twelve months. Eight articles a month from CIR. Dozens of stories tracked, hundreds of data points analyzed. Here are the ten upstream stories that actually mattered in 2025 — the ones that will shape what comes next. 1. The Post-Merger Integration Test 2024 was the year of the megadeal. 2025

Natural gas processing facility and pipeline, LNG export terminal

Natural Gas: 2025 Review and 2026 Setup

Natural gas producers entered 2025 with cautious optimism. They are exiting it with something approaching genuine optimism — a change in tone that reflects real fundamental improvement, not just seasonal weather effects. Here is what happened and where things stand heading into 2026. The 2025 Review: From Pain to Recovery Henry

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

2025 A&D Year in Review: Deals That Defined the Year

The 2024 M&A supercycle — anchored by ExxonMobil's $60 billion Pioneer acquisition and ConocoPhillips' $22.5 billion Marathon Oil deal — left the 2025 A&D market with a high watermark to match. It did not. But the year was far from quiet, and the deals

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

OPEC+ Year-End Meeting: 2026 Production Policy

OPEC+ wrapped up its year-end policy meeting in early December with an outcome that surprised very few people who have been paying attention: another extension of existing voluntary cuts, a delay in unwinding the production restraints that have been in place since late 2023, and language vague enough to