TXOGA Talks

In this episode, TXOGA President Todd Staples and Shana Joyce, Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs, are joined by Dean Foreman, Chief Economist, for his “Foreman’s Four” where he highlights four items about energy and economics that everyone should know. In addition, they discuss the effects of global geopolitics on supply and demand, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and how production has increased despite lower upstream employment numbers and rig counts, due to increased use of AI and process efficiencies.

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TXOGA: Economic Insights: TXOGA's economic insights serve as a vital reference for our members as well as those who are interested in understanding data which tell the story of what’s happening with the economy as well as oil and gas markets at the Texas, U.S. and global levels.

TXOGA: Energy Economic Analysis Highlights Texas Energy Records Through July 2024

In this episode, TXOGA President Todd Staples and Shana Joyce, Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs are joined by Diamondback Energy Senior Vice President of Completions Hunter Landers and Vice President of Production Nathan Luoma for an overview of the upstream process, also known as exploration and production, through which oil and natural gas is found and extracted from the ground. Also in this episode, this discussion highlights the use of fracking in oil and natural gas extraction, as well as the processes in place to ensure safety and groundwater protection.

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TXOGA: LNG Exports Have Had No Impact on Domestic Energy Costs, TXOGA Economic Analysis Finds

TXOGA: TXOGA Talks, Episode 3: The Four P’s

Diamondback Energy: Overview of Diamondback Operations

Texans for Natural Gas: Fracking 101

Texas Monthly: George Mitchell was a Texas A&M graduate who was known as the “pioneer of shale”. Mitchell is credited with pioneering the economic extraction of shale gas using the fracking technique.

Railroad Commission of Texas: Hydraulic fracturing has been an environmentally safe process for more than 60 years in Texas. The Railroad Commission has a comprehensive regulatory framework to ensure usable quality groundwater is protected. Commission records do not indicate a single documented groundwater contamination case associated with the process of hydraulic fracturing in Texas.

Railroad Commission of Texas: Information and Statistics on the Permian Basin

Energy Information Administration: Drilling Productivity Report: Petroleum & Other Liquids

In this episode, TXOGA President Todd Staples and Shana Joyce, Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs, discuss the Association’s annual Lone Star Energy Forum held in November 2024.

In addition, they play the video footage of the panel discussion, “A New Administration & Mexico’s Energy Industry,” moderated by Antonio Garza, Former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, and featuring Carlos Garcia, Senior Vice President of Latin America Commercial Operations at Valero, and Francisco de Rosenzweig, Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade at the Ministry of the Economy for Mexico. The panelists provided insights into how the election of President Claudia Sheinbaum will affect the energy sector and working relationships across Mexico, Texas, and the United States.
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TXOGA: TXOGA Lone Star Energy Forum Features 66th U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Governor Greg Abbott

In this episode, TXOGA President Todd Staples and Shana Joyce, Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs, discuss the Energy Elevated Technology Showcase held in September. In addition, they play the video footage of the fireside chat between Todd and State Representative Giovanni Capriglione, Chairman of the House Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence & Emerging Technologies, in which the two highlight the ways that AI is being used to improve outcomes in government, healthcare, and business as well as how to meet the growing energy demand required as part of the technology’s continued adoption.

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TXOGA: Texas TXOGA Hosts Energy Elevated Technology Showcase in San Antonio

WOAI-TV: AI and Data Centers Boost Demand on Texas Power Grid

Odessa American: Get Ready, Oil Business. Here Comes AI

In this episode, TXOGA President Todd Staples and Shana Joyce, Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs, introduce the new TXOGA Talks podcast, whose aim is to engage in balanced discussions on energy and energy policy—and why these discussions are essential to Texans. Tune in as they discuss the essential role of oil and natural gas in powering our modern lives and its potential to lift millions out of poverty by meeting energy needs and providing energy security.

Stanford University: Estimated cost of approximately $62 trillion to transition from existing energy sources to solely renewable sources.