Wednesday the full House Finance Committee, and last night the full House passed CSHB 72(FIN), the Committee Substitute for the Operating Budget submitted earlier this session. As readers of these pages know, I have followed and commented extensively on state fiscal matters generally, and the progress of this year’s Operating Budget specifically. My comments on this year’s Operating Budget have been reflected most recently here and here, My thoughts on the votes taken this week — and even more importantly, where we go from here — are captured Continue reading
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- U.S. rig count had no change this week, stays at 397 February 19, 2021
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LNG World News
- Shell: 2020 LNG demand up despite COVID effects February 25, 2021
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- TechnipFMC stays in the red February 25, 2021
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- Gasrec increases the size of its Bio-LNG tanker fleet February 25, 2021
Upstream Online
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Offshore Energy
- TechnipFMC taps UTEC for Coral-Sul FLNG survey February 25, 2021
- TWMA wins first job with Spirit Energy in North Sea February 25, 2021
- TechnipFMC stays in the red February 25, 2021
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Law 360 Energy
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***DC***
E&E’s Greenwire
- NOMINATIONS: Haaland Day 2: Biden's agenda, all the way February 24, 2021
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- INFRASTRUCTURE: 'Cascading failures' fueled Texas water disaster February 24, 2021
- NOMINATIONS: Committees scrap votes on Neera Tanden February 24, 2021
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Politico’s “Morning Energy”
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***Finance & Corporate***
Seeking Alpha Energy
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- Harsco EPS beats by $0.03, misses on revenue February 25, 2021
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***Blogs***
RBN Energy
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Forbes: Chris Helman’s Blog
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Platt’s Blog “The Barrel”
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Gail Tverberg’s Oil Blog
- Where Energy Modeling Goes Wrong February 4, 2021
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