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  • Dallas Fed Energy Survey

    Activity in the oil and gas sector expanded at a robust pace in second quarter 2022, according to oil and gas executives responding to the Dallas Fed Energy Survey.

  • Dallas Fed Economics

    High fuel prices in the U.S. may crimp oil demand soon

    If prices climb higher, expect consumers to respond by cutting back on fuel consumption and overall spending sooner than later.

  • Economic Indicators

    Energy Indicators

    Natural gas prices have been rising as inventories wane. Exports of natural gas are at record levels and set to grow further in the second half of 2022.

  • Dallas Fed Economics

    Russia’s war on Ukraine will leave scars on U.S., world economies

    The conflict may alter the global economic and geopolitical order, leading to a new era of deglobalization.

  • Dallas Fed Economics

    Don’t look to oil companies to lower high retail gasoline prices

    While U.S. retail gasoline prices in many regions have remained stubbornly high since March, this situation reflects frictions in the retail gasoline market rather than the supply of oil or the price of oil.

  • Economic Indicators

    Energy Indicators

    Refinery utilization is rising as they exit the spring maintenance season amid rising measures of profitability and low product inventories.

  • Dallas Fed Economics

    Capacity constraints drive the OPEC+ supply gap

    Assuming that the group increases production at the same pace it has in recent months, only a handful of countries in OPEC+ will have spare capacity left by the start of the summer, a number that will dwindle as year-end approaches.

  • Dallas Fed Economics

    Renewable energy projects present unique lender risks, need for oversight

    A vigorous risk management program can mitigate potential problems facing banks and nonbank financial institutions engaged in financing these facilities—whether as agents, loan participants or direct lenders.

  • Shale oil boom gave Permian Basin a second life

    We look back a decade ago as Southwest Economy told of the rebirth of the Permian Basin as part of the shale oil boom in “Permian Basin Booms as New Techniques Resurrect Old Sites.”

  • Dallas Fed Energy Survey

    Activity in the oil and gas sector accelerated in first quarter 2022, according to oil and gas executives responding to the Dallas Fed Energy Survey.