Oil and Gas This Week

Hosted by Mark LaCour & Paige Wilson

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Jun 2026

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Oil and Gas This Week is the show for busy oil pros who want to quickly keep their finger on the pulse of the industry.

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June 10, 202621 min

Oil and Gas This Week | June 10 2026 | Ep 404

Sponsored by NavVis – Laser Scanning Solutions & Digital Twin Technology Mark and Paige record live from the 2026 Annual PIP Conference: The Wisdom Loop Kuwait Says Oil Output Won’t Recover for 10-12 Weeks After Hormuz Reopenshttps://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Kuwait-Says-Oil-Output-Wont-Recover-for-10-12-Weeks-After-Hormuz-Reopens.html Russia’s China Energy Lifeline Is Becoming a Noosehttps://oilprice.com/Energy/Natural-Gas/Russias-China-Energy-Lifeline-Is-Becoming-a-Noose.html TETRA Prices $100 Million Stock Offering to Fund Arkansas Bromine […]

June 3, 202630 min

Oil and Gas This Week | June 3 2026 | Ep 403

Sponsored by NavVis – Laser Scanning Solutions & Digital Twin Technology BP shares fall after board removes chairman Albert Manifold over ‘serious’ conduct concernshttps://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/26/bp-chair-albert-manifold-removed-conduct-governance-issues.html Oil prices dip amid reports of tentative US-Iran dealhttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/oil-prices-dip-amid-reports-of-tentative-us-iran-deal/ar-AA24iVeH?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=6a18bd57d3d2498eaab1271297c9c482&ei=28 Brazil sets clock for next two oil and gas bid roundshttps://www.upstreamonline.com/exploration/brazil-sets-clock-for-next-two-oil-and-gas-bid-rounds/2-1-1994001 ExxonMobil close to deal to return to Venezuela: reporthttps://www.upstreamonline.com/field-development/exxonmobil-close-to-deal-to-return-to-venezuela-report/2-1-1993394 US oil […]

May 13, 202627 min

Oil and Gas This Week | May 13 2026 | Ep 402

Sponsored by NavVis – Laser Scanning Solutions & Digital Twin Technology Gasoline Prices Jump Across All 50 Stateshttps://www.rigzone.com/news/gasoline_prices_jump_across_all_50_states-05-may-2026-183610-article/ ConocoPhillips Beats Profit Estimates for Q1https://www.rigzone.com/news/conocophillips_beats_profit_estimates_for_q1-05-may-2026-183613-article/ GlobalData Identifies ‘Top’ Oil, Gas Themes for 2026https://www.rigzone.com/news/globaldata_identifies_top_oil_gas_themes_for_2026-05-may-2026-183607-article/ TA’ZIZ secures $28.5 B in agreements to expand UAE’s chemicals infrastructurehttps://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/05/taziz-secures-285-b-in-agreements-to-expand-uaes-chemicals-infrastructure/ Automatic Pig Valve Launchers Enable Simplified Pigging Automation for Remote Pipelineshttps://pgjonline.com/magazine/2026/april-2026-vol-253-no-4/features/automatic-pig-valve-launchers-enable-simplified-pigging-automation-for-remote-pipelines Trump […]

May 6, 202625 min

Oil and Gas This Week | May 6 2026 | Ep 401

Sponsored by NavVis – Laser Scanning Solutions & Digital Twin Technology What a UAE exit from OPEC means and why it mattershttps://www.foxbusiness.com/fox-news-world/what-uae-exit-from-opec-means-why-matters Woodside, Greenpeace Reach Settlement in Greenwashing Casehttps://www.rigzone.com/news/woodside_greenpeace_reach_settlement_in_greenwashing_case-22-apr-2026-183510-article/ Venezuela’s Orinoco Belt is an Environmental Nightmarehttps://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Venezuelas-Orinoco-Belt-is-an-Environmental-Nightmare.html Russia Reopens Pipeline to Europe While Cutting Off Kazakh Oil to Germanyhttps://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Russia-Reopens-Pipeline-to-Europe-While-Cutting-Off-Kazakh-Oil-to-Germany.html Colombia’s Oil Industry Eyes Comeback as $100 […]

April 15, 202630 min

Oil and Gas This Week | April 15 2026 | Ep 400

Sponsored by NavVis – Laser Scanning Solutions & Digital Twin Technology First oil gushes out of North Sea projecthttps://www.offshore-energy.biz/first-oil-gushes-out-of-north-sea-project/ U.S. oil slips below $100 as Trump demands reopening of Strait of Hormuzhttps://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/10/oil-price-wti-brent-saudi-pipeline-attack-middle-east-war.html ‘Weeks, if not months’: Strait of Hormuz tanker traffic won’t normalize anytime soonhttps://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/09/tankers-return-to-hormuz-ceasefire-disruption-to-last-weeks.html Delta CEO says airline will ‘meaningfully’ cut growth plans, sees […]

April 3, 202625 min

Oil and Gas This Week | April 3 2026 | Ep 399

Sponsored by NavVis – Laser Scanning Solutions & Digital Twin Technology Zombie Tankers Appear in Hormuz as War Fuels Traffic Chaoshttps://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Zombie-Tankers-Appear-in-Hormuz-as-War-Fuels-Traffic-Chaos.html Chinese Oil Giants Rethink Iranian Crude After US Waiverhttps://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Chinese-Oil-Giants-Rethink-Iranian-Crude-After-US-Waiver.html Trump Reports ‘Productive Conversations’ with Iranhttps://www.rigzone.com/news/trump_reports_productive_conversations_with_iran-23-mar-2026-183273-article/ Fire Hits Oil Production at Major Libyan Fieldhttps://www.rigzone.com/news/fire_hits_oil_production_at_major_libyan_field-23-mar-2026-183267-article/ Australia Weighs LNG Windfall Taxhttps://www.rigzone.com/news/wire/australia_weighs_lng_windfall_tax-21-mar-2026-183263-article/ Texas Leads Nation in Oil, Gas […]

March 25, 202624 min

Oil and Gas This Week | March 20 2026 | Ep 398

Sponsored by NavVis – Laser Scanning Solutions & Digital Twin Technology Mark and Paige record live from Shell’s HERO (Helping Employees Reach Out) annual cookout in New Orleans, Louisiana. Oil’s surge above $100 highlights inflation risks for global marketshttps://www.worldoil.com/news/2026/3/10/oil-s-surge-above-100-highlights-inflation-risks-for-global-markets/ U.S. Gives Rosneft’s German Refinery Network Open-Ended Sanctions Exemptionhttps://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/US-Gives-Rosnefts-German-Refinery-Network-Open-Ended-Sanctions-Exemption.html Hormuz Crisis Sends Shockwaves Through Global Marketshttps://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Hormuz-Crisis-Sends-Shockwaves-Through-Global-Markets.html […]

March 2, 202624 min

Oil and Gas This Week | March 2, 2026 | Ep 397

***BREAKING***LISTEN TO MARK’S COMMENTS ON THE SITUATION IN IRAN Novus Consulting Announces Strategic Acquisition of Magnum ForgeA New Powerhouse Consulting Firm for Oil and Gas | OGGN Special Feature Presidio Petroleum to go Public via Business Combination with EQV VenturesPresidio and EQV Ventures Acquisition Corp. Announce SEC Effectiveness of Registration Statementhttps://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/08/05/3127473/0/en/Presidio-Petroleum-to-go-Public-via-Business-Combination-with-EQV-Ventures-Acquisition-Corp-Creating-a-Differentiated-Dividend-Yield-Driven-C-Corp-Focused-on-the-Optimization-Acqui.html Washington Prepares Broad License […]

February 2, 202625 min

Oil and Gas This Week | January 2026 FFQA

Sponsored by Cognite – https://www.cognite.com/en/ogpodcast HPC Innovation Excellence Award Winners: OGGN YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@OfficialOGGN This Week in Petroleum History https://aoghs.org/this-week Brought to you on OGGN, the largest and most listened to podcast network for the oil and energy industry. Don’t forget to ask a question for our next First Friday Q&A. You ask the questions and we answer […]

January 22, 202627 min

Oil and Gas This Week | Happy New Year | Ep 395

Sponsored by Cognite – https://www.cognite.com/en/ogpodcast Massive untapped oil and gas reserves discovered beneath the Permian. What will it take to tap it? https://finance.yahoo.com/news/massive-untapped-oil-gas-reserves-194434604.html U.S. completes first sale of Venezuelan oil, valued at $500 million, official says https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-completes-first-sale-venezuelan-oil Chevron takes final investment decision on Leviathan gas expansion https://www.bicmagazine.com/projects-expansions/midstream/chevron-takes-final-investment-decision-on-leviathan Energy Transfer to upsize Transwestern Pipeline’s Desert Southwest […]