Living The Crude Life
Brittany Diederich, host of The Business Lesbian podcast, talks about her experiences "coming out" professionally in the construction industry and how her co-workers reacted.
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About Living The Crude Life
Living The Crude Life is a daily (M-F) news and lifestyle program currently airing on radio stations, social media and online news portals. The daily update focuses on the energy industry and its impact on businesses, communities, workers and the economy.
The interviews engage with everyone from CEOs to roughnecks to truckers to chemists to cafe owners.
Living The Crude Life, formerly called The Crude Life Daily Update, has been broadcasting on radio stations across 5 states and 2 countries since 2011, podcast outlets and posts all updates and interviews on The Crude Life Social Media Network.
$219M Permian Basin oil and gas land sale closes, company to cash-in on region's growth
Denver-based oil and gas company Sitio Royalties continued to up its presence in the Permian Basin, buying up more land in the U.S.’ busiest oilfield as energy markets continue to grow amid renewed demand following the COVID-19 pandemic.
In April 2020, the price per barrel of domestic oil fell as low as -$40 a barrel amid travel and busines restrictions intended to slow the spread of the virus but also stymied energy demand.
But as vaccines became widely available, restrictions were lifted and demand quickly outpaced supply after production was reduced following 2020’s plummeting prices.
U.S. Politicians Have Bought These 3 Oil & Gas Stocks
Investors will be intrigued to know that many U.S. politicians have deep knowledge of and broad exposure to the country’s stock market. In the past six months, many politicians have invested in the oil and gas industry, with the top three stocks being Baker Hughes Company (NASDAQ: BKR), Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. (NYSE: MMP), and Pioneer Natural Resources Company (NYSE: PXD).
It is worth mentioning that the oil and gas industry has been one of the most profitable industries so far in 2022. While the broader market suffered from domestic and international uncertainties, the U.S. oil and gas companies benefited from higher oil and gas prices, heavy demand, and restricted supply, which was also, to some extent, triggered by the Ukraine-Russia war.
With government and industry initiatives, the production levels have strengthened lately, resulting in price corrections for oil and natural gas. Despite this, the WTI crude oil price is up 19% since the beginning of 2022, while the natural gas prices reflect a year-to-date gain of 109.7%.
'Easter eggs' in climate bill delight oil and gas industry
The oil and gas industry doesn’t hate the climate bill.
The industry as a whole isn’t yet embracing the $700 billion-plus reconciliation deal, which would penalize some forms of fossil fuel pollution while making one of the largest investments in clean energy in U.S. history. But the legislation also contains what some called “Easter eggs” that would benefit oil and gas companies, including access to new swaths of federal waters in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico.
“There are some things in there that are helpful to our business,” Rich Walsh, senior vice president and general counsel at Valero, one of the country’s largest fuel refiners, said during an earnings call Thursday with investors.
The Real Dangers of ESG
Since 2015, I've personally interviewed over 100 professionals about their organization's ESG methodology, and several predictions or comments stand out more than others.
I’ve heard everything from ESG will save the planet and humanity to ESG is designed to take out capitalism and the free market.
Most of the people I've spoken to assume that investing in ESG programs are designed to highlight, showcase and reward companies that are helping the collective movement to "save the planet".
Here's the bottom line near the top in Paragraph Five - ESG ratings are based on “single materiality”, which is basically how your organizational choices impact of the changing world on a company P&L, not the reverse.
The Industrial Forest
Over 50% of the trees planted by government and non profits die within the first year. This wastes time and resources causing more harm than good. This also puts companies and corporations at risk for their donations.
This is another eco-issue. Luckily there is an Eco-Answer. It's The Industrial Forest
The Crude Life has become an environmental leader and is helping build a healthy, sustainable Forest that is assisting in education on how energy and environment can and will co-exist. How working together makes each other better, stronger and healthier.
It Take An Industry To Build A Forest
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About The Crude Life
The Crude Life promotes a culture of inclusion and respect through interviews, content creation, live events and partnerships that educate, enrich, and empower people to create a positive social environment for all, regardless of age, race, religion, sexual orientation, or physical or intellectual ability.
Part of our mission is to enable people, companies and communities to affect change, demonstrate their transformative actions and drive energy awareness through storytelling and access to resources.
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