US Oil & Gas Association
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US Oil & Gas Association
@US_OGA
Representing America's oil and gas producers and their awesome workers. Account run by USOGA President. Blame him if you are offended. But he won't care.



Since President Trump entered office, the Trump EPA has proven that America can protect the environment while also fostering economic growth—an approach the previous administration rejected. Thank you to @US_OGA for inviting me yesterday to discuss how EPA’s recent actions follow the law, advance cooperative federalism, and support US energy dominance.

Californians, if you’re hitting the road this holiday weekend, be sure to AVOID Chevron. Pro tip: unbranded gas comes from the same refineries, storage tanks, and pipelines, and it meets the same state standards to keep your engine running clean, even if it doesn’t have a fancy name like ‘Techron.’ Big Oil is already making billions off Trump’s Iran War; don’t let them rip you off even more by overpaying for the brand name.


Bullshit. AI data center are not an illusion. They are real and they are causing harm to the communities where they are built. They are not jobs creators. They are being built to serve a mass surveillance state. Fuck you for this post. You should focus on your goals and stay in your lane.

A trolley is about to hit 5 people laying on the track You can redirect the car, but the other track has not yet reached regulatory approval or completed its 1 year environmental testing period, so operating a train car on it is a violation of transit regulations What do you do?

Californians, if you’re hitting the road this holiday weekend, be sure to AVOID Chevron. Pro tip: unbranded gas comes from the same refineries, storage tanks, and pipelines, and it meets the same state standards to keep your engine running clean, even if it doesn’t have a fancy name like ‘Techron.’ Big Oil is already making billions off Trump’s Iran War; don’t let them rip you off even more by overpaying for the brand name.

🚨PRIMER: Why the People of New Mexico Win Big From This Week's Record Federal Lease Sale The federal oil and gas lease sale conducted on Wednesday by the Bureau of Land Management in the Delaware Basin of southeastern New Mexico fetched an all-time record $4 billion in lease bonus payments. That is more than 4 times the previous record of $972 million. Some key points: 🔳Devon Energy was the biggest bidder with $2.6 billion in bonus investments. 🔳Even without Devon's contribution, the sale would have exceeded the previous high by 50%. 🔳This indicates that more companies are prepared to join Diamondback Energy in increasing their drilling budgets to take advantage of current high oil prices. Little known facts: 🔳The state government receives a 50% share of proceeds from such sales of leases in their borders. 🔳That means New Mexico's state government will benefit from a whopping $2 billion payment out of this lease sale. 🔳New Mexico's total state budget for FY 2026: $10.8 billion. 🔳This single lease sale = 19% of the total state budget. 🔳The vast majority of those funds will go to improvements in the state's healthcare and education systems. But it gets better: 🔳States also receive a 50% share of future federal royalty payments on oil and gas production from these leases. 🔳The Delaware Basin is the most prolific shale play in the United States with the highest oil production per well. 🔳Most of these wells will produce oil and associated natural gas for 30 years or more. 🔳That means that this single lease sale will net the state billions more in additional revenues - likely tens of billions in fact - in the years to come. Bottom line: "Big Oil" is not the main beneficiary from this record lease sale. Nor is the federal government. The people of New Mexico are. The more you know... #PermianBasin #DelawareBasin #leasesale @DevonEnergy #NewMexico @BLMNewMexico



We are now at the "hold up a jar of murky water" stage of opposing data centers. It took a few years to happen with fracking, but it did happen.

🚨WSJ: The Panic Industry’s New Target – AI and Data Centers Barton Swaim nails it: A generation drilled with climate doom is now having the same script flipped on AI and data centers. Eric Schmidt tells Arizona grads not to fear the future - machines, jobs, climate - but the fear he decries was bankrolled by outfits like his own Schmidt Family Foundation’s 11th Hour Project. Key points: •Hypocrisy on steroids: For 20+ years, progressive billionaires (Schmidt, Gates, etc.) poured hundreds of millions into climate-panic groups, Al Gore screenings, and anti-fossil fuel activism. Now those same activists, armed with the same talking points and funding networks, are blocking data centers needed for AI. •Busybody Economy: Nonprofits built to chase “future calamities” never declare victory. They pivot to new targets. Climate apocalypse → AI will destroy jobs/livelihoods + data centers = environmental ruin. •Local fallout: Too many protesters at county meetings aren’t organic thinkers -they’re echoing conflict group talking points. Same playbook as fracking bans and pipeline blocks. •Reality check: AI needs massive power. Opposing reliable energy + data centers while demanding AI benefits is incoherent. The panic machine profits from fear, not solutions. Tech titans helped create this fear culture, then act surprised when it bites their own projects. Time to reject manufactured panics and embrace abundance: energy, innovation, growth. The “panic industry” thrives on perpetual crisis. Don’t buy the sequel. #AI #Datacenters #panicindustry #NGOs

ICYMI: @GregAbbott_TX says @bofrench would “wreck” Texas oil and gas if elected to the Railroad Commission. Abbott on Tuesday slammed GOP Railroad Commission candidate Bo French, saying he “doesn’t know anything about oil and gas.” He cast the race for the often-overlooked statewide office as existential for the state economy, especially amid soaring gas prices during the ongoing war with Iran. The commission oversees the oil and gas industry. “Bo French’s agenda would wreck the miracle that we have in producing more oil and gas than ever before — by the way, more oil and gas than what Iran produces,” Abbott said. At a campaign stop, Abbott told a crowd of Republicans, “We need @JimWright4Texas to be reelected to continue to lead that way.”

We spoke too soon.... $4 Billion+ threshold crossed on the NM lease sale today. You know what that shows? It shows industry is willing to put money on the table to work with an Administration who takes robust energy production seriously. Hats off to @SecretaryBurgum and BLM for reigniting a a great working partnership. The future is bright.

The Department of the Interior generated over $4 billion in total receipts from a Bureau of Land Management oil and gas lease sale in New Mexico and Texas, underscoring strong industry demand for domestic energy development on public lands. The Bureau of Land Management leased 74 parcels totaling 33,530 acres during the quarterly lease sale. Combined bonus bids and rental payments from the sale totaled approximately $4,007,944,870. Revenue generated through lease sales is shared between the federal government and the states where the parcels are located. “America is sitting on some of the richest energy resources in the world, and President Donald J. Trump is committed to putting those resources to work for the American people,” said Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum. “This over $4 billion lease sale is another sign that President Trump’s American Energy Dominance Agenda is delivering results. By cutting costs and removing barriers to development, we are unleashing American energy, strengthening national security, creating jobs and generating significant revenue for taxpayers and local communities.”


$2 billion + threshold crossed on the NM lease sale today. Congratulations!


