If oil and gas from the domestic shale boom are going to take the US to energy independence, will it be by pipeline, rail, or truck? Production and consumption patterns were at the center of the decades-long development of America’s pipeline infrastructure, which actually dates all th

Texas has long been known as the US oil capital – and for good reason. Ever since oil erupted into Texas way back in 1901 with the famous Lucas Gusher, the oil and gas industry has been the driving force of the state’s economy. To witness the Lone Star State’s inextr

As the domestic energy industry races to become self-sufficient – if not emerge eventually as a global titan, at least in the natural gas realm – one segment that’s been a straggler is finally stepping up.  That’s refining. America’s refineries provide fu