In Episode 49 of The Energy Question, David Blackmon interviews Karr Ingham, EVP at the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers, about his creation and maintenance of the Texas Petro Index.
00:00 - Intro
01:06 - Karr talks about his background and how he came up with the concept of the Texas Petro Index
05:29 - How the TPI is broken down by region
07:01 - Why the TPI is a good measure of the general health of the industry. Right. Historically?
10:50 - We had over 2000 rigs active at one point - what happened?
13:10 - How the Texas industry is reaching record new production for crude oil and natural gas without a record rig count, and thus without record employment
17:24 - Why demands for higher returns on investments do not represent souring of investors on U.S. oil and gas or the shale industry
22:14 - In 2010, the state of Texas produced about 20% of all of the nation's crude oil. Today, it produces almost half.
26:28 - Why the Energy Transition stands in defiance of the laws of supply and demand.
31:25 - The still-growing energy crisis that started in Europe is likely to go global
34:54 - Where viewers can find Karr, the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers, and the TPI
36:54 - Outro
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