Judging from the attendance at Wednesday's State of Energy event in Corpus Christi, things are going pretty strong in South Texas and the Eagle Ford Shale region. The discussions at the Luncheon event made clear that if the industry in Texas and nationally is to continue to grow, crude oil exports must grow along with it. One of the most reliable ways to tell how things are going for the oil and gas industry in any state or region is to gauge the attendance at industry events held in the area. Thus, if domestic production is to continue to grow as so many experts - including those at the U.S. Energy Information Agency - project, U.S. crude exports will have to grow along with it. Corpus Christi's close proximity to the Eagle Ford and Permian Basin means that PortCC will remain the country's key facilitator of that growth.

Source: Forbes August 30, 2018 18:00 UTC