Forsythe Trench offers its consulting services to companies in the oil and gas sector to support industry restructuring. We help project sponsors to either integrate or expand operations efficiently by introducing sources of capital or leveraging business partnerships. Our global reach stretches from West Texas to the Gulf States to East Malaysia.
Carbon Capture
Strategies to limit emissions of greenhouses gases into the environment embrace greater use of carbon-capture technology. While not a single solution to global warming, early-stage results have been constructive, with energy companies investing heavily in this approach to reducing harmful pollutants.
Greenhouse-gas storage is creating a new angle to the shipping industry. Some $25 billion in investment may be required between now and 2050 to meet the demands for transporting CO2 emissions, especially in Asia, where distances are exceptionally long. https://t.co/1D0Qm4HUEk
— Forsythe Trench (@fst_energy) December 17, 2024
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Offshore Drilling
The collapse of Deepwater Horizon in 2010—creating the largest-ever marine oil spill—will cloud the offshore drilling business for a generation. Rapid advancements in industrial technology now provide baseline assurances on occupational safety and environmental protection, mitigating public criticism.
The White House navigates state politics with an offshore-drilling plan. Neither the East or West Coasts are interested in opening new fields. And curiously, oil companies are not interested in those locations either. The real focus is the Gulf of Mexico. https://t.co/bt49CcSdiz
— Forsythe Trench (@fst_energy) November 4, 2025
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Permian Basin
This region in the American southwest is one of the largest oil and gas fields in the world. There may be primitive beauty in the countless rigs that dot the horizon. Some residents defend the geyser of cash, whether of greater or lesser intensity. Others complain of the stress on social and physical infrastructure.
In Texas, the electrification of the oil-and-gas business means that companies are competing with data centers for power. Large-load queues have tripled in the past year. Some companies look to meet ongoing power demand with their own micro grids. https://t.co/C5SsoqLn7S
— Forsythe Trench (@fst_energy) October 27, 2025
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Pipeline Issues
Oil and gas pipelines are the most efficient way to bring energy inputs to market. They are friendlier to the environment and more reliable than transportation alternatives. The US is home to the largest number of pipelines worldwide. Projects often focus on expanding or upgrading existing infrastructure.
Uganda—with its thick, waxy, landlocked, underdeveloped oil reserves—is an unconventional setting to be targeted by environmentalists. Yet the nation is now ground zero in a global battle against fossil fuels. There are two distinct sides to this story. https://t.co/BH09N3J6JM
— Forsythe Trench (@fst_energy) March 30, 2025
An assortment of more than 200 special-interest groups has banded together against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline in a coalition called StopEACOP. Their protests have blocked the entrances to major financial institutions; their case is supported by the Vatican. There are many crosscurrents here, from displacing people, to destroying wildlife, to spewing greenhouse gases. Some view the project dramatically as petro-colonialism at its worst. A visit to the coalition website offers full perspective on this rococo mosaic.
Regional Insight
The texture of the petroleum industry is found in myriad development projects worldwide. These efforts can have direct benefit to communities or often make existing infrastructure more stable and secure. Government regulation and industrial heritage influence the pace of these undertakings.
As a cash generation measure, Iran begins to flood world markets with oil, albeit at a still-prudent rate. Tankers are heading fast to Asia. Indications suggest that shipments have increased by more than 40% this week over more typical circumstances. https://t.co/oHScSawohA
— Forsythe Trench (@fst_energy) June 19, 2025
While Israel is not directly attacking Iran’s oil infrastructure—at least at this time—Tehran is intent on building cash reserves in case circumstances change. The nation’s major terminal at Kharg Island is seeing an unusually high volume of activity. Tankers are cautious in their nearby staging, though. Satellite images indicate that ships have largely dispersed into the Persian Gulf while awaiting their loading slots.
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