LNG was a topic of great interest in 2025. This September Market Focus episode of the podcast, featuring Conglin Xu, Managing Editor - Economics, was the most-engaged episode of 2025. In it, Xu asks Dr. Robert Brooks about his outlook on global LNG markets and the forces shaping prices in the near and long term.

Permian produced water showed up in oil and gas industry news coverage throughout the year. This August episode was a top performer in the OGJ lineup. In it, Alex Procyk talks Permian produced water with Laura Capper. 

This Permian produced water podcast takes us all the way back to OGJ's first podcast episode of the year. Alex Procyk, Upstream Editor, continues a December 2024 podcast discussion on the topic, detailing a few potential solutions mulled by industry, along with difficulties still to be addressed.

The long-delayed closing of Chevron's acquisition of Hess, preceeded by uncertainty and speculation, drew attention this year. In this July episode, Mikaila Adams, Managing Editor, recapped the deal and offered listeners details from a mid-year Rystad Energy report on global upstream M&A.

In August, ahead of the 1-year anniversary of the Oil & Gas Journal ReEnterprised podcast, Laura Bell-Hammer introduced listeners to the newest series in the lineup, Then & Now. In the episode, she took a brief look at the history of the industry and OGJ's coverage.

Discussions around data, AI, and power were inescapable in 2025. At the start of the year, news began to surface tying the oil and gas industry to data centers. In this February episode, Mikaila Adams, Managing Editor, offered an overview of what was known then about ExxonMobil and Chevron exploring behind-the-meter power solutions for data centers leveraging natural gas.

Geopolitics continued to be a large variable in the oil and gas market this year, with continued focus on Russia. In February, Conglin Xu, Managing Editor - Economics, detailed early year actions by the US to slash Russian oil and gas revenues.

In October, Alex Procyk hosted an episode on geothermal energy, speaking with Allen Sinor, Geothermal Sector Council Manager for The Competency Alliance.

In September, Alex Procyk, Upstream Editor, continued his discussion with Laura Capper, CEO of EnergyMakers Group and CAP Resources, in a Part II episode on Permian produced water cleanup standards, projects, and goals.

Wrapping up the most-engaged list of podcast episodes is a May 2025 overview by Robert Brelsford, Downstream Editor, about Valero’s move to shutter its refinery in Benicia, Calif., and the discussion spurred about California’s energy policies.