Unlock well and field-wide productivity with optimized artificial lift In today’s complex energy landscape, oil and gas operators must find innovative new ways to improve operational efficiency and reduce capital expenses. To accomplish this, best practices in the field are being backed up with more engineering criteria. Digital breakthroughs, such as adaptive, high-science applications and […]
Pumping a Change
Today’s tumult in the oil and gas industry has begun to break down some of the industry’s historical resistance to change, including change in the realm of artificial lift. Producers are becoming more open to alternatives; not only in types of lift, but also to new ways of thinking about the whole production picture. Clan […]
Opinion Will 2022 Be the Year of Comeuppance?
Oil and gas in the Permian Basin has been put through the shale shaker in this still-new decade of the 2020s. And still, the energy bulls and the ebullient forecasters keep promising that the Big Bounceback is just up ahead. Is that still the case after a 2021 full of commodity price ups and downs? […]
Endeavor’s Stephens to receive PBPA Top Hand Award
Autry C. Stephens, founder and general partner of Endeavor Energy Resources, will receive the 2021 Top Hand Award from Permian Basin Petroleum Association Thursday, Jan. 20. The annual awards dinner will begin at 7 p.m. at Petroleum Club of Midland. The Top Hand award is the highest honor distributed by the PBPA each year. It […]
Rig count grows 67 percent in Permian Basin, 72 percent in Texas in 2021
There were few changes in Baker Hughes’ count of active oil and gas drilling rigs in the final week of 2021. As of Dec. 31, there were 293 rigs in Permian Basin (294 week ago, 175 year ago), 277 in Texas (279 week ago, 161 year ago), 94 in New Mexico (93 week ago, 65 […]
Abraxas Petroleum transforms into pure play Delaware Basin company
San Antonio-based Abraxas Petroleum said Monday it is transforming into a pure-play Delaware Basin company by paying off all revolving credit with proceeds from the $87.2 million sale of Williston Basin assets of 3,500 acres and converting a term loan held by Angelo Gordon Energy Funding into preferred stock. The Williston assets were sold to […]
FireBird acquires Midland Basin assets from Chevron
Fort Worth-based FireBird Energy said last week it acquired operated assets in Midland Basin from Chevron USA and Chevron Midcontinent. The transaction for about 21,000 net acres (99 percent operated) in Crane, Ector, Midland and Upton counties closed Dec. 30. FireBird now will have about 72,000 gross acres with about 11,500 boed. Travis F. Thompson, […]
Happy New Year/Happy New Hire
Greetings and salutations! I am excited and optimistic for the New Year. Each year everyone shares this common enthusiasm to celebrate the previous year if the safety performance has been deemed successful and injury free. Conversely, if the company has experienced a less-than-stellar performance, there is still much relief that comes from embracing a needed […]
Texas is Coming Back
By Dr. M. Ray Perryman In early 2020, COVID-19 plunged the economy into free fall, abruptly reversing a historic expansion. Although the sharp declines only persisted for about two months, almost 1.5 million jobs disappeared across Texas. The loss of income and financial security for millions of families and small businesses added to the […]
Digital Transformation: The Key to ESG
By Mark Valdez As we close out 2021 and set our sights on 2022, let’s look at two trends that have been at the center of conversation throughout the energy industry: digital transformation and environmental, social, and governance (ESG), specifically the “E” component. Because of increasing pressure from stakeholders and investors, more and more companies […]
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