During the debates, it seems Democratic candidates had a field day using oil and gas as a punching bag. Presumable nominee Joe Biden promised to end drilling and hydraulic fracturing at least on federal lands. Former candidate Bernie Sanders threatened to prosecute oil and gas executives for crimes against humanity due to their presumed role […]
Know Thyself
What will history say about you? I pose the question because we may be living through the worst times in our history. We are thrown into the mayhem of 2008, 911, the 1980s, Pearl Harbor, and the Spanish Flu all at once. What has been your reaction to the crisis of 2020? How have you […]
Permian Perseverance
In 2006, when I first began serving as the president of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association, many people around the state and nation talked about the Permian Basin like its best days were behind it. Some took joy in writing these obituaries, and some have begun to do so once again. Then, just like now, […]
Brighter Days Ahead
In 2020, oil and gas has gotten a bum rap. Even in an industry that has almost always had to buck an unfairly negative sentiment from media and from certain special interests, oil and gas has taken a beating in 2020. In the past year or more, the financial markets have added their voices to […]
Crude Oil Prices in Collapse
The Short Term Energy Outlook, published in April by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, held that the impacts of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on energy markets are still evolving. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant changes in energy fuel supply and demand patterns. Crude oil prices, in particular, have fallen significantly since the […]
Enverus Exec Cautions About Crude’s Fortunes
Bernadette Johnson, vice president, strategic advisory group at Enverus, issued the following statement in late April: “On April 20, May WTI futures did what was once thought to be unthinkable—they went negative. This most recent collapse is the direct result of an oversupplied market, dramatic demand destruction as a result of COVID-19, and contract expiration […]
Van Zandt Awarded Foxboro Contract
Van Zandt Controls announced April 24 its partnership with Schneider Electric whereby Van Zandt is the new, exclusive manufacturers’ rep for Schneider’s Instrumentation, SCADA, and Telemetry lines for West and South Texas (Permian and Eagleford Basins) and Southeast New Mexico. According to Larry Richards, president and CEO of Van Zandt, this agreement entails the Foxboro […]
ESG Mandates Impacting Businesses’ Viability
By Dan Eberhart, originally published 4/29 on RealClearMarkets.com With the world is facing a crisis the likes of which has not been seen for generations, businesses across the economy are grappling with extraordinary pressures brought about by stay-at-home orders and other government responses to coronavirus pandemic. While every sector of the economy is impacted, it […]
“Heat Map” Charts Coronavirus Downside
A report issued April 27 by Fitch Ratings reveals that a majority of sectors across corporates, financial institutions, infrastructure, public finance, sovereigns and structured finance would experience heavy Rating Outlook and Watch activity, as well as numerous ratings changes, in the event of a downside coronavirus scenario involving renewed large-scale lockdowns across major economies and […]
“Deep Dive” Report Analyzes Failed Merger
The Market Institute released on April 28 a deep-dive report chronicling the events of an ongoing legal battle between two American energy pipeline giants—the Williams Companies and Energy Transfer—over a failed 2016, $33 billion merger. Destined to Fail is presented as a case study on corporate governance and details Williams CEO Alan Armstrong’s behavior which […]
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