Permian Basin’s declining rig count reached 16 weeks in Baker Hughes’ weekly report of active oil and gas drilling rigs for July 2. Permian lost 5 rigs in the past week for a new total of 126 (441 a year ago). Texas was unchanged with 112 rigs (463 a year ago), New Mexico idled rigs […]
Diamondback leads state in filing June 24-30, Shell adds 4 permits in Loving
Midland’s Diamondback Energy led the state in filing for drilling permits for the week of June 24-30, according to Houston Chronicle. Diamondback filed 9 permits followed by 8 by Centennial Resource, 7 by Double Eagle, 6 by Ovintiv, 5 by Cimarex Energy, and 4 each by Pioneer Natural Resources, Comstock and Shell. Dutch oil major […]
Presta acquires assets in Glasscock, Howard, Midland, Pecos, Scurry
Fort Worth-based Presta Petroleum and Presta Royalty acquired properties in 30 counties in Texas and 20 counties in Oklahoma in two recent transactions. They are the sixth and seventh acquisitions of family-owned entities Presta has purchased since launch in September 2018. Presta also owns assets in New Mexico, Colorado, Arkansas and Wyoming. Permian Basin holdings […]
Pipeline completion in Mexico expected to boost gas exports from Permian
The recent completion of a natural gas pipeline in central Mexico is expected to boost exports from Permian Basin. The southern most segment of the Wahalajara system (Villa de Reyes-Aguascalintes-Guadalajara pipeline) began operations in June connecting new markets in Mexico to U.S. sources. The Wahalajara system, which receives 0.89 billion cubic feet per day, is […]
No Time to Back off Safety
As companies start recovering from the coronavirus debacle and the major downturn due to oil prices, the time has come to focus on rebuilding a sustainable business, especially in the field of safety. Some companies just continue to rebuild following the same philosophies and principles that have been carried on for years. It is a […]
Natural Gas: What’s Next?
Can natural gas prices rise even in a generational downturn like the COVID-19 situation? Analysts including the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) feel that prices were already so low that they had nowhere to go but up anyway. In the Permian Basin in particular, gas prices were artificially low due to takeaway constraints. Such constraints […]
Apache accepting applications in 2020-21 tree grant program
Houston-based Apache Corp. is accepting applications until Aug. 21 in its 2020-21 tree grant program. Now in its 15th year, the program has provided more than 4.7 million trees in 17 states. Last year Apache donated 61,000 trees to 54 nonprofit agencies, including Keep Odessa Beautiful and Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife. The program […]
San Antonio companies secure funding for U.S.-Mexico projects
San Antonio companies Mirage Energy and Northern Hemisphere Logistics said June 17 they secured funding from Bluebell International for development of natural gas pipelines from Texas to Mexico, 786 bcf of underground storage and the Isthmus corridor liquids transportation project. The announcement said Mirage’s natural gas storage facility will be “the largest natural gas storage […]
Texas company debuts tanker to be used as offshore LNG import terminal
The Woodlands-based Excelerate Energy last week debuted another tanker that can be used as an offshore LNG import terminal. The Sequoia was delivered to Excelerate after construction in South Korea. Houston Chronicle said Sequoia can store 173,400 cubic meters of LNG; it belongs to a class of ships known as floating storage and regasification units […]
Texas adds 1 rig to end streak of 14 straight weeks of declining rig count
According to Baker Hughes, Texas added a rig last week to break its streak of 14 straight weeks of declining counts of active oil and gas rigs. As of June 26, Texas had 112 rigs (111 previous week, 464 previous year). The U.S. count fell for 16th consecutive week to 265 (266 previous week, 967 […]
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