Officials from Houston-based Kinder Morgan said its crews stopped an orphaned well that ruptured Oct. 2 in Reeves County five miles west of Toyah.  Kinder Morgan told Houston Chronicle the geyser was stopped Oct. 14 and sealed Oct. 21; workers no longer are detecting emissions of the toxic gas hydrogen sulfide.  The company plans to […]

Rig counts in U.S., Texas and Permian Basin remained flat in Baker Hughes’ weekly report of Oct. 25.  There were 304 rigs in Permian Basin (313 year ago), 283 in Texas (311 year ago) and 585 in U.S. (625 year ago).  New Mexico was one of only three major producing states to add a rig […]

Midland-based Imperative Chemical Partners acquired Performance Chemical Co., another Midland company that provides specialty chemical solutions serving midstream and production operators in the oil and gas industry.  The Imperative brand was formed in 2019 with the merger of three Midland-based chemical businesses.  It has 40 locations with 900 employees in 10 states. Ryan Havens, CEO, […]

Dallas-based Matador Resources last week raised guidance for 2024 fullyear production by 6 percent and said it expects to produce more than 200,000 boed in 2025.  In third quarter Matador closed its acquisition of Ameredev, and production from the first 7 wells turned to sales since the effective date of the deal exceeded expectations by […]

U.S. natural gas production from shale and tight formations, which accounts for 79 percent of dry natural gas production, decreased slightly in the first nine months of 2024 compared with the same period in 2023. If this trend holds for the remainder of 2024, U.S. Energy Information Administration said it would mark the first annual […]

Tulsa-based ONEOK has completed acquisition of the entire interest held by Global Infrastructure Partners in EnLink Midstream for total cash consideration of about $3.3 billion.  The acquisition consists of 43 percent of EnLink’s outstanding common units ($14.90 per unit) and 100 percent interest in the managing member for $300 million. Pierce H. Norton II, president […]

Port of Corpus Christi and its customers moved 53 million tons through its ship channel in third quarter – a new quarterly record driven by increases in shipments of crude oil and dry bulk.  Port officials said last week the 53 million tons moved in 2024Q3 was a 2 percent increase from the same period […]

Austin-based Atlas Energy Solutions recently announced the commissioning of its Dune Express, a 42-mile electric conveyor system “that is expected to transform proppant logistics in the Permian Basin.”  Atlas said Oct. 10, “The system remains on time and on budget with the commercial transportation of proppant into the Delaware Basin scheduled to begin in late […]