Chevron said Thursday it will not submit a new bid for The Woodlands-based Anadarko Petroleum, allowing Occidental Petroleum to acquire Anadarko’s prized assets in Permian Basin and remain the Permian’s top producer for the foreseeable future. The decision by San Ramon, Calif.-based Chevron ends a takeover battle after Anadarko initially agreed to be purchased by […]
Safe and Sure
By Paul Wiseman “We can dance if we want to… I can act like an imbecile” “Safety Dance,” Men Without Hats, 1982 Those two lines are not consecutive in the song, but for some reason they’re the only ones I remember. They’re pertinent to a story about safety expert Dusty Roach because he’s […]
Flaring of byproduct natural gas increases 85 percent in 2018
Bloomberg reported that the Permian Basin produced so much natural gas at the end of last year that producers were flaring more than enough of the fuel to satisfy residential demand across the state. Flaring, a common practice by drillers, burns gas that can’t be easily or efficiently captured, stored or transported to market. Bloomberg […]
Natural gas prices at Waha hub near Coyanosa fall to $0.00
Regional producers told the Midland Reporter Telegram that natural gas prices at the Waha hub near Coyanosa have fallen to as low as $0.00. Bill Graham of Incline Energy told the Reporter Telegram last month the Waha plant “has so much gas available that it outruns their delivery capacity. With the supply outrunning their demand, […]
Clinic opens in Carlsbad for employees of Conoco, Marathon, XTO Energy
A medical clinic opened in Carlsbad last month for employees of three of the largest oil and gas operators in southeastern New Mexico. ConocoPhillips, Marathon Oil and XTO Energy employ thousands of people in Eddy County, and they are now served by a clinic operated by XStremeMD, a 13-year-old company based in Lafayette, La. XStremeMD […]
Global firm De Nora acquires water service company Neptune Solutions
De Nora, global provider of electrochemical technologies and water treatment technologies, said it has acquired a majority interest in water service company Neptune Solutions to form De Nora Neptune, which is now the service unit of De Nora. Fort Stockton-based Neptune specializes in what De Nora calls “on the fly” water treatment for hydraulic fracturing […]
Rig count falls 9 in Texas; U.S. count below 1,000 for first time in 14 months
Texas again led a decline in oil and gas drilling as the nation’s count of active rigs dropped below 1,000 for the first time in more than a year. According to Baker Hughes, as of April 26, Texas lost 9 rigs in the past week to 491, and the Permian Basin count declined 3 to […]
86th Texas Legislature: The Final Stretch
During the week of April 14, the rumor around the Texas Capitol went something like this: If your bill does not advance out of committee within the next five days, chances are it will die there. However, the rumor extended into the following week, and committee hearings proceeded with hundreds of witnesses making their way […]
Drilling Deeper: Growth Strategies
In this month’s roundup of news and views, the question of where things are going, and what’s to be done about it, takes precedence. These are the full versions of the “Drilling Deeper” news items that appeared as abbreviated versions in the print edition of PB Oil and Gas Magazine’s May 2019 issue. Danos and […]
Texas Permian Basin Index rebounds after two months of declines
The Texas Permian Basin Petroleum Index rebounded from two months of declines to grow slightly to 347.9 in January 2019, according to Karr Ingham of Amarillo, economist who prepares the index for Texas Alliance of Energy Producers. The index peaked at 384.9 in November 2014 before falling to 210.1 in September 2016 (base 100 in […]
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