The Texas Railroad Commission’s award-winning well plugging program received yet another accolade—garnering the esteemed Chair’s Environmental Partnership Award from the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC). The award was for completing a complex project that ensured boater safety at the Big Thicket National Preserve earlier this year. The National Park Service (NPS) contacted the […]
Christmas Festivities Return to Grapevine
Through the month of December, Grapevine, Texas, which claims for itself the title of “Christmas Capital of Texas,” will celebrate the season with more than 1,400 events. Main Street will be closed to traffic and open for guests of all ages to enjoy dazzling live performances and festive activities including photos with live reindeer, Christmas […]
The True Cost of Electric Vehicles
The Texas Public Policy Foundation released in October a new study to analyze how regulatory credits, hidden costs, and subsidies disguise the real cost of electric vehicles (EVs). With the Biden administration’s continued push for electrification and states such as California implementing laws to ban the sale of gas-powered cars by 2035, Overcharged Expectations: Unmasking the […]
Dune Express, 42 Miles Long, To Get 84 Miles of Conveyor Belting
RAM Enterprise Inc. will soon begin the process of installing more 84 miles of conveyor belt for Atlas Energy Solutions’ “Dune Express” project after five years of engineering and planning. The Dune Express will convey sand from the Atlas Energy Solutions sand mine in Kermit, Texas, to the northern Delaware Basin in New Mexico. Once […]
U.S., Texas add drilling rigs in short week before Thanksgiving holiday
Texas and U.S. added active oil and gas drilling rigs in the past week, according to the weekly report from Baker Hughes issued two days early Nov. 22 because of Thanksgiving holiday. There were 622 rigs in U.S. (up 4 in past week, down 162 in past year), 303 in Texas (up 1 in past […]
Ovintiv says use of “trimulfrac” in Midland Basin will double in 2024
Denver-based Ovintiv said recently it revised fullyear production guidance “due to strong well productivity across the portfolio and faster-than-expected integration of recently acquired Permian assets.” Brendan McCracken, president and CEO, said Nov. 8 on an earnings call that the company’s “trimulfrac” operations are “setting the leading-edge efficiency frontier in the Midland Basin.” The trimulfrac technique […]
EnLink relocates Tiger II plant to Permian, reports higher gathering volumes
Dallas-based EnLink Midstream recently announced its third plant relocation. The relocation of Tiger II to Permian Basin remains on schedule to be placed into service in 2024Q2 from EnLink’s Mid-Continent field. Earlier the plant was known as Cowtown when it was operating in Barnett Shale with capacity of 150 million cfd. Enverus said Permian Basin […]
Ongoing Research Boosts Refrac Results in the Permian and Elsewhere
Three realities are converging in many basins to encourage more producers to refracture existing wells. One is that, other than in the Permian Basin, the best prospects have been drilled, so that newer wells are costing more to drill while producing less. Another factor is that newer frac technology is releasing much more oil than […]
East Texas school district replaces diesel buses with no-emission electric buses
A small school district in east Texas is the first in the state to replace its diesel school bus fleet with no-emission electric buses. Martinsville ISD in Nacogdoches County received a grant of $1.6 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which is investing $5 billion in its clean school bus program. Martinsville ISD began […]
Texas Pacific Water testing beneficial use of produced water on native plants
Texas Pacific Water Resources is testing beneficial reuse of produced water at its facility in Midland County with research on native plants and soils. The partnership with Texas Produced Water Consortium, New Mexico Produced Water Research Consortium and Cornerstone also attracted the attention of commissioner Jim Wright of the Railroad Commission of Texas. Researchers are […]
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