Bureau of Land Management in U.S. Department of Interior issued new rules last week that will result in producers paying more to develop and produce crude oil and natural gas on federal lands. Oil & Gas Journal said the rules for fluid mineral leases and leasing process are BLM’s first comprehensive updates to the federal […]
Voting: Now is the Time
It is indeed nice to write for this publication, in the sense of being able to have literary freedom in terms of discussing safety. While the government continues in its overreach to control everything, safety included, we still fortunately have freedom of speech. Our freedom of speech can be seen as a parallel to the […]
Permian Basin leads Texas to record production of oil, gas in 2023
Railroad Commission of Texas said last week production of both crude oil and natural gas in the state reached record numbers in 2023. Oil production was about 1.92 million barrels, which was about 51 million barrels ahead of the previous record of about 1.86 million barrels in 2019. Natural gas production was 12.01 trillion cubic […]
U.S. rig count declines for fourth straight week, Permian down 1 in week to 316
U.S. count of active drilling rigs fell for the fourth straight week, according to Baker Hughes in its weekly report of April 12. The U.S. count declined by 3 in the past week to 617 (down 134 in the past year). Baker Hughes also said as of April 12 there were 316 rigs in Permian […]
Moss Lake files request for DeLa Express from Delaware Basin to Louisiana
Houston-based Moss Lake Partners recently filed a request to the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to start the pre-filing review process for its proposed DeLa Express system that will transport 2 Bcfd of natural gas from Delaware Basin to Louisiana. The request was filed April 2 for DeLa Express to transport liquids-rich natural gas from […]
Rising to the Occasion
As long as there are oil wells—greenfield and brownfield—there will be a need for downhole tools. That much is unchanging. What is up for grabs is the kind, the number, and the speed at which they’re needed. For Ruger Oil Tools, the times they are a’changin’. For Mesquite Oil Tools, the more things change, the […]
Biden administration approves oil export terminal off Texas coast
The Biden administration this week approved the construction of a deepwater crude oil export terminal 30 miles off the Texas coast near Freeport in Brazoria County that will be the largest of its kind in the U.S. Sea Port Oil Terminal will be capable of loading two supertankers at once with an export capacity of […]
Report: Pemex to cut 330,000 barrels per day of crude exports in May
Pemex, Mexico’s state energy company, said this week it will cut at least 330,000 barrels per day of crude oil exports in May. Reuters said that will leave customers in U.S., Europe and Asia with a third less supply from Mexico. This follows the withdrawal of 436,000 b/d of Maya, Isthmus and Olmeca crudes in […]
Enterprise starts service at Mentone 3 in Delaware, Leonidas in Midland
Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners said last week it started service at its Mentone 3 natural gas processing plant in Delaware Basin and Leonidas natural gas processing plant in Midland Basin. Each is capable of processing more than 300 million cfd of natural gas and extracting more than 40,000 b/d of NGLs. Enterprise also said April […]
Interviewing Candidates
How do you pick candidates to interview, and what is the correct interviewing process? This is a highly complex process, and what follows are best practices. Do what you want until you must defend yourself. Here are my recommendations. First, post your job on your Human Resources Information System (HRIS) platform, such as Workday, Paycom, […]
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