This year promises to be laden with new developments in the oil and gas industry! Here’s one definition of “new developments”: incidents of the big fish (larger companies) eating the little fish (independents), figuratively speaking. One thing that has not changed is fishing with worms. Please stay with me and I’ll explain. When I broke […]
Oil, gas production reaches record in Brazil in November 2023
Production of crude oil and natural gas in Brazil reached a record 4.698 million boed in November 2023, according to National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels. That topped the previous record of 4.666 million boed in September 2023. The agency said oil production was 3.678 million barrels per day – an increase of […]
Permian Basin adds rigs in past week; Texas, U.S. each decline in rig count
Permian Basin added 2 drilling rigs in the past week while Texas and U.S. each declined in rig count, according to the weekly report of Jan. 5 from Baker Hughes. Permian now has 311 active rigs (353 year ago). There were 308 rigs in Texas (309 previous week, 378 year ago) and 621 in U.S. […]
Railroad Commission suspends permits for wastewater injection near quake area
Railroad Commission of Texas said it will suspend permits to inject wastewater deep underground by oil and gas operators in an area of west Texas where there was a 5.3 magnitude earthquake. The new rule will take effect Friday after the quake south of Mentone Nov. 8. Commission staff said deep injection “is likely contributing […]
An Exemplary Life
In his almost nine decades of life, Charles Richard “Dick” Sivalls has worked for one company: the one currently known as Sivalls, Incorporated. His achievements, however, span a wide area of public service, charitable work, writing/publishing, professional associations, and family life. All of that reveals his strong dedication to making life better for everyone around […]
Report: 10 percent fewer quakes at least 3.0 in Texas section of Permian
Texas Seismological Network recently reported that earthquakes in the Texas section of Permian Basin declined 10 percent in 2023 from 2022’s record high. Bloomberg said the frequency of earthquakes declined “after regulators cracked down on the practice of burying toxic wastewater from oil drilling.” There were 194 quakes last year of at least 3.0 magnitude […]
Dealy succeeds Sheffield as CEO of Pioneer Natural Resources
Dallas-based Pioneer Natural Resources said Richard P. Dealy started his new role as CEO, and Scott D. Sheffield is now special advisor to the CEO as of Jan. 1. Sheffield retired Dec. 31, 2023. Both will continue to serve on Pioneer’s Board of Directors. Dealy previously was president and COO since January 2021 in a […]
BP Energy acquires Odessa’s American Industrial Machine
Dallas-based BP Energy Partners said recently it closed on acquisition of Odessa’s American Industrial Machine. AIM is a regional provider of repair and maintenance services for natural gas compressors in west Texas and New Mexico. The company specializes in repair, fabrication and parts supply for compressor infrastructure used in transportation of natural gas. AIM also […]
APA Corp. to acquire Callon Petroleum assets in Delaware, Midland basins
Houston-based APA Corp. said Thursday it will acquire Callon Petroleum in an all-stock transaction valued at about $4.5 billion, including Callon’s $1.9 billion in debt. Callon’s assets provide additional scale to APA across the Permian Basin, most notably in Delaware Basin, where Callon has about 120,000 acres primarily in Reeves, Ward and Winkler counties. “This […]
Grow our Workforce
A qualified local workforce takes investing in our schools, community, and infrastructure. Wow, it is 2024, and the future of the Permian Basin looks bright, partly due to the investment of money and time that most of our energy leaders made in working so hard to help pass the school bonds in Midland, Odessa, and […]
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