It was Marion King Hubbert, a U.S. geoscientist, who first proposed the theory that oil production would reach a “peak,” based on available reserves, after which it would fall precipitously. At a 1956 American Petroleum Institute meeting he presented a paper showing a bell curve of U.S. oil production, with the chart displaying an inflection […]
Q&A: Helping Operators to Optimize Production from Complex Shale Reservoirs
For shale operators, midstream companies, and gathering network or saltwater distribution network owners, it can be difficult to uncover how to get the most production and overcome operational challenges in the field. Schlumberger’s Serdar Atmaca, Business Development Manager – Digital Ops Solutions, and Nicolas Gomez Bustamante, Principal Production Engineer – Digital Ops Solutions, explain how […]
To Frame the Discussion
By Paul Wiseman “I’ve spent my lifetime on this, 46 years, and this is the worst position I’ve seen us in, in 46 years,” said Mark Stansberry, an oil and gas advocate as well as energy advisor and corporate development strategist. Indeed, it is not hard to find someone bashing oil, natural gas, and […]
A Three Day O&G Immersion
FORT WORTH, TEXAS—The SuperDUG 2023 oil and gas conference gathered the faithful to this city and its Convention Center for three information-packed days of speakers, sessions, panels, and pronouncements, as well as a trade show and a full slate of off-premises receptions, parties, performances (including Reckless Kelly), and the like. The May 22-24 event produced […]
Federal Permitting: Is Reform Gaining Ground?
from the Permian Basin Petroleum Association Bipartisan activity is leading to optimism for some type of permitting reform making it out of Congress and onto President Biden’s desk. While Republican permitting proposals focus on expediting oil, gas, coal, and other fossil fuel projects, Democratic plans seek to hasten approvals for clean energy projects and the […]
Production in Texas, New Mexico increases, Enverus expects growth to accelerate
Texas and New Mexico continue to grow crude oil production, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration, and Enverus Intelligence Research said this week it “expects oil growth to accelerate” in the second half of the year. EIA said Texas production averaged 5.4 million barrels per day in March – up 97,000 b/d over February and […]
Prairie Energy Partners selects Cushing over Victoria County as site of refinery
Prairie Energy Partners, subsidiary of El Campo-based Southern Rock Energy Partners, said last week it plans to build its $5.5 billion next-generation, full-conversion crude oil refinery in Cushing, Okla., rather than Victoria County, Texas. The refinery will produce about 91.24 million barrels or 3.83 billion gallons of cleaner transportation fuels each year, including gasoline, diesel […]
Granite Ridge increased Q1 production, raises fullyear production forecast
Dallas-based Granite Ridge Resources said recently it grew production in first quarter by 46 percent over 2022Q1, and it increased fullyear production forecast for 2023 to a midpoint of 22,000 boed. Production in Q1 was 23,167 boed (46 percent oil), including 10,722 b/d oil. Capital expenditures in Q1 were $126.2 million with fullyear capex expected […]
Geopolitics Tops O&G Themes for 2023
Geopolitics became a pivotal macroeconomic theme for the oil and gas industry from the start of the Ukraine conflict. The fallout of this conflict is also critically impacting the supply chain theme as newer alliances are being forged. Nevertheless, oil and gas companies will continue to pursue newer industry themes that support the energy transition […]
Bloomberg after PDC sale: ‘U.S. energy patch ripe for takeover boom’
Chevron CEO Mike Wirth told Bloomberg this week that Monday’s announcement of the company’s acquisition of Denver-based PDC Energy “doesn’t preclude our ability to do further transactions, but we don’t have gaps to fill. We’re always looking, but we’ll stay very disciplined as we have been on a number of transactions we have done over […]
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