With the slowdown in drilling due to several issues, including quarantines related to the coronavirus, combined with frantic construction of pipelines over the last four years, pipeline shortages may soon be over. A trade agreement with China, which had promised to jumpstart petroleum exports to that country, has been dampened by that same virus due […]
Where Will All the Water Go?
As operators in the Permian and elsewhere across the United States and around the world announce capex cuts of 50 percent or more, drilling rigs are stacking up like dry bones in the valley. A two-thirds (so far) reduction in drilling means a similar cut in frac’ing. Saltwater disposal wells (SWDs) and their attached pipelines […]
Were Oil & Gas Producers Hedged For Price Collapse?
By Shane Randolph and Josh Schulte While energy markets continue to be volatile, fewer oil and gas producers have hedges in place than in prior years. In addition, a number of producers hedged with strategies containing sold puts on large portions of their production. This essentially creates a trap door where a company doesn’t have […]
Commission again delays proration vote, next meeting May 5
Railroad Commission of Texas again delayed taking action on proration of production for the state’s oil and gas industry at a meeting Tuesday. Ryan Sitton, reportedly the only commissioner who said he was ready to vote, proposed a state-mandated cut of 20 percent or about one million barrels in cooperation with other states and nations. […]
Rystad report shows record decline of fracturing operation starts
Rystad Energy said Wednesday the total number of started fracturing operations is expected to fall below 300 wells in April (about 200 in Permian Basin and less than 50 each in Eagle Ford and Bakken). That’s a decline of 62.8 percent in started fracturing operations between February and April 2020 “as the majority of public […]
Commission hearing includes Diamondback’s “stunning” announcement
More than 20,000 people from 86 countries and 49 states watched Tuesday’s proration hearing conducted by Railroad Commission of Texas. Fifty-five people testified during the 10-hour hearing on the contentious proposal to limit production and address falling crude oil prices amid global oversupply, increasing financial losses and the demand-killing coronavirus. One of the biggest Texas […]
Riding the Wave
With the proliferation of hydraulic fracturing since around 2010, the good news is that oil and gas production have exploded, reaching never-before-seen levels and practically eliminating net imports. The challenge, however is that fracturing requires millions of barrels of water—fresh or recycled—and also produces millions of barrels of water that must be reused or returned […]
Crude oil, natural gas operators reduce spending in Permian Basin
More operators are reacting to commodity price downturn and industry current conditions by reducing 2020 capital spending in Permian Basin. They include: Apache reduced its 2020 capital budget to about $1.1 billion – down from about $1.75 billion – and will idle all its rigs in Permian Basin and reduce drilling elsewhere. “We are significantly […]
U.S. status as net petroleum exporter “at risk” as majors trim budgets
The U.S. status as a net petroleum exporter is at risk, Bloomberg said this week, as plunging oil prices threaten domestic production. U.S. recently began exporting more petroleum that it imports because of “record shale production in fields such as the Permian Basin.” Bloomberg added, “Now, amid the worst price rout in nearly three decades, […]
Centennial reduces operated rigs in Reeves County to three
Denver-based Centennial Resource Development said Feb. 24 it is reducing operated rigs in Reeves County to 3 beginning in 2020Q2 with a focus on upper Wolfcamp A and third Bone Spring sand zone. Another rig will be allocated to Lea County, N.M. Centennial is reducing its 2020 capital budget 28 percent compared to 2019. The […]
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