Two competing narratives dominate the talk today where crude oil prospects are concerned. There is the break-your-spirits pessimism parroted by the Covid-crisis crowd, beating their drumbeat of disaster. For them, the lockdowns ought be locked in a year or more at a crack. Then there is the bullishness of the glass-half-full crowd, finding positivity in […]
Chevron acquires Noble Energy, including 92,000 acres in Permian Basin
San Ramon, Calif.-based Chevron increased its presence in Permian Basin and Denver-Julesburg Basin in Colorado with its acquisition of Houston-based Noble Energy. Chevron said July 20 the all-stock transaction is valued at $5 billion ($10.38 per share). Total enterprise value, including debt, is $13 billion. It will increase Chevron’s proved reserves by about 18 percent […]
“Buy American”
Well, at the writing of this article things are looking much better than over the last two months, as many states are “opening up” and the Covid-19 statistics are not changing dramatically. It appears the worst of the pandemic is behind us. We’ve survived a lot. We’ve survived weeks of full quarantine. We’ve survived negative […]
Mergers and acquisitions decline 68 percent in Texas in 2020Q2
Texas Lawbook said the 89 mergers, acquisitions and joint venture transactions completed by Texas companies in 2020Q2 represented a decline of 68 percent from 2019Q2 as activity in the state reached historic lows. Texas Lawbook, with data from Mergermarket, said the value of the transactions dropped 93.7 percent. The 89 deals were the fewest in […]
Permian crude loaded on first vessel at South Texas Gateway
Crude oil from Permian Basin was loaded July 16 on the first marine vessel to launch from South Texas Gateway, a new state-of-the-art terminal in Ingleside at Port of Corpus Christi. Four pipelines serve South Texas Gateway developed by Buckeye Partners, a leading global terminal operator that owns 50 percent of the terminal. Phillips 66 […]
Employee Legal Disputes, and How to Avoid Them
I have a forum to write about crucial Human Resource (HR) topics, or shall I say, people topics that may allow your organization to avoid unwanted employee legal disputes as well as provide some helpful hints for you. It is May 16, 2020, and I am writing this article for the July 2020 issue. What […]
Texas leads U.S. declining production in April, pandemic’s first full month
April was the first full month of business and travel restrictions in place in the U.S. to fight the spread of the coronavirus, and the U.S. Energy Information Administration said this week crude oil production declined that month by the largest amount in more than a decade. The nation’s output was down by 670,000 barrels […]
EIA report: Crude oil production to continue to decline in August
U.S. crude oil production from seven major shale plays is expected to decline by about 56,000 barrels per day in August to about 7.49 million b/d – the lowest in two years – according to Monday’s monthly drilling productivity report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The biggest decline is expected in Eagle Ford in […]
Chronicle: Federal loans save 93,117 oil and gas industry jobs in Texas
An analysis of data from U.S. Small Business Administration by Houston Chronicle shows that more than $1 billion in forgivable loans for Texas companies in the federal government’s pandemic relief program saved more than half of the state’s oil and gas industry jobs. The federal government issued 6,610 loans to crude oil and natural gas […]
Presta acquires assets in Glasscock, Howard, Midland, Pecos, Scurry
Fort Worth-based Presta Petroleum and Presta Royalty acquired properties in 30 counties in Texas and 20 counties in Oklahoma in two recent transactions. They are the sixth and seventh acquisitions of family-owned entities Presta has purchased since launch in September 2018. Presta also owns assets in New Mexico, Colorado, Arkansas and Wyoming. Permian Basin holdings […]
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