A report issued April 27 by Fitch Ratings reveals that a majority of sectors across corporates, financial institutions, infrastructure, public finance, sovereigns and structured finance would experience heavy Rating Outlook and Watch activity, as well as numerous ratings changes, in the event of a downside coronavirus scenario involving renewed large-scale lockdowns across major economies and […]
“Deep Dive” Report Analyzes Failed Merger
The Market Institute released on April 28 a deep-dive report chronicling the events of an ongoing legal battle between two American energy pipeline giants—the Williams Companies and Energy Transfer—over a failed 2016, $33 billion merger. Destined to Fail is presented as a case study on corporate governance and details Williams CEO Alan Armstrong’s behavior which […]
Tech Adds New Energy Degree
In March Texas Tech University announced the impending implementation of a new degree program in the university’s Energy offerings. William R. Keffer, Director of Energy Law Programs, shared the news of a new Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies (MSIS) in Energy. “I’m very excited to announce a new degree in energy that we’ve been […]
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 […]
GlobalData: Coronavirus Creates Supply Chain Upsets
Following the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, China—the world’s biggest importer of crude oil—has been forced to cut down on consumption. The resulting oil price crash is having a cascading effect on forward and backward industrial supply chains, as well as oil and gas projects across the value chain. These are likely to result in changes in […]
Nowhere to Go: Oil Cuts Loom
IHS Markit expects up to 10 MMb/d of world oil production will be cut or shut-in from April to June 2020 as oil storage fills up and output from financially strapped companies begins to fall. If oil cannot be sold or stored, it cannot be produced. Transportation constraints and lack of access to every available […]
Service Company Rewards Employees’ Safety Consciousness
Nine Energy Service, Inc., announced in March that Matthew Vick of Marietta, Ohio, and Osbaldo Alcaraz Arana of Enid, Okla., each won a 2019 Ford F-150 XLT truck in Nine’s Truck Giveaway, which celebrates and recognizes employees’ commitment to safety. Thirty employees, each of whom demonstrated outstanding safety track records, qualified for a chance to […]
Mixed Signals Reflect Uncertainty in 2020
In this month’s roundup of news and views, we share some reports that, taken together, reflect the ups and downs, as well as the bullishness/bearishness, that jockeys for influence in the oilfield circa 2020. These are the full versions of the “Drilling Deeper” news items that appeared as abbreviated versions in the print edition of […]
An Industry Looks Ahead
In this month’s roundup of news and views, we share some reports that take an eye to the future. These are the full versions of the “Drilling Deeper” news items that appeared as abbreviated versions in the print edition of PB Oil and Gas Magazine’s March 2020 issue. Fewer Recessions Due to the Shale […]
Drilling Deeper: Change Happens
Conference Takes Aim on Third Year Water is life, someone once said. Water is also the element that unlocks the hydrocarbons in the Permian Basin, and keeps the O&G world turning. Having notched two filled-to-capacity events in their two-year existence, the Permian Basin Water in Energy Conference (PBWIEC) expects its highest attendance ever as it […]
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