ConocoPhillips Chairman and CEO Ryan Lance talked with IHS Markit Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin on June 9 about how the company was able to weather the COVID-19 crisis without layoffs, about current plans for bringing back shut-in production, and about the importance—now more than ever—of maintaining a strong value proposition “to bring investors back into […]
IHS: Oil’s Recovery To Be Slow and Choppy
Oil markets can expect more pain to come in the weeks and months ahead as they face an uphill battle back to “normal,” according to analysts at IHS Markit. The raw market forces that have been unleashed—record demand destruction, record supply cuts, record inventory builds—and even, for a moment in April, negative oil prices—will change […]
Crude Oil Prices in Collapse
The Short Term Energy Outlook, published in April by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, held that the impacts of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on energy markets are still evolving. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant changes in energy fuel supply and demand patterns. Crude oil prices, in particular, have fallen significantly since the […]
Enverus Exec Cautions About Crude’s Fortunes
Bernadette Johnson, vice president, strategic advisory group at Enverus, issued the following statement in late April: “On April 20, May WTI futures did what was once thought to be unthinkable—they went negative. This most recent collapse is the direct result of an oversupplied market, dramatic demand destruction as a result of COVID-19, and contract expiration […]
Van Zandt Awarded Foxboro Contract
Van Zandt Controls announced April 24 its partnership with Schneider Electric whereby Van Zandt is the new, exclusive manufacturers’ rep for Schneider’s Instrumentation, SCADA, and Telemetry lines for West and South Texas (Permian and Eagleford Basins) and Southeast New Mexico. According to Larry Richards, president and CEO of Van Zandt, this agreement entails the Foxboro […]
ESG Mandates Impacting Businesses’ Viability
By Dan Eberhart, originally published 4/29 on RealClearMarkets.com With the world is facing a crisis the likes of which has not been seen for generations, businesses across the economy are grappling with extraordinary pressures brought about by stay-at-home orders and other government responses to coronavirus pandemic. While every sector of the economy is impacted, it […]
“Heat Map” Charts Coronavirus Downside
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 […]
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