San Antonio-based Howard Energy Partners and Tulsa-based WPX Energy said May 16 they have completed a majority of their previously-announced crude oil and natural gas gathering and processing infrastructure in Delaware Basin. After startup of the first 200-MMcfd plant last year, Howard recently commissioned and operates this second 200-MMcfd plant as part of its cryogenic […]
Occidental, Canadian company to develop direct air capture plant
Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum, and Canadian clean energy company Carbon Engineering said Tuesday they will jointly proceed with engineering and design of the world’s largest direct air capture and sequestration facility to be located in the Permian Basin. The companies are developing a facility designed to capture 500 kilotonnes of […]
Spillover
Last month’s issue was called our “Water Issue” (see photo), so we can’t slap that label on this issue, or this coverage, anyway. We’ll just call this “Overflow.” It’s some additional insights we weren’t able to squeeze into the April issue. By Jesse Mullins Some isolated, maybe random, observations about H2O and the tidal […]
2019 slump in drilling rig count continues in U.S., Permian Basin
The count of active oil and gas drilling rigs has declined five straight weeks in the U.S. and four straight weeks in the Permian Basin as of May 10 as the 2019 slump for activity continues, according to Baker Hughes. The count was 988 (fewest since March 2018) in the U.S. – the third straight […]
Mechanically Adept
By Paul Wiseman With more accurate computer modeling for drill sites connected to long lead times (6-12 months) for procurement of large equipment like gas compressors, long-term planning is both possible and necessary. That plus the emergence of gas lift compression as a preferred artificial lift solution has made compression services companies like CSI Compressco […]
Safe and Sure
By Paul Wiseman “We can dance if we want to… I can act like an imbecile” “Safety Dance,” Men Without Hats, 1982 Those two lines are not consecutive in the song, but for some reason they’re the only ones I remember. They’re pertinent to a story about safety expert Dusty Roach because he’s […]
86th Texas Legislature: The Final Stretch
During the week of April 14, the rumor around the Texas Capitol went something like this: If your bill does not advance out of committee within the next five days, chances are it will die there. However, the rumor extended into the following week, and committee hearings proceeded with hundreds of witnesses making their way […]
Drilling Deeper: Growth Strategies
In this month’s roundup of news and views, the question of where things are going, and what’s to be done about it, takes precedence. 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 May 2019 issue. Danos and […]
To Turn Up the Pressure
The year 2019 began with the the frac industry under pressure as a whole, and pressure pumpers were no exception. A sudden oil price drop in December, coupled with downward pricing impetus from backlogged pipelines and year-end budget exhaustion led to a drop in completions—and a freefall in demand for fracturing crews and frac sand. […]
Big Spring, Moviemaking Mecca
by Jesse Mullins BIG SPRING, TEXAS—Members of the cast and crew of The Iron Orchard descended upon Big Spring, Texas, in late February as part of their publicity tour for the theatrical release of their new film. On the evening of the 21st, they were in attendance at the city’s Cinemark multiplex for a screening […]
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