Financial and operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2016, for selected Permian Basin-based or Permian Basin-active oil and gas (and related) firms. Azure Midstream Partners Azure Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: AZUR) announced financial and operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2016. Adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter 2016 […]
The Death of HalliBaker:
DOJ Lawsuit Blocks the Merger of Halliburton and Baker Hughes Chase Beakley The Halliburton and Baker Hughes Merger: An Autopsy Report On May 1, Halliburton and Baker Hughes announced that they were finally prepared to take their long suffering merger attempt behind the shed and put it out of its misery. The deal had […]
New And Noteworthy
Fresh offerings of products and services for the oil and gas set. Push-In Foam Earplug Honeywell (NYSE:HON), on Apr. 6, announced the Howard Leight TrustFit Pod push-in foam earplug that provides workers with properly fitting ear plugs to protect against noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). Research shows that half of all industrial workers experience […]
Broadened Horizons: WTI Crude’s Comeuppance
Observers expound on what the recent lifting of the crude oil export ban could mean to the U.S. energy climate. Julie Anderson On Dec. 18, 2015, the United States of America lifted a 40-year-old ban on exporting crude oil, put in place in 1975 in response to the Arab oil embargo. While the […]
Drilling Deeper: Relax And Get Yourself Right
When times get tough, sometimes you just can’t help but roll with the changes. If only those pesky regulatory bodies would relax with you… These are the full versions of the “Drilling Deeper” news items that appeared as abbreviated versions in the print edition of PBOG’s June 2016 issue. Hess is Oil’s Best “Corporate […]
The Broader Picture: June 2016
Where we share some O&G news from beyond the Permian’s borders—news that, in some way, touches the Basin. EIA Apr. 25 Above-normal temperatures during the 2015-16 winter were a key factor in lowering heating demand and winter fuel expenditures. Compared with the 2014-15 winter, propane and heating oil demand decreased by 16 percent and […]
The Broader Picture: Reports from EIA, PIRA, and Platts
Where we share some O&G news from beyond the Permian’s borders—news that, in some way, touches the Basin. EIA Feb. 25 Despite lower crude oil prices, EIA expects Canadian oil production to continue increasing through 2017. Canadian oil sands projects that were already under construction when prices began to fall in 2014 and that […]
New And Noteworthy
Fresh offerings of products and services for the oil and gas set. Keytroller unveils state-of-the-art affordable remote equipment monitoring Countless companies are faced with the real and often costly predicament of how to monitor and track the location of their equipment in remote jobsites. Solving this issue, Keytroller, a designer, manufacturer, and supplier of […]
Decoding the State of the Union: What It Means for Texas Oil
by Chase Beakley On Jan. 12, President Obama gave his final State of the Union address, which he promised would included more ideas for America’s longterm future than policies for his final year in office. However, he did highlight a few efforts that he intends to devote his attention to in 2016 and as […]
Carefully Consider Options When Facing a Lease Termination Dispute
By Conrad Hester Thompson & Knight LLP With oil dipping below the $30 per barrel mark, the continuing profitability of many oil and gas leases may be in jeopardy. The likely result will be a spike in claims that a lease has terminated due to a failure to produce in paying quantities. Whether a marginal […]