Wayne Christian, one of three commissioners of Railroad Commission of Texas, last month was named vice chairman of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission. IOGCC, one of the nation’s oldest and largest interstate compacts, is a multi-state government group that promotes efficient recovery of U.S. oil and natural gas resources while protecting health, safety […]

Leaders of Occidental Petroleum and Pioneer Natural Resources said last week their companies will end routine flaring by 2030. Vicki Hollub, president and CEO, told energy research firm IHS Markit in Washington, D.C., Dec. 2 that Oxy will transform into a “carbon management company” and achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century by relying […]

Enverus from RS Energy Group estimated flaring intensity in Permian Basin, as measured by satellites, at about 370 MMcfd for November. After dropping significantly from about 500 MMcfd in February and March to about 300 MMcfd in April, Enverus said, flaring volumes have slowly increased in the region, and “satellite estimates continue to remain steady.”

Counts of active drilling rigs in Permian Basin, Texas and U.S. continue to increase, according to Baker Hughes, as the oil and gas sector resumes adding jobs. As of Dec. 4, Permian has 164 rigs (161 previous week), Texas has 149 rigs (147 previous week), and U.S. has 323 rigs (320 previous week). Permian count […]

Midland-based Ring Energy said last week it resumed drilling operations for its first new horizontal wells in 10 months. Paul D. McKinney, CEO and chairman, said a well was spud Dec. 2 on Ring’s leasehold on northwest shelf in Yoakum County. It will be a 1.5-mile horizontal San Andres oil well drilled to a vertical […]

Houston-based Tellurian said last week it withdrew its application to build Permian Global Access natural gas pipeline in Texas and Louisiana. Tellurian withdrew the pipeline Dec. 1 from review process of the National Environmental Policy Act at U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The company said, “Current market conditions do not support the economic thresholds to […]

Permian Highway by Kinder Morgan, 430-mile pipeline from Waha in west Texas to Katy, is fully operational, according to a report this week by National Gas Intelligence. The pipeline, which moves up to 2.1 Bcfd of associated gas volumes, was mechanically complete Nov. 1 and is expected to be fully in service in 2021Q1. Kinder […]

Tulsa-based Laredo Petroleum said last month in its quarterly financial report that it currently is operating one drilling rig and one completion crew in Howard County and expects to complete 15 wells during 2020Q4. The 15-well package is expected to be fully online this month. After resuming activities in 2020Q3, Laredo produced 87,857 boed, including […]

Denver-based Cimarex Energy said last month in its quarterly financial report that it currently is operating four drilling rigs and two completion crews in Permian Basin. Production in 2020Q3 averaged 180,300 boed – decrease of 9 percent from 2019Q3. Oil volumes of 62,900 b/d were down 16 percent from 2019Q3. Cimarex said Nov. 4 it […]

S&B Engineers and Constructors said Nov. 23 it completed two NGL fractionation plants for Phillips 66 at its Sweeny hub in Old Ocean that quadruple processing capacity to 400,000 b/d. S&B provided engineering, procurement and construction on two of the world’s largest units with combined processing capacity of 300,000 b/d. The complex includes Phillips 66’s […]