The first volume of a study of water issues in the Permian Basin is expected to be released to subscribers next month by Drillinginfo, an oilfield data company, and B3 Insight, a water data company. A lack of pipeline infrastructure to move crude oil and natural gas to market was previously considered the primary constraint […]
EagleClaw Midstream begins operations at Pecos Bend IV plant
Midland-based EagleClaw Midstream, a portfolio company of Blackstone Energy Partners and I Squared Capital, said last week it started commissioning its fourth cryogenic processing plant, Pecos Bend IV, with full operation scheduled next month. The completion of Pecos Bend IV will increase EagleClaw’s total interconnected processing capacity in the Delaware Basin to 1.3 Bcfd. EagleClaw […]
Legislature Picks Up Pace
Oil Industry Keeps Watchful Eye on High-Impact Proposals by Julie Anderson As March came to a close, Texas lawmakers had cleared one major hurdle: March 8. The 60th day of the 86th Legislative Session was the deadline for the unrestricted filing of bills and joint resolutions other than local bills, emergency appropriations, and emergency […]
Testing the Waters
Water is the talk of the Basin. Where water goes, or does not go, seems to sway as many decisions as does any other factor. By Jesse Mullins Is it possible that any industry moves faster than the oil and gas industry? When did O&G become a “sand” and “water” industry? Sure, those ingredients […]
Character Matters
The prime mover behind Midland Energy, S. Javaid Anwar, was feted by a full house as the PBPA bestowed its highest lifetime honor, the Top Hand Award, on this deserving recipient. MIDLAND, TEXAS—This year’s year’s Top Hand Award Banquet honoring S. Javaid Anwar of Midland Energy Inc. fetched hundreds of PBPA members and other individuals […]
Determining Legislative Fate
Industry Issues Spread Across Multiple Committees by Julie Anderson On the 45th day of the Regular Session of the Texas Legislature, the Legislative Reference Library published a set of statistics that paints a clear picture of the intrinsic value of legislative committees. As of Feb. 21, the Texas House of Representatives had filed 2,277 bills, […]
Texas, New Mexico Legislatures Underway
PBPA Tracking Industry-Related Issues By Julie Anderson So many issues. So little time. Playing defense here. Coordinating offense there. Monitoring, testifying, convincing. When it comes to the New Mexico and Texas legislative sessions, the game plan is complex partly because the issues are layered, much like the stacked multi-pay zones that permeate the Permian. Wheels […]
Answering Hydrocarbon’s Adversaries
Colin P. Fenton is a leading light among an emerging coterie of thinkers who are not drinking the anti-fossil fuel koolaid. His thoughts shared before the PBPA give hope for a reversal of public opinion, however far away that might be. A few days after Colin P. Fenton delivered a resounding keynote address at the […]
Overcoming Casing Integrity Issues
Sponsored Post A range of factors can restrict casing ID and prevent a successful completion. Higher build rates, complex trajectories, and longer horizontal sections pose considerable challenges to casing integrity. Although careful casing and borehole trajectory design and appropriate drilling and completion techniques can reduce the risks, they cannot eliminate them. In addition, the constant […]
Basin Oilman by Choice
George H.W. Bush took his family and his fresh Yale degree and spurned the hoity-toity of the blueblood, patrician Eastern seaboard life he knew, to plunge himself into the redblooded, gritty, bootstrap worklife of the Permian Basin. Official portrait of the 41st U.S. President There may never be another American president with closer personal ties […]
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