In an industry that is chock full of dizzyingly complicated technological processes and procedures, there’s something somehow gratifying in contemplating a trade that anyone can grasp. The business of “water transfer” fits that description. It’s an essential task—a veritable “from Point A to Point B” logistic—but it calls for professionalism and its own unique set […]
Fisher County – A Quiet Little Boom, for Now
Roby, Texas—Someone give this thing a name. What “thing”? Well, the “thing” is whatever is going on in Fisher County. And, apparently, Mitchell County, Scurry County, maybe Nolan County—places where the words “shale play” are not part of the local vernacular. And why has this unfolded so quietly? Normally, news reaches media outlets—and this PBPA […]
Aquifers and Acquisitions
Energy economist Karr Ingham called the rebound in late 2011 and early 2012 of the price of a barrel of crude oil “a movement of prices” not “a price spike.” He told the Midland Reporter-Telegram, “It is a movement of prices, particularly oil, to a new plateau.” Ingham said the monthly average rig count for […]
Aquifers and Acquisitions
Energy economist Karr Ingham called the rebound in late 2011 and early 2012 of the price of a barrel of crude oil “a movement of prices” not “a price spike.” He told the Midland Reporter-Telegram, “It is a movement of prices, particularly oil, to a new plateau.” Ingham said the monthly average rig count for […]
News Reviews
The Texas Railroad Commission recently adopted what it calls one of the nation’s most comprehensive chemical disclosure rules for hydraulic fracturing fluids. The rule will require Texas oil and gas operators to disclose on a website chemical ingredients and water volumes used to hydraulically fracture wells in Texas. The rule applies to wells that receive […]