U.S. LNG company Chienere Energy loaded its first cargo Dec. 7 from the third liquefaction train of its plant in Corpus Christi. Chienere, the nation’s largest LNG producer, said it loaded the train’s commissioning cargo and also the plant’s 200th cargo onto LNG tanker La Mancha Knutsen. U.S. Energy Information Administration said Wednesday that U.S. […]

Texas Petro Index, a monthly tracking measure for the state’s upstream oil and gas exploration and production economy, declined for the 20th consecutive month in October to 139.9 from a revised 144.0 in September and 196.8 (down 29 percent) in October 2019. Base 100.0 was set in January 1995. Economist Karr Ingham, who prepares the […]

Dickinson, N.D.-based Steffes recently opened an office in Midland on East CR 117 to provide a larger inventory yard, office space for local sales and service, and more space for future manufacturing. Steffes specializes in designing and manufacturing surface equipment for the oil and gas industry, including flares, separation equipment, containment, walkway, vapor recovery units, […]

Rig count is up 44 percent in Permian Basin as of Dec. 11 from the 2020 low of 117 rigs in August. Oilfield services company Baker Hughes of Houston said as of Dec. 11 rig counts were 168 in Permian, 155 in Texas (up 55 percent since 2020 low of 100 in August), 60 in […]

Houston-based EP Energy said Dec. 11 it has reached agreement with an undisclosed buyer to divest its Midland Basin southern assets to focus on operations in Eagle Ford and Uinta Basin. Transaction is expected to close in January. After the sale, EP Energy will own about 410,000 gross (275,000 net) acres in east Utah and […]

New Mexico public lands commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard said Tuesday the state’s land office is ending commercial sales of fresh water from state trust lands for oil and gas development to protect resources and encourage operators to reuse and recycle water. Effective Dec. 15, the land office will no longer issue new easements for commercial […]

San Ramon, Calif.-based Chevron said Dec. 3 it established its 2021 capital and exploratory spending program at $14 billion and lowered its long-term guidance to $14 to $16 billion per year through 2025 (initial guidance was $19-$22 billion per year excluding Noble Energy). In 2021 Chevron will increase investments in Permian Basin, other unconventional basins […]

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.”