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PBOG is the Official Publication of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association and is published monthly by Zachry Publications, LP.

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Rystad: Flaring in Permian Basin in 2020Q4 lowest in modern shale era

January 21, 2021 by PBOG

Oslo-based research firm Rystad Energy said Jan. 14 that the share of gross natural gas output that is flared at the wellhead in Permian Basin plummeted to a modern shale-era record low in 2020Q4. Rystad said preliminary data show 1.6 percent of Permian gas production was flared in 2020Q4. The absolute amount of flared gas […]

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Frank Late, Paul Morris, Fred Newman named to Petroleum Hall of Fame

January 14, 2021 by PBOG

Three new members will be added to the Petroleum Hall of Fame April 29 at Bush Convention Center in Midland. They are Frank M. Late, a native of Arkansas and automobile dealer who launched his oil and gas career in 1944 with the beginning of Cactus Drilling; Paul L. Morris, a native of West Virginia […]

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Rig counts, active fracturing units continue trend of small gains in 2021

January 14, 2021 by PBOG

The trend of increasing counts of active oil and gas drilling rigs continued in first week of 2021. Houston-based oilfield services firm Baker Hughes said as of Jan. 8 U.S. count rose 9 to 360 rigs, Permian added 4 rigs in past week to reach 179, Texas count remained unchanged with 161 rigs, and New […]

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Strengths of Texas LNG Brownsville include “access to Permian feed gas”

January 14, 2021 by PBOG

Port of Brownsville said Jan. 5 it reached long-term lease agreement with Texas LNG Brownsville to secure the Texas LNG export project site for up to 50 years. The port’s announcement said, “The lease agreement is an important milestone bringing the FERC-permitted project closer to a final investment decision while also confirming to LNG buyers […]

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Northern Oil and Gas adds 219 net acres in 4 transactions in Permian

January 14, 2021 by PBOG

Minneapolis-based Northern Oil and Gas said Jan. 7 its 11 transactions in 2020Q4 included 4 in Permian Basin that accounted for 1.1 net wells in process, 219 net acres and 0.6 net undrilled locations. Northern invests in non-operated minority working and mineral interests in oil and gas properties in Permian and Williston. Northern’s $8.4 million […]

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Biden picks New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as interior secretary

January 7, 2021 by PBOG

U.S. Rep. Debra Haaland (D-NM) is president-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, which oversees land management, ocean energy management, wildlife management and science, and geological sciences. Haaland, 60, is a graduate of Highland High School in Albuquerque and University of New Mexico and a former chair of the […]

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Yergin: Global oil demand will take at least another year to recover

January 7, 2021 by PBOG

IHS Markit vice chairman Daniel Yergin said recently that global oil demand likely will take at least another year to return to pre-pandemic levels. Shale production will remain relatively unchanged at about 11 million b/d until late 2021 before it starts rising, IHS Markit said, and it will increase at a much more moderate pace. […]

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U.S. adds 90 rigs in fourth quarter, best since second quarter of 2017

January 7, 2021 by PBOG

Texas and Oklahoma were the only major producing states that added oil and gas drilling rigs in the final week of 2020. Baker Hughes said as of Dec. 31 there were 175 rigs in Permian Basin (173 previous week), 161 rigs in Texas (159 previous week), 65 rigs in New Mexico (unchanged) and 351 rigs […]

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New Mexico commission conducts hearing on flaring

January 7, 2021 by PBOG

New Mexico’s oil conservation commission began two weeks of public testimony Monday in an online hearing on proposed rules for managing venting and flaring. Upon taking office in January 2019, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said her administration would adopt some of the nation’s toughest rules for curtailing methane and other emissions. EnergyWire from E&E News […]

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Permian Highway natural gas pipeline begins full service Jan. 1

January 7, 2021 by PBOG

Houston-based Kinder Morgan said this week its $2 billion Permian Highway natural gas pipeline from Permian Basin to Katy entered full service Jan. 1. Gas has been flowing for weeks during the commissioning process. Energy traders told Reuters those flows boosted prices recently at Waha hub in west Texas. Kinder Morgan said Monday that Permian […]

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