Wayne Christian has succeeded Midland’s Christi Craddick as chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas. The commission announced the unanimous election of Christian Tuesday. A graduate of Midland High School and University of Texas, Craddick has served on the commission since 2012. Christian, graduate of S.F. Austin State University and former member of the Texas […]

Rig counts resumed their declines for the week that ended June 7 in Permian Basin, Texas and U.S., according to Baker Hughes.  In the past week, Texas lost 7 rigs for a new total of 473 (538 a year ago), U.S. lost 9 rigs for a new total of 975 (1,062 a year ago), and […]

Danos, oilfield service provider based in Gray, La., said May 29 it has two new contracts to provide about 50 crew members for support of water transfer at treatment facilities in Midland and Orla for a Dallas-based land company and to construct two saltwater disposal facilities in Delaware Basin near Carlsbad, N.M., for a Texas-based […]

Global energy research firm Wood Mackenzie said the Port of Corpus Christi will surpass the Port of Houston as the nation’s top crude oil exporter within 10 years.  Wood Mckenzie said major investments in shipping facilities and pipeline projects will route more than two million barrels of crude oil per day from Permian Basin to […]

The U.S. Energy Information Administration said oil imports for the Gulf Coast reached their lowest level in more than 30 years in March as production from Permian Basin and other shale fields continues to rise.  Imports averaged 1.8 million barrels a day in March – a decline of more than 70 percent since 2007.  The […]

A joint venture of Marathon Petroleum subsidiary MPLX and three other companies said June 5 it will proceed with design and construction of Whistler pipeline to transport natural gas from Permian Basin to Texas Gulf Coast.  Other partners are WhiteWater Midstream of Austin, Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners and West Texas Gas of Midland.  Whistler will transport […]

A joint venture of Houston-based Bluewing Midstream and San Antonio-based One Cypress Energy said last week it is expanding its storage capacity of bulk liquids at Port of Brownsville by 300,000 barrels.  Phase II of the expansion project will increase total capacity to 1.1 million barrels to serve markets in Mexico, other international locations and […]