Midland-based ProPetro Holding said last week it executed a contract with a leading Permian Basin operator to use its first electric-powered hydraulic fracturing fleet.  ProPetro will provide services for three years following delivery.  The equipment will be deployed primarily to support simul-frac operations.  Initially it will use Tier IV dual-fuel equipment and transition to e-fleet […]

Christi Craddick, 52, Midland native who was first elected to the commission in November 2012, Tuesday was selected to serve again as chair of the Railroad Commission of Texas succeeding Wayne Christian.  A graduate of Midland High School, she has bachelor’s and J.D. degrees from University of Texas.  As an attorney, she specializes in oil […]

Houston-based XRI Holdings said recently it started construction of Evolution pipeline system in Permian Basin to recycle and manage more than 500,000 barrels of produced water per day from operators in Glasscock, Midland, Reagan and Midland counties.  The pipeline system is a large-scale recycling and produced water infrastructure network connecting XRI’s existing pipeline system in […]

Railroad Commission of Texas said Tuesday it is revising its seismicity reduction response plan after a review of data, including injection volumes, following an earthquake of 5.4 magnitude Nov. 16 in Reeves County.  The northern Culberson-Reeves seismic response area (SRA) is being expanded north to the New Mexico border and increased to 2,601 square miles […]

U.S. count of active oil and gas drilling rigs remained flat for the week that ended Dec. 2, according to Baker Hughes, while the counts for Permian Basin, Texas and New Mexico declined.  There were 350 rigs in Permian (352 previous week, 283 year ago), 371 in Texas (372 previous week, 271 year ago), 104 […]

Nabors Industries said Nov. 16 it has launched its Canrig red zone robotics (RZR) rig floor module, a modular rig upgrade that automates routine drilling activities.  Nabors retrofitted an existing rig with RZR and successfully drilled multiple horizontal wells for ExxonMobil subsidiary XTO Energy in Permian Basin. In 2021 Nabors and Exxon proved fully automated […]

Texas comptroller Glenn Hegar said Nov. 29 about $7.3 billion in tax revenue from the state’s oil and gas industry has been transferred to the state highway (SHF) and economic stabilization funds (ESF).  Each received about $3.64 billion.  “It is critical that we invest in the infrastructure needed to keep our state fiscally healthy,” Hegar […]

Houston-based independent Callon Petroleum said in its announcement of 2022Q3 operating results that oil productivity in the first 120 days online was up 26 percent in Delaware Basin and up 28 percent in Midland Basin compared to 2021Q3.  Joe Gatto, president and CEO, said Nov. 2, “Callon’s strong production growth this quarter was the product […]

Dallas-based independent midstream company Cardinal Midstream Partners said recently it is acquiring natural gas gathering and processing assets in Delaware Basin from Medallion Midstream Services.  The system acquired includes about 80 miles of pipelines in Loving and Reeves counties and a gas processing facility (140 million cfd) for top-tier producer customers.  Closing is expected in […]

Permian Basin and U.S. reported high rig counts for 2022 year-to-date in the weekly report of Nov. 23 from Baker Hughes.  In the last report before Thanksgiving, there were 352 rigs in Permian (349 week ago, 280 year ago), 372 in Texas (375 week ago, 273 year ago), 105 in New Mexico (103 week ago, […]