U.S. crude oil production from seven major shale plays is expected to decline by about 56,000 barrels per day in August to about 7.49 million b/d – the lowest in two years – according to Monday’s monthly drilling productivity report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The biggest decline is expected in Eagle Ford in […]
Chronicle: Federal loans save 93,117 oil and gas industry jobs in Texas
An analysis of data from U.S. Small Business Administration by Houston Chronicle shows that more than $1 billion in forgivable loans for Texas companies in the federal government’s pandemic relief program saved more than half of the state’s oil and gas industry jobs. The federal government issued 6,610 loans to crude oil and natural gas […]
Midland’s Summit Petroleum files 9 permits in Upton County
Midland-based Summit Petroleum led companies filing for oil and gas drilling permits in Texas during the week of July 1-7. Houston Chronicle said Summit filed 9 drilling permits with Railroad Commission of Texas for horizontal wells targeting Spraberry in Upton County to depths of 9,400 to 10,100 feet. Also in west Texas, Tulsa-based WPX Energy […]
Natural Gas: What’s Next?
Can natural gas prices rise even in a generational downturn like the COVID-19 situation? Analysts including the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) feel that prices were already so low that they had nowhere to go but up anyway. In the Permian Basin in particular, gas prices were artificially low due to takeaway constraints. Such constraints […]
Texas adds 1 rig to end streak of 14 straight weeks of declining rig count
According to Baker Hughes, Texas added a rig last week to break its streak of 14 straight weeks of declining counts of active oil and gas rigs. As of June 26, Texas had 112 rigs (111 previous week, 464 previous year). The U.S. count fell for 16th consecutive week to 265 (266 previous week, 967 […]
Permian Basin returns to status as top destination for fracturing crews
Investment firm Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. said this week Permian Basin is again the top location of U.S. hydraulic fracturing crews. Marcellus Basin in Pennsylvania had replaced Permian as No. 1 in Tudor’s previous report, but 10 more crews have returned to oilfield since – most of them in Permian. Of the 450 available […]
Crude Prices: When Will the Upturn Turn Up?
In an article posted this week entitled, “Oil Rebounds with Economic Data Outweighing Virus Resurgence,” Bloomberg’s Hailey Waller and Grant Smith set forth some much-needed positive news for the oil and gas industry. It’s the question that is on everyone’s minds. When will the price of crude oil rise to a level that can sustain […]
This is NOT the 1980s
Oil production costs are down sharply in Texas in recent years, but they are not yet at a level to maintain viability given current prices and uncertainty. As a result, significant disruptions in oil production areas are occurring. The industry initiated a rapid shutdown of drilling activity, which rippled through an enormous supply chain and […]
Rig count decline likely to continue at slower pace in third quarter
Thirteen additional oil and gas rigs were idled in the past week in U.S., according to June 19 weekly report from Baker Hughes, for a new total of 266 – lowest since the Houston-based service company began keeping records in 1940. It marked the 15th consecutive week of U.S. declines since March and seventh consecutive […]
Baker Hughes: First time since March for Texas to not lead rig losses
The pace of the declining rig count slowed across Permian Basin, Texas and U.S. in Baker Hughes’ weekly report of June 12. But the count fell for the 14th straight week in U.S. and 13th in Permian and Texas. As of June 12 there were 137 active oil and gas rigs in Permian (141 week […]
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