Carolyn Davis joined the editorial staff of Intelligence Press Inc. in Houston in May, 2000. Prior to that, she covered regulatory issues for environmental and occupational safety and health publications. She also has worked as a reporter for several daily newspapers in Texas, including the Waco Tribune-Herald, the Temple Daily Telegram and the Killeen Daily Herald. She attended Texas A&M University and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from the University of Houston.
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Chesapeake Resets 2015 Spending Even Lower, Reduces Rig Count
Chesapeake Energy Corp. on Monday reduced its 2015 capital budget by $500 million to $3.5-4.0 billion and now expects production to increase by only 1-3% from 2014, versus an original forecast of 3-5% growth.
March 24, 2015
NOAA Flybys Gathering Trace Emission Data From U.S. Oil, Natural Gas Basins
Trace gas emissions and fine particulates are undergoing scrutiny at U.S. onshore production sites over the next two months to determine how air quality is affected.
March 24, 2015
U.S. Upstream Capex Curtailments Twice Global Average, Says Raymond James
Global upstream spending began to peak last year before the oil price meltdown, but the sharp cuts in capital expenditures (capex) for 2015 have moved into a league of their own, i.e. “austerity on steroids,” according to Raymond James & Associates Inc.
March 24, 2015
ExxonMobil Asks to Intervene in Challenge to Oil, Gas Development Offshore California
ExxonMobil Corp., which holds most of the permits to drill offshore California, has asked to intervene in a lawsuit questioning the federal government’s authority to approve drilling in the region.
March 23, 2015
Southwestern Sells Legacy Arkoma, East Texas Leaseholds
Southwestern Energy Co., which has begun to concentrate its exploration in the Marcellus Shale over the past few months, on Friday agreed to sell conventional natural gas leaseholds in East Texas and the Arkoma Basin of Arkansas for $218 million.
March 23, 2015
Proppant Intensity Still Increasing, Says Fairmount CEO
Fairmount Santrol, one of the largest sand and resin-coated sand providers in the U.S. onshore, continues to see customers expand their use of proppants in each hydraulic fracturing stage, even with the downturn in the marketplace.
March 23, 2015
Deepwater GOM Bucks Low Prices, Big Projects Ramping Up
The deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM) is proving to be a haven for big producing projects, and it’s bucking the low-price environment, with growth expected to continue through 2016, according to Wood Mackenzie Ltd.
March 23, 2015
Appalachia Natural Gas Output Still On Pace to Increase, Despite Lower Capex, Shut-Ins
The combination of lower capital spending, shut-ins and even a shift to other plays won’t deter natural gas production from escalating in the Appalachian Basin this year, according to data compiled by NGI’s Shale Daily.
March 20, 2015
California Regulators ID Best Practices, Technologies For NatGas Leak Detection
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on Wednesday asked natural gas utilities to weigh in on a staff report that identifies some of the best practices and new technologies in methane leak detection.
March 20, 2015
Huge Natural Gas Hydrate Reserves In Cold Storage — For Now
Natural gas hydrates hold the potential to contribute to future energy systems worldwide within the next 10 to 20 years, according to an arm of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
March 20, 2015