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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Southwestern Energy Co. COO Bill Way has been promoted to president. Way was hired as COO in September 2011 and would continue also in that role. “Since joining the Southwestern team, Bill’s dedication and leadership have been key in consistently delivering results for the company and creating value for shareholders,” CEO Steve Mueller said. Way previously worked for BG Group plc and ConocoPhillips. He holds a bachelors degree in industrial engineering from Texas A&M University and a masters degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
December 10, 2014
Methane Emissions Highest From ‘Small Subset’ of Wells, Two Major Sources, Says Research
A small group of natural gas wells in the U.S. onshore may account for a majority of the methane emissions linked to two major sources — pneumatic controllers and liquid unloadings — researchers at the University of Texas at Austin (UT) said Tuesday.
December 9, 2014
North America NatGas Production to Reach Nearly 140 Bcf/d by 2040, Says ExxonMobil
North America’s natural gas production is projected to grow by about 75% from 2010 to 2040 to around 140 Bcf/d, as unconventional output nearly triples, ExxonMobil Corp. said Tuesday. Within five years, North America should surpass the Russia/Caspian region as the largest gas-producing region in the world.
December 9, 2014
Supreme Court Rejects BP’s Plea to Block Suspect Macondo Claims
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected BP plc’s plea to allow it to block payments for damage claims that could not clearly be traced to the 2010 Macondo oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
December 8, 2014
ConocoPhillips Slashes Capex by 20%, Defers Some Lower 48 Spending
ConocoPhillips, the largest independent in the country, is slicing its 2015 capital spending by 20% — significantly more than it had estimated at the end of October — with capital targeting the Eagle Ford and Bakken shales but deferred investments now planned in the Permian Basin, and Niobrara, Montney and Duvernay formations.
December 8, 2014
Buckyballs Throwing New Curve Into Capturing CO2 From NatGas Wells
Rice University scientists are on to an environmentally friendly carbon-capture method that may be equally adept at drawing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from natural gas wells and industrial flue gases.
December 5, 2014
$150B-Plus of Upstream Projects Face Wipeout on Low Oil Prices, Says Analyst
Final investment decisions (FID) for $150 billion worth of projects, including in Canada, Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) export proposals in North America, may be deferred or canceled next year as oil prices continue to fall, consulting firm Rystad Energy said Friday.
December 5, 2014
Big Four Shale Gas Plays Show Decline — Not Plateau — After 2020, Say University of Texas Researchers
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) and a bevy of independent analysts have predicted domestic natural gas production will climb rapidly over the long-term because of booming unconventional gas growth. However, the University of Texas at Austin (UT) is predicting production from the biggest shale gas plays — Marcellus, Barnett, Fayetteville and Haynesville — will peak by 2020 and decline thereafter.
December 4, 2014
Sharp Decline Forecast For Horizontal Drilling, Frack Demand Due to Falling Oil Prices
Service providers and equipment manufacturers haven’t seen a big market change yet on lower oil prices, but it’s coming, and with it, a much lower forecast for North American horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in 2015, PacWest Consulting Partners LLC said Thursday.
December 4, 2014
Chevron’s Jack/St. Malo Project Underway in Lower Tertiary
Natural gas and oil production has started up from the Jack/St. Malo fields from one of the largest production facilities ever designed for the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM), with total production by 2020 forecast to reach 21 MMcf/d of natural gas and 94,000 b/d of crude oil.
December 3, 2014