Matthew Veazey

More than a new source of revenue, extracting lithium from produced water could allow natural gas and oil industry players to achieve environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals, informed sources told NGI. The level of interest in lithium extraction produced water, aka brines, among exploration and production companies, oilfield services firms and others is “growing,”…

Lithium is one of many components of the salty brine, or produced water, that accompanies natural gas and oil production. It is also a key component of battery production for electric vehicles (EVs), power grid storage, and numerous other manifestations of the energy transition. Recovering commercial volumes of lithium from the oil and gas byproduct…

Texas’ natural gas production tax garnered $413 million for the state in May, representing a 216% year/year increase and an all-time high for the levy, the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts said Wednesday. The state took in $595 million from its oil production tax in May, up 64% year/year, the Texas Comptroller’s office added. Much…

Lithium is one of many components of the salty brine, or produced water, that accompanies natural gas and oil production. It is also a key component of battery production for electric vehicles (EVs), power grid storage, and numerous other manifestations of the energy transition. Recovering commercial volumes of lithium from the oil and gas byproduct…

Pittsburgh International Airport, known to fliers by the three-digit code PIT, is stepping up its natural gas development partnership with Appalachian Basin-focused independent CNX Resources Corp. PIT and CNX earlier this month launched another phase of their public-private partnership. It currently includes a revenue-sharing deal for CNX-operated Marcellus Shale wells on airport property and a…

Natural gas-fired electricity generation would pick up the slack in California left by the state’s drought-compromised hydropower resources, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). In a recent analysis, researchers found that California’s extended drought could cut the share of summer electricity generation from hydropower to only 8%, or 6.8 million MWh, from June through…

For the first four months of 2022, liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from Texas’ Port of Corpus Christi were up 56.2% over the previous tonnage record set in January through April 2020, the port authority said Monday. The Port of Corpus Christi’s CEO Sean Strawbridge said “we have the table set for meeting the increasing…

Texas’ upstream natural gas and oil industry added 5,200 direct jobs from March to April, bringing the state’s latest direct upstream headcount to 190,400, the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO) said Friday. “Texas operators are responding to the call to increase production, despite facing numerous challenges, including inflationary pressures, workforce shortages and…

Laredo Petroleum Inc. has locked in pricing for most of its oilfield services operations through the rest of this year to counter inflation, but costs for the diesel fuel and chemicals needed to sustain them remain harder to predict. “We worked with our service partners to lock in 85% of expected drilling, completions, equipment and…