The Lower 48 oil and natural gas business that BP plc carved out under a separate umbrella took a tumble in the second quarter, with the rig count falling from 13 working during the first three months of the year to only one at the end of June. The primary production focus of Denver-based BPX…
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Texas RRC Eyeing E&P Incentives, Reduced Time to Flare/Vent Natural Gas
Texas oil and gas regulators are looking for ways to reduce natural gas flaring, a particular problem in the Permian Basin, by providing incentives and requiring operators to justify why they need exemptions. Draft rules were approved Tuesday by the three-member Railroad Commission (RRC), and will now undergo a 30-day comment period. Chairman Wayne Christian…
Kinder Morgan Progressing Key Natural Gas, Export Projects
The double whammy of Covid-19 and an oil market downturn resulted in stinging declines on the Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) pipeline network, but the midstream giant reported a fair share of green shoots during a second quarter earnings call. Houston-based KMI on Wednesday reported higher natural gas transport volumes year/year and said nearly all of…
North America Likely Taking Biggest Hit from Pullback in Global Oil, Gas Drilling
The number of oil and natural gas wells likely to be drilled around the world this year is forecast to hit its lowest level since at least the early 2000s, with North America the most impacted from slumping demand in the age of Covid-19. An analysis by Rystad Energy issued on Tuesday pegged the number…
Oil, Natural Gas Production Slide to Continue Next Month in Key Lower 48 Unconventional Plays
Deflating oil and natural gas production from seven of the most prolific U.S. onshore unconventional plays is expected to continue in August, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Total oil production from the Anadarko, Appalachian and Permian basins, and the Bakken, Eagle Ford, Haynesville and Niobrara formations is expected to decline to 7.49 million…
More Losses for Oil Patch as U.S. Rig Count Grinds Lower
A continued slide in oil-directed activity helped drop the U.S. rig count another five units to 258 for the week ending Friday (July 10), according to the latest figures from Baker Hughes Co. (BKR). Four oil-directed rigs, along with one natural gas-directed, exited the United States during the period, putting the overall domestic tally 700…
Noble Bringing Back Curtailed U.S. Oil Volumes, Expanding NatGas Export Capacity Overseas
Noble Energy Inc. said Thursday the bulk of its shut-in U.S. oil and gas production would be brought back online in the coming weeks. Noble, whose vast U.S. portfolio extends across Texas and Colorado, said its second quarter curtailments totaled 11,000 b/d of oil. But “significant improvements in operating costs and netback pricing” will allow…
Finally Toppled by Debt, Chesapeake in Bankruptcy
Chesapeake Energy Corp., once a symbol of the American natural gas industry’s revival and a disruptive leader that helped spark the nation’s unconventional boom, filed for Chapter 11 protection on Sunday to wipe out $7 billion of debt. The move follows months of speculation and years of cost-cutting initiatives at the Oklahoma City-based independent, which…
Permian, Eagle Ford Permitting Climbs in November; Natural Gas Activity Inches Up
Drilling permits in oil formations rose to 465 in the first week of December, up 91% from the final week of November, as activity remained consistent in Texas and in the Midwest, along with the Bakken Shale bouncing back, according to a tally by Evercore ISI.
Cactus II Ramp Heralds Start of More Permian Crude Takeaway Options
One of the first of the big Permian Basin-to-Gulf Coast crude pipelines has reached its destination in South Texas, according to Trafigura Trading LLC and Buckeye Partners LP.