Executives at drilling and pressure pumping contractor Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. have experienced a seasonal slowdown in the northeastern U.S. energy patch, they told financial analysts during an earnings conference call.
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U.S. Steel Making Pipes Using Low-Priced Gas
Executives at United States Steel Corp. said the company has started to lock in natural gas prices for the year and predicted that demand for the company’s steel tubes, which are used for oil and natural gas drilling, will remain strong in the first quarter.
Tax Break Bill Could Help Pennsylvania Lure Ethane Cracker
A state official said a bill advancing in the Pennsylvania General Assembly that offers tax breaks to large businesses could also be used to help the state lure an ethane cracker and the thousands of jobs it would provide.
MDU Ties Growth to Bakken ‘Home Field’ Advantage
Bismarck, ND-based MDU Resources Group Inc. senior executives on Thursday reiterated that they intend to exploit their home field advantage in all lines of their business by digging deeply into the Bakken Shale play’s continuing robust growth. And they talked bullishly about prospects this year despite reporting earnings that were down slightly quarter over quarter and year over year in 2011.
Micro Shale E&P, Service Company to Merge
A year-old, privately held California micro exploration and production (E&P) company founded by former senior executives from a predecessor Chevron Corp. company (Texaco), Pacific Energy Development Corp. (PEDCO), plans to merge with publicly held Houston-based energy services firm Blast Energy Services to form a new publicly held company headed by PEDCO CEO Frank Ingriselli.
Canadian Regulators Approve Enbridge’s Bakken Pipe Project
Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) has approved Enbridge Bakken Pipeline Co. Inc.’s plans to build the 77-mile Bakken Pipeline Project Canada, which would connect to the Enbridge Pipelines Inc. (EPI) Mainline and carry crude oil from the Bakken Shale to North American refinery markets.
Industry Craves Predictability, Executives Say
As the natural gas industry pushes for a standardized drilling ordinance in Pennsylvania, it doesn’t expect the regulations to be easy, just predictable, a pair of executives told an audience in Pittsburgh last Wednesday.
Executives: Make Regulations Predictable, Not Easy
As the natural gas industry pushes for a standardized drilling ordinance in Pennsylvania, it doesn’t expect the regulations to be easy, just predictable, a pair of executives told an audience in Pittsburgh.
U.S. Shale Surge Brings LNG Rethink
For years executives in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry have dreamed of fungibility, of market liquidity for LNG where tankers function as a sort of “movable pipeline.” But when will that happen?
U.S. Shale Surge Turning LNG Thinking, and Maybe Tankers, Around
For years executives in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry have dreamed of fungibility, of market liquidity for LNG where tankers function as a sort of “movable pipeline.” But when will that happen?