Nice

Halliburton Co., the No. 2 global oilfield services provider, is beginning to see some blue skies in North America this year and going into 2014, CEO Dave Lesar said Monday.

By building positions in the Eagle Ford Shale and the Permian Basin, Comstock Resources Inc. has been Texas two-stepping away from nearly all dry gas production to oil, but the dance hasn’t always been graceful, as fourth quarter results show.

National Oilwell Varco Inc. (NOV), the largest U.S. oilfield equipment manufacturer, on Tuesday posted higher than expected quarterly profits, in part on rig technology orders, which jumped 26% in the period.

In the early days of Barnett Shale drilling in North Texas it would have been nice to have better communication among area residents, municipal governments, regulators and energy companies, Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) Commissioner David Porter told NGI. To make that happen in the fast-emerging Eagle Ford Shale of South Texas, Porter would like to see a task force focused on the play.

In the early days of Barnett Shale drilling in North Texas it would have been nice to have better communication among area residents, municipal governments, regulators and energy companies, Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) Commissioner David Porter told NGI’s Shale Daily. To make that happen in the fast-emerging Eagle Ford Shale of South Texas, Porter would like to see a task force focused on the play.

Quebec’s environmental bureau has been granted a brief extension to complete a report on the impact that increased Utica Shale development would have on the province.

Energy efficiency is no longer considered just a “nice thing to do for society” and is now considered “a real resource,” even a “fifth fuel,” National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) President Jim Kerr told Congress last Monday.

Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon — whose company recently helped bankroll a controversial anti-coal advertising campaign — has only nice things to say about natural gas. And he’s formed a new foundation and hired Denise Bode away from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) to help spread the gospel that North American gas is the answer to carbon dioxide-intensive power generation.

Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon — whose company recently helped bankroll a controversial anti-coal advertising campaign — has only nice things to say about natural gas. And he’s formed a new foundation and hired Denise Bode away from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) to help spread the gospel that North American gas is the answer to carbon dioxide-intensive power generation.