Oil And Gas

A divided appeals court on Tuesday affirmed its ruling that the first natural gas ban enacted in the United States, in Berkeley, CA, is preempted by federal law, setting the stage for more legal fights across the country. In a 65-page amended opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit threw out Berkeley’s…

Privately held Ellipsis U.S. Onshore Holdings LLC said it has acquired upstream assets across multiple Lower 48 basins with current production of more than 6,000 boe/d.  The assets are in the Permian and Denver-Julesburg (DJ) basins, as well as the Texas-Louisiana Salt Basin, said management of Dallas-based Ellipsis. The Texas-Louisiana Salt Basin is a dry…

Mexico’s natural gas production averaged 4.13 Bcf/d in November, versus 4.17 Bcf/d in October and 4.43 Bcf/d in November 2022. State oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) accounted for 3.91 Bcf/d or 95% of the total, down from 4.19 Bcf/d a year earlier, according to the latest data from upstream regulator Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH).…

The former chief of BP plc, Bernard Looney, is set to forfeit more than $40 million in compensation after he “knowingly misled” the board about his previous relationships with colleagues. Looney, who resigned abruptly in September, gave the board “inaccurate and incomplete assurances” as part of an investigation that began in 2022, according to the…

North Dakota natural gas production fell slightly in October because of an early wintry blast, but benign weather in the last two months of 2023 could lead to “great numbers” for oil and gas output, according to the state’s Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) director, Lynn Helms.  Production averaged 3.4 Bcf/d in October, down 1%…

In 10 months, on Oct. 1, 2024, Mexico’s new president will take office, and the six-year term of Andrés Manuel López Obrador will end. Members of the Mexican energy industry told NGI’s Mexico GPI they are hopeful for a change in energy policies that have at times stalled and frustrated the sector during the past…

Editor’s Note: NGI’s Mexico Gas Price Index, a leader tracking Mexico natural gas market reform, is offering the following column by Eduardo Prud’homme as part of a regular series on understanding this process.  For the Mexican natural gas market, 2024 promises to be a defining year. Mexico is going to start exporting LNG early in…

The U.S. natural gas rig count added one unit to climb to 120 for the week ended Thursday (Dec. 21), while declines in the oil patch helped drop the overall domestic tally by three to 620, according to the latest figures from Baker Hughes Co. (BKR). The 120 active U.S. natural gas rigs as of…

Mexican conglomerate Grupo Carso SAB has bought into another Mexico oil and natural gas field in shallow waters offshore Campeche. Carso subsidiary Zamajal SA de CV would acquire PetroBal SAPI de CV and its 50% interest in the Ichalkil and Pokoch fields. PetroBal is the oil and gas subsidiary of Mexican conglomerate Grupo Bal. The…