Oil And Gas

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. The opinions and positions expressed by Prud’homme do not necessarily reflect the views of NGI’s Mexico Gas Price Index. In the midterm…

Even as the U.S. natural gas rig count fell one unit to 98 for the week ended Friday (Oct. 15), a surge in the oil patch lifted the combined domestic tally 10 units higher to 543, according to updated numbers from Baker Hughes Co. (BKR). A 12-rig increase in oil-directed drilling in the United States…

The U.S. rig count jumped 10 units higher to 543 during the week ended Friday (Oct. 15), propelled by a strong week of gains in the oil patch, according to the latest figures from Baker Hughes Co. (BKR). A 12-rig increase in oil-directed drilling in the United States offset net declines of one natural gas-directed…

Click here to listen to the latest episode of NGI’s Hub & Flow podcast in which NGI’s Patrick Rau, director of Strategy and Research, breaks down what to expect during the oil and natural gas industry’s 3Q2021 earnings calls, which are taking place during a turbulent and chaotic time. Amid a global energy supply crunch,…

Data centers used to mine cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin are proving an attractive option to mitigate natural gas flaring in North Dakota, the state’s top oil and gas regulator said Wednesday. The energy-intensive process of solving cryptographic puzzles to verify transactions on the distributed network known as the blockchain requires a round-the-clock source of reliable…

As oil and natural gas prices surged, drilling and energy business activity across the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s footprint hastened in the third quarter, results of a new survey show. The Kansas City Fed, as it is commonly known, said its quarterly Tenth District Energy Survey found that oil and gas firms collectively…

“I feel like Mexico is really standing at the edge of a cliff and deep down at the dark bottom of that cliff is Venezuela,” said Marcelo Mereles Gras, veteran Mexico energy expert and partner at HCX Hydrocarbon Exchange, in reference to the legislation proposed by President Andrés López Obrador on Oct. 1 to undo…

The U.S. natural gas rig count finished flat at 99 for the week ended Friday (Oct. 8), while continued expansion in the oil patch lifted the combined domestic tally five units higher to finish at 533, according to the latest data from Baker Hughes Co. (BKR). A net gain of five oil-directed rigs in the…

Another week of expansion in the oil patch, led by the Permian Basin, lifted the U.S. rig count five units higher to 533 for the week ended Friday, according to the latest figures published by Baker Hughes Co. (BKR). Natural gas-directed drilling went unchanged for the period, while the addition of five oil-directed rigs put…