Including a sharp decline in the Permian Basin, the U.S. rig count dropped three units to finish at 746 for the week ended Friday (March 10), according to the latest tally from oilfield services provider Baker Hughes Co. (BKR). Domestic declines for the period included two oil rigs and one natural gas-directed unit. Land drilling…
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ExxonMobil CEO Says Natural Gas and Oil is Here to Stay, While Capturing Emissions
ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods on Tuesday made a compelling case for continuing to produce the globe’s natural gas and oil along with using technologies to eliminate emissions. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) may be one way to successfully sequester carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuel production, Woods said at CERAWeek by S&P Global. He…
Guyana Looks to Next Phase of Offshore Development With ‘Huge Potential’ in Natural Gas
Guyana is fast becoming a regional oil powerhouse, and the country’s vice president Bharrat Jagdeo thinks natural gas is the next step for the small nation at the northern tip of South America. Jagdeo spoke during CERAWeek by S&P Global in Houston on Monday. “The gas to energy program is going to start producing by…
Oil Rigs Drop Again as U.S. Count Slides in Latest BKR Data
Overshadowing gains in natural gas drilling, a third consecutive weekly decline in the oil patch dropped the U.S. rig count four units to 749 for the week ended Friday (March 3), according to the latest tally from Baker Hughes Co. (BKR). Net changes domestically for the period included an eight-rig decline in oil-directed rigs. In…
Mexico’s Pemex Posts Disappointing Results, but Natural Gas Output Points Up
Amid record profits across the globe for oil and gas giants, Mexico’s national oil company Petróleos Mexicanos, aka Pemex, posted yet another loss in the fourth quarter of 2022. The company reported a fourth-quarter net loss of 172.4 billion pesos ($9.4 billion) after a 52- billion peso loss in the third quarter. In 4Q2021, Pemex…
Verdad Exploration Reaches Mexico Milestone in Natural Gas-Rich Burgos Basin
“We are the first private producers to develop gas in the Burgos Basin and connect to Cenagas,” Roberto Gutierrez, vice president of commercial sales at Verdad Exploration Mexico LLC, told NGI’s Mexico GPI in a phone interview. On February 22, Verdad connected their gas production from a block in the Burgos Basin to the Sistrangas…
U.S. Natural Gas Drilling Steady as Oil Count Tumbles
The U.S. natural gas rig count held steady at 151 for the week ended Friday (Feb. 24), while a slowdown in the oil patch dropped the combined domestic drilling total seven units to 753, according to the latest numbers from Baker Hughes Co. (BKR). Land drilling fell seven units week/week, while the Gulf of Mexico…
Southwestern to Curb Activity in Response to Weaker Natural Gas Market
Southwestern Energy Co. said Friday it would drop drilling rigs this year in the Appalachian Basin and Haynesville Shale, joining other natural gas-focused producers that have announced plans to curb activity in response to falling prices. “Given near-term market conditions, we have proactively moderated activity, resulting in slightly lower expected production for 2023, and have…
Oil Drilling Declines Send U.S. Count Tumbling in Latest BKR Data
A slowdown in oil-directed drilling sent the U.S. rig count tumbling seven units lower to 753 for the week ended Friday (Feb. 24), according to updated figures from oilfield services provider Baker Hughes Co. (BKR). Total U.S. natural gas-directed rigs were unchanged week/week at 151, with oil-directed rigs accounting for the entirety of the overall…
U.S. Adds One Natural Gas Rig in Week of Small Adjustments for Domestic Drilling Activity
The U.S. natural gas rig count climbed one unit to 151 for the week ended Friday (Feb. 17), a period of generally minor adjustments to overall domestic upstream activity levels, updated numbers from Baker Hughes Co. (BKR) show. The uptick in natural gas rigs partly offset a two-rig decline in domestic oil-directed drilling for the…