More than half of all Pennsylvania certified public accountants (CPA) surveyed in a recent poll said they support Democratic Gov.-elect Tom Wolf’s plan to implement a 5% severance tax on oil and natural gas production in the state, identifying it as a leading option to close the state’s nearly $2 billion budget deficit.
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Oasis Sets Lower Capex, Less Drilling in Bakken For 2015
Oasis Petroleum Inc. plans to cut capital expenditures (capex) by 44% in 2015 and slash the number of rigs deployed in its core area of the Bakken Shale. However, it still expects to boost production in the coming year by 5-10%.
Halliburton Readying For North American E&P Capex Cuts
Halliburton Co. isn’t reporting much impact to its North American business from plunging oil prices yet, but adjustments are likely to occur through 2015 as operators recalibrate, CFO Mark McCollum said Wednesday.
Goodrich Might Sell Eagle Ford as It Focuses on TMS
Goodrich Petroleum Corp. is exploring the sale of potentially all of its Eagle Ford Shale assets while it plans to leverage drilling efficiencies and an improved frack design in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale (TMS) next year. Meanwhile, hedging is providing some cover from crashing oil prices.
Wolf Taps Former DEP Chief Hanger to Planning Post
Pennsylvania Gov.-elect Tom Wolf has selected John Hanger, a former secretary of the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and a one-time Democratic candidate for governor, to serve as his secretary of planning and policy.
Gas Stimulation Is Industry’s Latest Bet to Unlock Utica Oil Window
EV Energy Partners LP has started flowing back its closely watched Nettle 3H well in Tuscarawas County, OH, in the heart of the Utica Shale’s stubborn volatile oil window, where an industry partnership has used gelled butane to stimulate the well in the latest effort to get oil flowing there.
North Dakota Sets Bakken Oil Content Rules
Moving in the same direction as federal regulators about Bakken Shale crude oil transport, the North Dakota Industrial Commission (IC) on Tuesday adopted regulations requiring all of the state’s oil supplies to be conditioned.
USFS Proposes Limited Leasing in Colorado National Forest
Despite an industry full-court press in the past year to head it off, federal officials are proposing to limit future oil and natural gas development in the White River National Forest (WRNF) in northwest Colorado.
Nova Scotia’s Bear Head Files to Export U.S. Gas
Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd.’s Bear Head LNG Corp. has applied to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for authorization to export natural gas to Canada for a 25-year period in support of its Nova Scotia liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal project.
BP Downsizing Stepped Up, with ‘Every Dollar’ Scrutinized
BP plc had begun restructuring its global businesses following the Macondo well blowout in 2010, and the blowout in oil prices is going to require more belt-tightening, executives said Wednesday