E&P

At about 10 a.m. CST Thursday a fire broke out at the 300 MMcf/d Ramsey Natural Gas Processing Plant in the Delaware Basin near Orla, TX. The plant is owned by Western Gas Partners LP, a unit of Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

U.S. dry natural gas production in September continued a stretch of record breakers, reaching 2.29 Tcf (76.3 Bcf/d), the highest of any September since the Energy Information Administration (EIA) began reporting such production data in 1973, the agency said.

In an online interview prior to joining the climate change talks in Paris, California Gov. Jerry Brown reiterated his support for the use of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) by the oil and natural gas industry.

Ohio’s horizontal shale wells have produced more oil and natural gas through the first nine months of the year than all of Ohio’s wells produced in 2014, according to third quarter production data released Thursday by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR).

Most global oil and gas companies are poised for dealmaking in 2016, but volatile commodity prices still pose a significant threat, more than 100 senior energy executives said in a recent survey.

The same horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing technologies that unlocked gushers across North America’s unconventional plays have so far turned up meager results in North Dakota’s Tyler Shale in Slope County.

U.S. dry natural gas production in September continued a stretch of record breakers, reaching 2.29 Tcf (76.3 Bcf/d), the highest of any September since the Energy Information Administration (EIA) began reporting such production data in 1973, the agency said.

Royal Dutch Shell plc confirmed Wednesday that it plans to close its Appalachian headquarters in Western Pennsylvania next summer, citing an “ongoing drive to enhance competitiveness” during the commodities downturn.

Schlumberger Ltd., the world’s largest oilfield services operator, plans to reduce its workforce even more on the expectation for less activity in 2016, the president of operations said Tuesday.