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After a series of earthquakes recently erupted near Oklahoma’s Arbuckle formation, state regulators have called for oil and gas operators to reduce well wastewater, affecting 23 disposal wells.  A 4.0 magnitude and a few smaller magnitude earthquakes hit Carney, OK, earlier this month. The tremors led the Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s (OCC) Oil and Gas Conservation…

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to change how public lands are managed to put conservation on equal footing as other uses, including oil and natural gas extraction. The BLM plan for conservation leasing would entail a time-limited lease of public land that allows interested organizations to conduct specific restoration or mitigation activities.…

Crescent Point Energy Corp. has agreed to acquire a package of liquids-rich assets in the Montney Shale of Alberta in an all-cash deal with Spartan Delta Corp. valued at C$1.7 billion ($1.2 billion). Spartan said the agreement would reward its stockholders with a payment of C$9.50 ($7.12)/share. “Over the past five years, we have fundamentally…

Alberta Deep Basin pure-play Peyto Exploration & Development Corp. has all but eliminated its exposure to expected weak pricing at the AECO natural gas hub for the upcoming summer, CEO Jean-Paul Lachance said. Lachance hosted a conference call on Thursday (March 9) to discuss the gas-weighted producer’s fourth quarter and full-year 2022 results.  Lachance noted…

As federal regulators prepare a ruling that would strengthen emissions standards for the oil and natural gas industry, Lime Rock Resources has partnered with Bridger Photonics Inc. to conduct fugitive methane emissions scanning in the Lower 48. Lime Rock partnered with Montana-based Bridger to use Gas Mapping Light Detection and Ranging (GLM) advanced laser technology…

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has issued an updated review of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) that could pave the way for the 2 million Dth/d natural gas conduit to receive further permits and complete construction this year. However, even with the updated USFWS Biological Opinion, posted to the project’s FERC docket Wednesday,…

With the Haynesville Shale continuing to serve as the biggest driver of projected onshore natural gas production growth, output from seven key Lower 48 plays is poised to grow by 426 MMcf/d from February to March, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). In its latest Drilling Productivity Report (DPR), published Monday, the agency modeled…

Canadian natural gas heavyweight Arc Resources Ltd. said Montney Shale growth – and higher prices – led to record growth in the fourth quarter. Higher gas prices, coupled with a strong marketing program, propelled profits in the final three months of 2022. With the outlook brighter, the corporate budget this year has been set at…

Employment in the U.S. oilfield services and equipment sector (OFS) advanced in January along with an overall surge in jobs to start the new year. OFS employment rose by an estimated 3,069 jobs to 652,090 last month, according to an analysis of federal data by the Energy Workforce & Technology Council. The January increase made…