With gains in natural gas-directed drilling countered by declines in the oil patch, the U.S. rig count finished unchanged overall at 771 for the week ended Friday (Jan. 27), according to the latest numbers from Baker Hughes Co. (BKR). Domestic changes for the period included an increase of four natural gas-directed rigs and a decline…
Topic / Other Plays
SubscribeOther Plays
Articles from Other Plays
Poco Nabs Top Environmental Rating for DJ Wells
Private exploration and production (E&P) operator Poco Holdco LLC received Project Canary’s highest possible environmental assessment rating for most of its Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basin operations in Colorado. The E&P, a branch of private energy investment and management company Providence Energy Ltd., clinched Denver-based Project Canary’s “Platinum” certification for 22 operated horizontal wells at two wellsites. …
Rockies, Midcontinent Producers Slash Natural Gas Price Forecasts, Citing ‘Too Much Supply’
Oil and gas executives in the Rockies and Midcontinent have downwardly revised their expectations for Henry Hub natural gas prices over the near term, according to a new survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. The Kansas City Fed’s quarterly Tenth District Energy Survey gauges current and expected oil and gas activity in…
China Continuing to Boost Domestic Natural Gas Production From Top Fields
Oil and natural gas output from two of China’s leading fields again crept upward last year, according to reports that cited data from China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) and China Petroleum and Chemical Corp. (Sinopec). Oil and gas production in the Tarim Oilfield, China’s largest ultra-deep onshore play, hit a record 33.1 million tons (Mt)…
Pennsylvania Cites Shell Cracker for Emissions Violations Tied to Flaring
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issued a notice of violation to Shell Chemicals Appalachia LLC for exceeding its air pollutant limits after operations began at its ethane cracker near Pittsburgh. Shell started operations at the massive complex in November. DEP said emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) exceeded the limits of its…
Crescent Point Bolts On More Gassy Kaybob Duvernay Assets
A 102 square-mile spread of west-central Alberta drilling prospects fetched C$375 million ($281 million) in an all-cash purchase by Crescent Point Energy Corp. from Paramount Resources Ltd. The package, in the Kaybob Duvernay area, produces natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGL) at a rate of 4,000 boe/d. About one-half of the well flows are…
Summit Midstream Triples DJ Natural Gas Processing with Outrigger Purchase
Outrigger Energy II LLC has completed the sale of its midstream system in Weld County, CO, to Summit Midstream Partners LP. Summit Midstream previously said the deal was worth about $305 million total in cash. Outrigger’s Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basin system includes a 60 MMcf/d cryogenic natural gas processing plant with product deliveries to the Cheyenne…
Oil, Natural Gas Lease Sales Proposed for Nevada and Utah
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has begun a one-month scoping process to take comments on potential oil and natural gas lease sales across parts of Nevada and Utah. The Interior Department agency is reviewing potential auctions for up to 35 parcels in Nevada totaling 63,604 acres and 18 parcels in Utah totaling 31,808 acres.…
Iron Horse Expanding Natural Gas Processing in Anadarko Basin
Iron Horse Midstream is adding another natural gas cryogenic processing plant at its 120-acre complex in Grady County, OK, in the heart of the Anadarko Basin. The Dallas-based firm said the 200 MMcf/d plant would boost natural gas processing capacity in the SCOOP/STACK (South Central Oklahoma Oil Province and Sooner Trend of the Anadarko Basin,…
Spire’s Wyoming Natural Gas Storage Expansion Designed to Smooth Out Renewable Volatility
Against the backdrop of rising renewable electric generation and the need for more balancing mechanisms, Spire Energy Inc. is close to completing the first phase of a planned natural gas storage expansion near the Opal Hub in Wyoming. Spire Storage is working to expand capacity to 39 Bcf from 23 Bcf to meet growing demand…