Submitted by guest writer Daniel Benjamin The onshore oil and gas sector, long seen as a cornerstone of energy production, is undergoing a significant transformation. With evolving technologies, shifting regulatory landscapes, and increasing environmental concerns, the way projects are planned and executed is rapidly changing. These emerging trends are not...
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Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for February 17, 2017, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed (that’s me): Probably not, no.  The Permian's returns and economics are just superior to any other basin in the country, and economics drive budgets at oil and gas operating companies....
How Oil and Gas Companies Acquire Mineral Rights
In the bustling world of the oil and gas industry, one subject captures the essence of exploration and production activities - mineral rights. The acquisition of these rights plays a significant role in the industry, acting as the linchpin of successful extraction and processing operations. This article unravels the...
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Decreasing the size of the carbon footprint prevails as a popular topic among world governments, individual companies, and organization do-good groups. Engineers stationed at Oklahoma University wish to see progress catapulted forward in leaps and bounds. As a result, this group of elite professionals suspects they may have defined...
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Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) announced two new major moves Sunday evening in its ongoing competition with Chevron to acquire Anadarko Petroleum. Industry advisory firm Wood Mackenzie issued the following analysis of these latest Oxy moves on Monday morning: ===================================================================== Oxy’s US$8.8bn Total deal ‘may soothe Anadarko shareholder jitters’ LONDON/HOUSTON/SINGAPORE, 6 May 2019 – In another bold...
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Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for February 9, 2018, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed: Stability is nice.: Oil gains 2 percent as global markets stabilize, dollar dips  Good lord. Get over yourselves. This is the one tax that truly needs raising.: Idea of raising federal...
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Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for December 20, 2017, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed: Nonsense - they've achieved their exact goal of $60-$65 oil. Completely successful.: OPEC's cuts have been less effective than the market believes, Dallas Fed says  via @houstonchron Good analysis here.: How...
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Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for August 18, 2017, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed:   It's yuuuuuuuge.:  Gilmer: We Should View The Permian Basin As A Permanent Resource via @forbes Today's very big deal.: Energy Capital will buy power generator Calpine for more than $17 billion,...
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With Kamala Harris expected to take over from Biden as the Democrat candidate in the U.S. Presidential race, many are asking whether she will follow in her predecessor’s footsteps by making the green energy transition a priority and where she stands on oil and gas. She has previously supported...
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Oil And Gas Stories Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for March 17, 2017, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed (that’s me): A good story about a fine, fine man.: Don Briggs: 'I was afraid. I wanted to die'  via @theadvertiser   The rigs just keep on coming.: Baker...