They say it is a dog-eat-dog world, and that phrase has never been more applicable than in the oil and gas industry. With the race to new energy development, several of the big players are shoring up strategy. Royal Dutch Shell Plc, BP Plc, Sinopec, and Equinor ASA are...
As the current session of the Texas legislature winds down to a merciful end, it has now become obvious that members of the house and senate will once again fail to enact needed reforms designed to stabilize the grid and protect citizens from deadly weather events like the one...
In an extraordinary bit of energy absurdity, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has a new report out detailing its fantasy-based roadmap about how we get to the mythical "Net Zero by 2050" goal. Among other impossibilities in the real world, this new report envisions:
- No new coal plants. China...
Shale Play Energy Updates
Note: Recent events surrounding the global coronavirus pandemic and the collapse of the OPEC+ export limitation agreement have disrupted the normal course of business in the U.S. shale industry. At the time of this issue’s publication, shale producers were universally focused on restructuring their capital budgets...
SCOOP/STACK Play – Oklahoma
Citizen Energy Operating, LLC announced that it has entered into a merger agreement with Roan Resources, Inc. in an all-cash transaction valued at $1 billion, including Roan's debt. Roan stockholders will receive $1.52 in cash for each share of Roan common stock in the deal. Roan...
SCOOP/STACK Play – Oklahoma
The SCOOP/STACK continued to shed oil rigs in August according to both the Baker Hughes and Enverus rig count numbers, as operators continued to pare back drilling budgets for the second half of 2019. According to Enverus (formerly DrillingInfo), the count in the Anadarko Basin —...
Some major relief for Permian producers. - EPIC Midstream Holdings announced on August 16 that it has begun shipping Permian Basin crude on its 400,000 barrel per day (bpd) oil pipeline to the Texas Gulf Coast. The pipeline's end-point is at the Moda Midstream export terminal at Ingleside, Texas, which lies across Corpus Christi Bay from...
The operators of both Texas-based Freeport LNG and Louisiana-based Cameron LNG announced this week that they have commenced liquefaction operations at their facilities. They become the fifth and sixth LNG export facilities in operation in the United States.
"This is an exciting and significant milestone which now paves the way...
Bakken Shale – North Dakota/Montana Kinder Morgan and Tallgrass Energy announced that they will expand their jointly-operated Hiland Crude Pipeline system. The expanded system will be capable of moving Bakken crude to markets on the East Coast of the U.S., and to Cushing, Oklahoma. A new report by ESAI...
Ryan Zinke, former U.S. Secretary of the Interior, has joined Cressman Tubular of Dallas, TX, in an advisory role. After his tenure as both commander in Navy SEAL Team Six and member of the president’s cabinet, Secretary Zinke looks to make his mark on the U.S. steel industry. In...
