Permian Basin Geology
Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for February 9, 2017, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed (that’s me):   Good stuff here.: Papa's Permian Pure Play: An American Oil Legend Returns via @forbes http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2017/02/09/papas-permian-pure-play-an-american-oil-legend-returns/#7768a01d6aea #oil #oilandgas #energy Boom!: As Permian booms, competition for pipelines, storage picks up http://fuelfix.com/blog/2017/02/09/houston-competition-picks-up-for-pipelines-crude-storage-as-the-permian-booms-to-life/...
Some Reasons for Optimism at the End of a Troubling Year
The history of the oil and gas business in the United States is that every time the “experts” all line up to declare it to be dead, it finds a way to come roaring back. This scenario has played itself out at least half a dozen times across my...
Hibernia platform
Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for March 8, 2017, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed (that’s me): Big, big news here.  The Trump Administration is wasting no time in kick-starting exploration in U.S. waters: 73M acres proposed for 1st Gulf-wide #oil lease sale http://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article136863243.html He will...
Tropical Storm Beta
Corpus Christi, TX, USA – Due to the active tropical conditions in the Gulf of Mexico, the Port of Corpus Christi has increased its Hurricane Readiness Status to Port Condition 3 (Tropical Hazards expected within 48 hours), in accordance with its 2020 Hurricane Readiness Plan. The Port Authority continues to monitor possible...
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We've talked a lot in recent issues of Shale Magazine about the fact that the Permian Basin in West Texas and Southeast New Mexico is currently undergoing a tremendous boom in oil and gas activity.  We've also pointed out that other oil shale basins, like the Eagle Ford in...
If you want to understand what’s happening in the world, and specifically, the world of energy, one needs only to watch what elites do as opposed to what they say. By this, I’m not talking about their hypocrisy. We do far too much of that, which accomplishes precisely nothing....
A new report from advisory firm Deloitte finds that the oil and gas industry today might well be facing the greatest challenge in its history.
Joe Biden Ignores Fracking Science! Joe Biden and his fellow Democrats are fond of pointing fingers at others and accusing them of ignoring science. They resort to this canard whenever they are trying to avoid having to form a rational, fact-based argument around "climate change," but they like to use...
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Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for May 26, 2017, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed: Aaaaaannnnd the price tanks. #smdh: OPEC agrees to extend oil production cuts via @usatoday They do this every year. Someday they'll be right.: NOAA predicts above normal hurricane season via @houstonchron Need...
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In The Oil Patch – Episode 206: This week on “In The Oil Patch”: host Kym Bolado welcomes Nate Clark, Principal at Deloitte U.S. and Michelle Pflueger, GM Digital Innovation & Acceleration at Chevron. Kym is also joined by David Blackmon, Editor of SHALE Magazine!   -Originally aired on 6/22/2019 to 6/23/2019-   Be sure...
10 Things You Should Know About Oil and Gas Today The Big Story The June contract for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was crashing towards single digits on Monday, just a week after we saw prices on the May contract fall into negative territory. As of this writing, WTI was selling for...