September 4 — Panhandle-Down-to-Permian West Texas state Senator Kel Seliger says he and his wife are doing well after quarantining following exposure to the coronavirus. From his Twitter feed: “I’m now through the …
By Alex Mills September 3 — “I am not banning fracking,” Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden said in Pittsburgh on Aug. 31. “Let me say that again: I am not banning fracking no …
September 2 — Britain’s Nostra Terra Oil & Gas Company has acquired a 100% working interest in a Texas oil field. The acquisition of the assets in the Caballos Creek Oil Field in …
September 1 — Houston O&G production equipment manufacturer Exterran Corp. has a new agreement to sell its US compression fabrication business. Compass Energy Systems of Canada is the buyer, with a closing expected …
September 1 — Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. and some of its officers are the subjects of a class action environmental-related lawsuit filed in Texas over the company’s alleged actions in Pennsylvania around …
September 1 — The State of Texas’ income from oil and gas taxes dropped again for the month of August on a year-over-year basis, with natural gas in the unusual position of recording …
September 1 — Energy Transfer says it’s completed an addition to the Lone Star NGL (LSN) pipeline system in Texas. The Lone Star Express Pipeline expansion project adds more than 400,000 barrels per …
September 1 — Texas A&M professor Thomas A. (Tom) Blasingame will take office as 2021 SPE President during the virtual SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in October. He is a professor of …
September 1 — Work is underway to shut down a natural gas and condensate production offshore platform about two miles south of Corpus Christi that began leaking Tuesday morning. The Texas General Land …
August 28 — Crude oil and natural gas production as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) for June 2020 came from 173,549 oil wells and 86,037 gas wells. The RRC reports …
August 29, 2020 — Retired president and CEO of the Association of Electric Companies of Texas — and longtime public servant — John W. Fainter Jr has died at 81. The Quorum Report …
August 28 — Despite the trauma of Laura, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) is still urging caution because the majority of the hurricane season is still ahead. Currently there are two tropical waves …
By Mike Shiloh August 29 — The World Economic Forum (WEF), which this year is calling for use of the coronavirus pandemic as a reason to “reset” oil and gas and other industries, …
August 28 — Houston energy construction and engineering leader McDermott International has tapped a former Schlumberger executive for its board of directors. Andrew F. Gould joined the board Thursday August 27th. He was …
August 28 — There appears to have been only minor interest in the latest large online federal auction of oil and gas leases in New Mexico. While hardly surprising during a time of …
August 28 — On the heels of new funding for a solar project in Travis County, Recurrent Energy says it has a deal with Nomura Corporate Funding Americas for $75 million in new …
August 28 — Trading activity at the Beaumont/Nederland and Corpus Christi terminals is now being included in Argus‘ American GulfCoast Select crude price assessment. The global commodity pricing and energy agency said the …
August 25 — The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality this week approved penalties totaling $352,058 against 22 regulated entities for violations of state environmental regulations. Agreed orders were issued for the following enforcement …
August 28 — Louisiana State Police hazardous-materials technicians were still trying to put out a chemical fire at a KIK Custom Products-owned BioLab plant chemical manufacturing facility in Westlake, Louisiana, just outside Lake …
By Alex Mills August 27 — Just when the petroleum industry thought things were really bad (oversupply of crude oil and natural gas, bad global economy, a worldwide pandemic, and record price …