May 1, 2020
The US Department of Education is engaged in a wide-ranging investigation into the University of Texas System, its financial disclosures and its connections to a Chinese laboratory and a unit of China National Petroleum Corp.….
Sale does not include Baker Hughes power transmission business
May 1, 2020
The number of active US oil rigs dropped by 53 for a total of 325 in the latest count from Baker Hughes, which has agreed to sell its lift rod business…..
By Alex Mills
April 30, 2020
Gasoline prices from coast-to-coast have declined more than $1 per gallon this year as a result of a massive oversupply of petroleum products.
AAA reported the nationwide average price for a gallon of regular gas at $1.768, and the Energy Information Administration said the average is $1.773 down $1.114 from last year, a decline of 39 percent.
AAA said the average retail price in Texas this week is $1.507 compared to $2.62 a year ago. Cities like Abilene, Tyler and Wichita Falls all reported prices below the Texas average. The average price in Abilene is $1.307, Tyler had $1.398 and Wichita Falls at $1.472.
California has the highest price of $2.751, and Wisconsin has the lowest price at $1.50. Only 12 states, most located on the west and east coasts, has an average price of $2 per gallon or more, AAA said…..
Update: EIA also says renewable energy consumption has increased by 88% last year
April 29, 2020
Energy production exceeded consumption last year for the first time since 1957, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).….
Update: RRC taking comments on proposed order to cut production…see the email address and the RRC order below…Could this make Commissioner Craddick a swing voter?
April 29, 2020
RRC Chairman Wayne Christian has taken a stand in a controversial proposal to cut state oil and gas production……
April 29, 2020
Crude oil and natural gas production as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) for February 2020 came from 170,960 oil wells and 86,698 gas wells….
April 29, 2020
Former Texas House District 146 Democratic Representative Al Edwards has died, according to Houston’s mayor….
Operator and petroleum engineer becomes first woman to chair a major Texas oil and gas trade association
April 29, 2020
Cye Wagner of Fort Worth-based Cooper Oil & Gas Inc. has become Chair of the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers’ Board of Directors. ….
By Alex Mills
April 27, 2020
“Classic supply and demand imbalance.” “Perfect storm.” “Insane.” That’s how government and oil industry officials described the historic collapse of crude oil prices this week.
On Friday of last week (April 17), oil closed at $18.27 per barrel for May delivery, but when markets opened on Monday the selloff began and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil closed at -$37.63. It is the first time oil traded in negative territory.
Crude oil is traded, bought, sold all over the world, and the price varies from day-to-day and location-to-location. Most news sources report the futures price quoted for “front month” delivery, also called 30-day delivery, from the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX). However, speculators can put contracts on “forward months” going 60 days, 90 days, or even a year into the future. When the price for these contracts is higher than the front month speculators are betting that prices will be higher in the future than currently. This is called “contango.” Traders have been calling the current situation a “super contango.”….
April 27, 2020
More than 70 Democratic lawmakers from both chambers have joined a suit challenging the Trump administration for rolling back Obama-era power plant regulations….
April 27, 2020
Global oil supplies will likely fall by more than 6% over the next ten years because of delays in investment by oil companies according to Rystad Energy…..
April 27, 2020
Governor Greg Abbott is reopening Texas in phases beginning Friday, he said at a news conference at the Capitol Monday afternoon, with half of the state’s counties reopening to a greater extent than counties hit hard by the novel coronavirus…..
April 27, 2020
Oil and gas inspectors at the Railroad Commission of Texas have already surpassed annual inspection targets, even with more than four months remaining in the fiscal year…..
April 27, 2020
The Railroad Commission of Texas assessed $1,141,580 in fines involving 212 enforcement dockets against operators and businesses at the Commissioners’ Conference this week….
April 23, 2020
Renewable energy developer Belltown Power Texas says it’s moving ahead with total 330 MWdc solar PV projects in Texas in cooperation with Rayburn County Electric Cooperative and Vistra Energy…..
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April 23, 2020
The Texas Legislature (House Bill 1818, 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017) directed the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) to develop an annual plan to assess the most effective use of its limited resources to ensure public safety and minimize damage to the environment. The RRC will never cease to strengthen its capabilities to track, measure, and analyze the effectiveness of its oil and gas monitoring and enforcement program.
The purpose of this plan is to define and communicate the Oil and Gas Division’s strategic priorities for its monitoring and enforcement efforts. The plan confirms many of the Division’s current priorities—to ensure public safety and protect the environment—as well as establishing direction for data collection, stakeholder input, and new priorities for fiscal year 2021.
House Bill 1818 directed the RRC to seek input from stakeholders in the development of this plan. We look forward to hearing from you as this planning process moves forward……
April 23, 2020
Royal DSM has a new virtual power purchase agreement with Origis Energy for renewable electricity to be generated from a planned solar project in West Texas…..
April 23, 2020
Sempra‘s Cameron LNG facility is in the final commissioning stage for Its Phase 1, three-train liqufaction-export project in Louisiana, the company says…..
April 23, 2020
Buyers have requested to cancel at least 10 liquefied natural gas cargoes loading in June from Cheniere Energy‘s Sabine Pass and Corpus Christi liquefaction plants, Bloomberg reports.
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April 22, 2020
Today Railroad Commission Chairman Wayne Christian joined Kelly Evans on CNBC’s The Exchange to discuss the continued conversation on proration and his call for the industry to establish a Blue Ribbon Task Force for oil economic recovery. You can view the interview here.
Christian and Evans began by discussing Commissioner Ryan Sitton’s potential motion to put in place proration contingent on a number of factors, including the actions of other states.
“We are working to find a solution as fast as possible because we don’t need the markets to continue to have uncertainty about what is going on with the regulation of oil and gas,” said Chairman Christian. “Texas will rise to the occasion – a hundred percent of the time we have faced hardship, America comes back stronger and so does Texas.”….