Sen. Murkowski Releases Report on Crude Oil Exports
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) during a June 9 U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee hearing on energy accountability and reform legislation released a report...
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LLOG Drills Successful Test at Crown & Anchor in Gulf of Mexico
Covington, La.-based LLOG Exploration, and its partners Ridgewood Energy and Stone Energy, successfully drilled an exploration test at the Viosca Knoll 959 Crown & Anchor prospect in...
Fallin Expected to Sign Bill Prohibiting Oklahoma Municipalities From Banning O&G Operations
The Oklahoma Oil and Gas Association (OKOGA) fully expects Gov. Mary Fallin to sign a bill that prohibits Oklahoma municipalities from banning oil and gas...
Texas Passes Law Protecting State Regulation of Oil and Gas Industry
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on May 18 signed House Bill (HB) 40, an act relating to the exclusive jurisdiction of Texas to regulate oil and...
ANGA: Oil and Gas Production and Distribution Reform Act is ‘Step in the right direction’
The Oil and Gas Production and Distribution Reform Act (S. 1210) is “a step in the right direction toward streamlining permitting while protecting reasonable and...
Texas Regulators Set Hearings on Alleged Connection Between Disposal Wells and Seismic Activity
Texas Commissioners Christi Craddick and David Porter have called for hearings to review the status of the permits for two disposal well operators in central...
ONEOK, Fermaca File Application for Roadrunner Pipeline Cross-border Facilities
ONEOK Partners subsidiary ONEOK Storage and Fermaca RR Holdings have filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to build cross-border facilities associated...
Ace in the Hole
Letter from the Publisher We saw several important and positive headlines since our last issue. WTI Crude has settled in the mid 50s – after...
Innovation & Technology in Oil & Gas – Hughes Rotary Bit 1926
Innovation has always been a part of our industry. It certainly was back in the old days and still is today. The need to explore,...
Innovation & Technology in Oil & Gas – Fishtail Bits 1927 to Hughes Rotary Bits 1936
Hughes Rotary Bit 1936 With the increasing need to drill through harder formations without failure, rotary rock bits proved to be more reliable, efficient, and cost-effective...