Top 10 Stories on OilmanMagazine.com in 2015
Despite the industry’s ongoing struggle to maintain momentum amid low oil prices, it made significant progress on many fronts this year. In Texas, a fight...
Jennifer Delony
USGS Increases Assessment of Barnett Shale Gas Resource by 26.8 Trillion Cubic Feet
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently increased its assessment of the undiscovered, technically recoverable shale gas resource in the Mississippian Barnett Shale by 26.8 trillion...
Terror Risk Will Be Growing Issue for Oil Markets, IHS Says
Geopolitical and terror risk is likely to be a growing issue for oil markets over the next several years, Jamie Webster, senior energy director for...
Forecasting the Price of Oil
Oil is a closely watched commodity, and when its price moves, whole industries and whole economies can be shaped and defined. With the price of...
Lifting Export Ban Could Make Gulf Coast ‘Epicenter for Hydrocarbon Trading,’ Study Says
Lifting the current export ban on crude oil in the U.S. and allowing for free trade of all hydrocarbons could provide an opportunity for Louisiana...
No Known Timeline on Improvements to OK Seismic Activity Following Mitigation Efforts
There is no way to know how long it might be before Oklahoma sees a reduction in seismic activity following the new risk mitigation measures...
Congress Agrees to Lift Oil Export Ban Under US Spending Bill
In a dramatic turn of events last week, Democrats and Republicans in Congress reached a compromise on the federal government omnibus spending bill that lifts...
FERC Says 22 LNG Export Projects Pending, Permitting Grows ‘More Challenging’
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) as of November has approved seven LNG export projects, and another 22 are either pending with formal applications or...
Sanchez Eagle Ford Acquisition ‘Cornerstone’ of Midstream Business; Value Hindered by Market
The recent acquisition by Sanchez Production Partners (SPP) of pipeline, gathering and compression assets in the Eagle Ford Shale from Sanchez Energy Corp. will serve...
TransCanada Reviewing Options Following Denial of Keystone XL Permit
Following an official announcement from President Barack Obama on Nov. 6 that his administration will deny TransCanada’s permit application for the Keystone XL pipeline project,...