Lake Pontchartrain Explosion Brings Attention to Operations in the Region
The recent, tragic explosion on an oil rig on Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana has brought attention to the largely overlooked oil operations that were and...
Oilman November-December 2017
Oilfield Helping Hands Lends Assistance to Hurricane Victims
Oilfield Helping Hands (OHH) has established a fund to help with financial assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. The nonprofit charitable organization is comprised...
Saudi Arabia and Russia Seen Forging Business Alliances
Two of the world’s largest oil-exporting countries, Russia and Saudi Arabia, have been forging a sort of professional relationship in recent years, despite previous indicators...
Oilman Interactive Crossword Puzzle – November/December 2017
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Louisiana LNG Export Facility Secures Second Substantial Deal
A liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporting plant currently under construction in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, is now part of an agreement to supply 1 million metric tons of LNG...
ExxonMobil Dethroned as the Number-One Ranked Energy Company: S&P Global Platts
A Russian global energy behemoth has surpassed Exxon as the number one energy firm according to the S&P Global Platt’s Top 250 Global Energy Company...
$400 Million Project Planned for Oklahoma East STACK Play
Oklahoma-City based Tall Oak Midstream III, LLC announced on September 19 that it is building a natural gas gathering system in Oklahoma’s East STACK play,...
EIA Forecasts Record Oil Production In U.S.
Even though the Energy Information Administration (EIA) at the Department of Energy hedged its monthly analysis of energy markets in the U.S. because of Hurricane...
Jim Chanos is Short on Shale
During the world-renowned Delivering Alpha conference in New York, Jim Chanos announced that his company Kynikos Associates was short on multiple U.S. Shale oil producers. Being...
Magellan and Valero Announce Joint Storage Facility in Texas
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. and Valero Energy Corporation announced on September 14 that they would be working together to expand and develop the marine storage facility...