With your help, we’ve set the record straight on all the media’s misleading reporting. Noise from the Mainstream… From NBCNews.com— Fracking wastewater contaminated — and likely…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it would gather public comment for 90 days on whether to require chemical manufacturers to disclose the contents of fluids…
Marathon Petroleum Corp. said it is taking the next step toward a potential $2.2 billion to $2.5 billion upgrade to the company’s Garyville refinery and expects…
At the mouth of the Gulf of Mexico along the Texas-Louisiana border, Cheniere Energy could be just weeks away from breaking ground on the first natural…
The old adage across the plains of West Texas is to “Never Sell Your Mineral Rights!” And for good reason, the ownership of mineral rights provides…
Common thought is that the Haynesville Shale natural gas play is over. Pack up your trucks and move to another shale play. False. What the media…
In 2001, I teamed up with Academy Award winning producer Gray Frederickson (Godfather II) to begin a film production company. Since that time, I have heard…
Pipeline security requires a combination of assorted technology systems to maintain control during pipeline initiation, installation, and operation. Sociotechnical systems influences organizational results through first developing…
RDX Technologies Corporation officials plan to pipe treated wastewater from a facility in Odessa to oil leases, pursuing a water delivery method for oil and gas…
Floyd Wilson, the wildcatter who helped discover the fastest-growing U.S. oil field, says a prospect called the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale is among the last great fields…
Almost half the land west of the Mississippi belongs to the federal government, including 48% of California, 62% of Idaho and 81% of Nevada. No surprise…
2013 brought about many encouraging announcements for the Louisiana oil and gas industry. While the southern portion of our state is facing hundreds of lawsuits with…
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When in doubt, blame evil Mr. Fracking. Environmentalist with nothing better to do than think of uniformed reasons why hydraulic fracturing is going to ruin civilization…
The State Department just came out with its latest report on the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline. The report finds that the pipeline’s construction would create almost 2,000 jobs…
A common saying in the South is “Don’t kill the goose that laid the golden egg”. In Louisiana’s business environment, this golden goose is Louisiana’s oil…
Want to know how the U.S. managed to narrow its trade deficit to the smallest figure in four years? Look no further than Texas, North Dakota,…
The U.S. oil boom has put European refineries out of business and undercut West African crude suppliers. Now domestic drillers threaten to roil Asian markets and…
Fracking turned out to be one of the keys to unlock our nation’s natural gas riches. We went from being on the verge of running out…
The Gulf of Mexico has been left for dead more than once over the past half-century. It’s now roaring back to life with at least 10…
Any industry that relies on an infrastructure system to remain working at full capacity, at all times, is at the mercy of unscheduled events that can…
Owing to the depletion of existing resources and geopolitical factors, participants in the energy marketplace are searching for alternatives to crude oil originating from the Gulf…
Sabine Pass Liquefaction has applied to the US Department of Energy to export an additional 860,000 Mcf/d of gas from its liquefied natural gas terminal in…
All along the highway that leads into this West Texas city, the rows of pump jacks seem endless, bobbing up and down as they pull crude…
With the oil and gas industry currently in an upward cycle, driven by the natural gas shale-play discoveries in the United States, companies continue to scramble…
Platts reported some unusual findings last week as part of a new study. Looking at oil versus natural gas drilling in the U.S. The analysts found that…
They say an oilman has to be a gambler, but can he be a prophet? Zion Oil & Gas, based in Dallas, is a publicly traded…
(Lafayette, La.) – In an effort to utilize in-truck computers while complying with Department of Transportation (DOT) requirements, Dupré Logistics is installing printers into their trucks.…
Today’s oil and gas industry executives – including control room operators monitoring use data, chief information security officers analyzing the potential cybersecurity risks of a new…
The positive impact of shale on U.S. energy production has been forecast for years, to the extent that many experts believe America could be energy independent…
(Reuters) – The new head regulator of the U.S. offshore oil patch says the effort to avert another disaster like 2010’s BP Plc (BP.L) Macondo well…
Key findings from Black & Veatch’s 2013 Strategic Directions in the North American Natural Gas Industry report show an industry embarking on a period of sustained…
Famed Industrialist and oil and gas tycoon, J. Paul Getty, once said, “If business is your profession, then you should make politics your business.” On that…
Spot gasoline on the U.S. Gulf Coast strengthened to a six-week high as refiners carried out seasonal maintenance, lowering production in the region. Conventional, 87-octane gasoline…
There is great news this week for the average Joe! Gas prices are down and will continue to fall…for now. The national average price for a…
Sales of pickup trucks are at the strongest levels in years. The rebound in the housing market has only just recently played a role in resurgent…
The United States will become the world’s largest oil producer next year, overtaking Russia, thanks to its shale oil boom which has transformed the global energy…
The Senate on Saturday unanimously passed legislation to enact a long-stalled international treaty that would govern oil drilling along the U.S.-Mexico border in the Gulf of…
Back in July of 2010, the immediate future looked anywhere from bleak to uncertain for Gulf Coast drilling. The post-Macondo moratorium was solidly in place, with…
When the oil and gas people of Lafayette launched the first Louisiana Gulf Coast Oil Exposition in 1955, it is unlikely that any of them expected…
The United States is now the hub for natural gas exploration. A shale play touches nearly every corner of our country. More prominent shale plays are…
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has a history, like any federal bureaucratic agency, to produce many studies. Some of these studies are productive and some…
Dupré Logistics, a trucking and logistics provider operating throughout the United States, is partnering with local fire emergency responders to prevent rollovers of water transporting fire trucks, known…
According to a report released this week by Wood Mackenzie, China and the U.S. are heading in opposite directions for crude oil imports. If the trends…
