The daily business of oil and gas in America — deals, drilling, prices and the policy that moves them.
Following the news that Saudi Arabia is responding to Russia’s refusal to a new oil production cut agreement by cutting oil prices and boosting supply, Will…
Dalton, GA – MFG Chemical, a global leader in specialty and custom chemical manufacturing, announces that Dr. Jonathan O’Dwyer has joined the company as VP Commercial…
Following the WTI price fall to around US$30 per barrel due to an oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia; Adrian Lara, Oil and Gas…
Commonsense NEPA Reform… is Key to a More Productive America that Helps All of Its Citizens Washington, D.C. – Calling it “regulatory reform that enhances black…
Oil and gas companies are turning the large volume and variety of data into intelligence for improved asset productivity. Real-time data analysis is essential for deriving…
The oil and gas industry has made strides in beginning to report on ESG initiatives, but there’s still a lot more work yet to be done…
Joints Fail, Not Just Gaskets! Low bolting torques, over-tight bolt loads, weak bolt material, inadequate bolt/washer/nut lubrication, poor flange design or materials, poor gasket cutting or…
Although the Scoop-Stack has experienced one of the largest decreases in rigs among the major oil and gas plays in the U.S., its overall production has…
Great news! Natural gas set production, consumption and export records in 2019. More good news for consumers is the very low price currently and the reduction…
HOUSTON – Now there’s evidence that oil and water do mix. Sort of. Scientists at Rice University’s Brown School of Engineering show that microscopic saltwater droplets…
Norman, Okla. – February was full of highs for the University of Oklahoma’s Energy Institute, which saw two major rankings for its Executive MBA in Energy…
DALLAS, TX – The United States is on the verge of reaching energy independence, a goal that Congress has sought for more than four decades, according…
As a gateway to the North Sea, Aberdeen has been pivotal to the success of the oil and gas industry, but much is now being made…
Joe Dancy, Energy Educator and Expert, joins The Crude Life Podcast for “Headlines” and comments about the recent layoffs and future of the oil and gas…
From a starting point of approximately 1.2 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) of export capacity in 2016, the U.S. will become the third most important…
Tuesday is Super Tuesday. It is the day when voters in 14 states, including Texas, will go to the ballot box and elect their party’s nominations…
Growth expected to slow after 2019 gains, some operators expected to perform better than others Austin, TX – Enverus, the leading oil & gas SaaS and…
The U.S. oil & gas industry saw a drop of 11.7% in overall deal activity during January 2020, when compared with the last 12-month average, according…
It is well known that presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg, one of richest men in the world, has used his money in a massive advertising campaign to…
BOSTON — Since the introduction of the “horseless carriage,” motorists have been confronted with a singular reality: the price on the street corner is the price you have…
The Offshore Oil and Gas Market valued at $86 Million in 2018 is expected to reach $151 Million by 2025 with the CAGR of 8.3% over…
Tucker, GA — Anue Water Technologies, the leading supplier of cost- effective and sustainable technologies to prevent odor, corrosion, scale, bacteria, and FOG (fat oil, grease)…
Austin, Texas – Today Texas Railroad Commissioner Ryan Sitton released a report highlighting data on flaring volumes from the oil and natural gas industry. The report examines…
HOUSTON – Quorum Software (Quorum), the leader in digital transformation for the oil and gas industry, today announced it acquired Denver-based EnergyIQ, a leading provider of…
Dalton, GA – MFG Chemical, a leader in specialty and custom chemical manufacturing announces that Paul Turgeon, who has served on the Company’s Board of Directors…
In 2019, offshore discoveries accounted for more than 60% of global discoveries, up significantly on previous years, says GlobalData, a leading data, and analytics company. The…
Worldwide crude oil prices have been soft during the past five years because of weak demand and an oversupply. Recent news of the coronavirus in China,…
In my previous article, I discussed how all energy companies typically get lumped together as a group and what they, as an industry, need to be…
Denmark has greenlit the Nord Stream 2 project, a joint German-Russian pipeline aimed at transporting Russian gas directly to Germany under the Baltic Sea. The move…
Total oil & gas industry M&A deals in December 2019 worth $11.22bn were announced in the U.S., according to GlobalData’s deals database. The value marked an…
The upstream sector accounted for the bulk of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the global oil and gas industry in 2019, generating some high-value transactions during…
In a time when the world is claiming that data is the new oil, it is woefully ironic that the oil industry is so far behind…
The size of the Digital Oilfield Market was registered at USD 24 billion in the year 2018 and is anticipated to cross USD 39 billion by…
As many oil and gas companies began releasing their 2019 financial reports this week, it became apparent that last year was a stinker financially even though…
Deal activity in 2019 has largely revolved around the need to improve company finances and reduce debt. It drove multinational oil and gas companies, such as…
In the growing area of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), every energy company, right or wrong, good or bad, seems to get lumped in as uncaring…
As Russia’s statistic agency reports that 2019 was another year of record oil production, with growth of 0.8% from 2018, the country’s recent production history merits…
In the most high profile example of a national legislature focusing down on gas and oil structural issues, authorities in Canada’s major production province, Alberta, are…
Dalton, GA – MFG Chemical, a global leader in specialty and custom chemical manufacturing, is improving its manufacturing capabilities in Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate (DOSS) through the…
Following the news that the UAE confirmed the country’s first case of the Wuhan coronavirus – the first confirmed case in the Middle East; John Bambridge, Features…
The exploration-and-production (E&P) sector of the U.S. oil and gas industry faces many financial hurdles this year as forecasts of stagnant demand with increasing supplies give…
Oil and gas operators globally will continue to push for faster returns with shorter cycle investments, as the industry moves away from giant developments, according to…
BOSTON — While American households are expected to spend nearly $2,000 on fuel in 2020, families can fork out an additional $200 more on gas per year if…
Austin, Texas – The Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO) today released the fifth edition of its “State of Energy Report,” offering a detailed…
2019 was a year of contraction in the Texas upstream oil and gas economy according to the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers Texas Petro Index. The…
LONDON – The fourth annual Global Energy Talent Index (GETI), the world’s largest energy recruitment and employment trends report, is released today, showing that oil and gas…
WASHINGTON – A recent poll found that nearly two-thirds of Illinois residents support optimization of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) – which would nearly double the…
North America had the highest crude oil refinery capacity under maintenance (both planned and unplanned) globally in 2019, and the region had a refining capacity of…
Energy prices in the U.S. will be flat this year as production of crude oil and natural gas will set records, again, according to projections by…
Leading provider of cloud-based oil & gas software solutions selected to modernize Vernon E. Faulconer, Inc.’s core business software and position the producer for sustained growth…
