The Time is Now for Oil and Gas Engineering and Design Careers
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...
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Higher U.S. Oil Drilling Has An Unexpected Effect
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...
Drilling For Oil, Based On The Bible: Do Oil And Religion Mix?
They say an oilman has to be a gambler, but can he be a prophet? Zion Oil & Gas, based in Dallas, is a publicly...
Midland, TX is Now the Richest Metropolitan Area In the U.S.
According the data released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Midland, TX ended the Bridgeport, CT metro area’s reign as the area with the...
Oil Prices Boost Texas Petro Index
The state’s oil and gas boom roared ahead in July, boosting an industry index to record levels. The Texas Petro Index rose to 287.7 for...
New Wells Proliferate Across the Eagle Ford Shale
Oil field activity in South Texas is adding up to lots of new wells. In the last four quarters, operators have drilled 4,092 new wells in the...
Shale Oil & Natural Gas Reap Major Rewards For Localities
The big news this week comes in the form of a new study conducted by IHS IHS -0.7% , documenting the huge positive impact that...