PERMIAN BASIN: GROWTH ON THE HORIZON

For decades, the Ghawar field in Saudia Arabia stood alone as the most productive energy resource on the global stage – a behemoth of energy supplying much of the world’s demand. This year, though, marked an unprecedented shakeup in the energy ranking with a resurgent Permian Basin outpacing Ghawar in production. The Permian Basin –…

Oil and Gas Sees Widescale VR Deployment

Oil and Gas Sees Widescale VR Deployment

 The oil and gas industry is witnessing wide-scale deployment of virtual reality (VR) technology across its value chain. That’s according to GlobalData, which has produced a new report exploring how VR is finding its way into the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors. In the report, the company identified the following oil and gas players among…

ConocoPhillips Donates $1 Million to Support Data Science at the University of Houston

ConocoPhillips Donates $1 Million to Support Data Science at the University of Houston

ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) today announced a $1 million contribution to the University of Houston’s College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (NSM) to help meet growing demand for data science education. This donation marks the first of several planned contributions by ConocoPhillips to support data science curriculum at multiple universities. The contribution to the University of…

OP-ED: Offshore Exploration Promises Jobs, Affordable Energy

OP-ED: Offshore Exploration Promises Jobs, Affordable Energy

Strong U.S. natural gas and oil production is revitalizing communities in state after state. It’s well-known that increased energy production has cut costs for families – at the pump and in-home utility bills. But leading the world in production has also given U.S. businesses a leg up, generating a manufacturing resurgence. To list just a…

A DATA TRANSFORMATION IN AMERICA’S ENERGY FRONTIER

A DATA TRANSFORMATION IN AMERICA’S ENERGY FRONTIER

Welcome to the oilfield of the future, where wells across hundreds of miles communicate with each other and operators can rely on data-driven insights and real-time automation to make faster, smarter decisions. Often found in remote corners of the world, these fields of the future will rely on a similar digital network that everyday consumers…

ExxonMobil to Join Oil and Gas Climate Initiative

ExxonMobil to Join Oil and Gas Climate Initiative

ExxonMobil today said it will join the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), a voluntary initiative representing 13 of the world’s largest oil and gas producers working collaboratively toward solutions to mitigate the risks of climate change. The CEO-led organization focuses on developing practical solutions in areas including carbon capture and storage, methane emissions reductions and…

10 THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT NATURAL GAS

10 THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT NATURAL GAS

Natural gas – it heats our homes, powers our appliances, generates electricity and can even fuel vehicles. This versatile and abundant resource is helping to drive a manufacturing renaissance across America and contributing to emissions reductions all over the world. Though natural gas is in the news quite a bit, many people only associate it with home…

A passion for empowering women

A passion for empowering women

The empowerment of women in business is a passion that Brenda Erickson has carried throughout a career that has spanned more than three decades. That passion recently earned her recognition as one of the Top 30 Influential Women in Houston. Brenda has mentored more than 100 colleagues through their careers at ConocoPhillips. Additionally, she has…

Lime Rock Resources to Acquire Oil and Gas Producing Properties in Texas

Lime Rock Resources to Acquire Oil and Gas Producing Properties in Texas

Subcontractors USA News Provider Lime Rock Resources, acquirers and operators of producing oil and gas properties in the United States, announced recently that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire oil and natural gas properties primarily in Montague, Wise, Denton and Cooke Counties in Texas for approximately $230 million, subject to customary purchase price adjustments. The transaction represents Lime Rock Resources’ first…

Anadarko Announces Open Season For West Texas Oil Gathering And Treating System

Anadarko Announces Open Season For West Texas Oil Gathering And Treating System

By News Provider HOUSTON, Dec. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) today announced its wholly owned subsidiary, DBM Oil Services, LLC (DBMOS), is holding a binding open season to identify interest in a new high-vapor-pressure oil-gathering and treating system serving portions of Reeves, Loving, Ward, and Winkler Counties in West Texas. The DBMOS system is expected to have a gathering capacity…

BridgeTex Pipeline to Further Expand, Launches Supplemental Open Season for Additional Capacity

BridgeTex Pipeline to Further Expand, Launches Supplemental Open Season for Additional Capacity

By News Provider TULSA, Okla. and HOUSTON, Nov. 30, 2017 — Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. (NYSE: MMP) (“Magellan”) and Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (NYSE: PAA) (“Plains”) announced today that BridgeTex Pipeline Company, LLC (“BridgeTex”), owned 50/50 by Magellan and Plains, plans to further expand the capacity of the BridgeTex pipeline and has launched a supplemental open season to…

AIV, Gulf Coast Modification to Consolidate Operations Within Expansive New Northwest Houston Facility

AIV, Gulf Coast Modification to Consolidate Operations Within Expansive New Northwest Houston Facility

By News Provider HOUSTON, Sept. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — AIV, LP, a Houston-based global wholesale distributor of valves and actuators for the oil and gas, power generation, chemical, petrochemical, refining, pulp and paper and water treatment industries, has announced plans for a new 320,000+ square-foot facility at 22806 Northwest Lake Drive near Telge Road and Highway 290 in northwest Houston….

RRC Grants Waivers, Takes Actions to Speed Hurricane Harvey Recovery

RRC Grants Waivers, Takes Actions to Speed Hurricane Harvey Recovery

The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) today announced several actions to speed recovery from the impacts of Hurricane Harvey. These actions will permit energy industry operators under RRC jurisdiction to focus on restoring operations as quickly as possible without compromising public safety and environmental protection. Among the actions taken by the RRC: Temporary administrative filing…

Industry Insiders Say Minorities Should Pursue Oil Jobs

Industry Insiders Say Minorities Should Pursue Oil Jobs

  Stacy M. Brown, NNPA There are great opportunities for African Americans and Latinos in the oil, natural gas, and petrochemical industries, according to industry insiders, who are calling on minorities to “get in the game.” “IHS Markit projects that there will be nearly 1.9 million job opportunities over the next 20 years in our…

Commissioner Christian Participates in Opening of Historic Carbon Capture Plant

Commissioner Christian Participates in Opening of Historic Carbon Capture Plant

World’s Largest CO2 CapturePlant; Recycles CO2 for Enhanced Oil Production, Environmental Protection RICHMOND – Last week, Commissioner Wayne Christian attended the official opening of the world’s largest carbon capture facility, participating in the valve opening ceremony with Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Governor Greg Abbott, Congressman Pete Olson and Japanese General Consul Tetsuro Amano.   The…

Railroad Commission of Texas Streamlines Oil and  Gas Well Reporting

Railroad Commission of Texas Streamlines Oil and Gas Well Reporting

As part of the Railroad Commission of Texas’ commitment to increasing efficiency and transparency through the modernization of its Information Technology systems, oil and gas producers can now file well log data electronically. Because the Commission now has the technology to accept well log information electronically, operators will no longer be required to print this…

NOTICES

NOTICES

DLR Publishes Notice of Intent to Review Electricians Administrative Rules The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (Department) is reviewing the Electricians program rules located at Title 16, Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 73 for re-adoption, revision, or repeal. The Notice of Intent to Review was published in the Texas Register on December 16, 2016 (41…

OPEC Secretary General Visits the United States

OPEC Secretary General Visits the United States

By Subcontractors USA News Provider OPEC Secretary General, HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, has embarked on a recent week-long visit to the United States for meetings with the International Monetary Fund, the United States Energy Information Administration, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Columbia University and IHS Markit….