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Companies including Exxon Mobil, Diamondback Energy and Marathon Oil have posted double-digit gains this year as a rebound in oil prices and the prospect of an economic recovery have outweighed risks to the industry from the Biden administration.
President Joe Biden took executive action on Wednesday to block new leases for oil drilling on federal lands and waters for one year and ordered a review of fossil-fuel subsidies and other measures to overhaul how the U.S. produces energy.
The flexible, lightweight reinforced thermoplastic pipe (RTP) offers an economic and environmentally superior alternative to resource-intensive onshore steel pipes, for optimizing the core structure of flowline and oil and gas pipeline networks.
David Blackmon, Contributing Editor
While the various and constantly evolving Biden/Harris promises to ban hydraulic fracturing—at one level or another—dominated the narrative during the general election campaign, the approach they will choose to take on a range of oil and gas issues, now that they are in a position of power, will come into sharp relief.
It's a tale of two cities with the EU's largest oil producer swearing off production by 2050, as OPEC+ stalwarts Saudi Arabia and the UAE grapple over who will lead the group's drive to meet the world's future oil demand.
In the wake of fresh warnings about declining oil demand, a struggle is brewing between key exporters like the U.S. and the OPEC+ alliance to gain market share in the world's last growth region before it’s too late.
The move reflects the growing importance of U.S. crude internationally -- the country five years ago ended restrictions on oil exports imposed during the energy crises of the 1970s -- and the fact that supplies of some of the North Sea’s key grades are dwindling.
“The process to determine the exact number of impacted employees is ongoing,” the company said in an email on December 1. “However, we anticipate the number of reductions in Houston could meet the threshold of 500 or more.”
America’s oil production will never again reach the record 13 million barrels a day set earlier this year, just before the pandemic devastated global demand, according to Occidental Petroleum Corp.
Liberty Oilfield Services Inc. and Schlumberger announced an agreement for the contribution of Schlumberger’s onshore hydraulic fracturing business in the United States and Canada, including its pressure pumping, pumpdown perforating, and Permian frac sand businesses to Liberty, in exchange for a 37% equity interest in the combined company.
The second-quarter rout was so bad for Schlumberger that it’s spending $1 billion on job severance in a move that will shrink staffing to an 11-year low. Various restructuring and impairment charges cost it another $2.7 billion, the company said Friday in a statement.
Kurt and Cameron talk about how oil prices, state and federal politics are impacting oilfield service companies, and how positions taken today will affect a market recovery.
Wood is delivering a multi-million-dollar engineering design project for Chevron’s Anchor deepwater development in the Gulf of Mexico.
The U.S. will sell up to 12 MMbbl of oil from its emergency government stockpile just as global crude demand takes a hit from the spreading coronavirus.
Natural gas futures sank to a four-year low as the latest U.S. forecasts all but eliminated bulls’ hopes for a late-winter cold push.
Energy Capital Partners LLC is pausing new pipeline deals, according to people familiar with the matter, as the accelerating downturn in shale prompts investors to seek returns elsewhere.
Stress Engineering Services, Inc., (SES) the global leader in consulting engineering services and solutions,has entered into an agreement with Optimum Program Ltd, an internationally recognized provider of inspection services, digital data, knowledge and process solutions, to form the RiGUARD joint venture.
Emerald Bay Energy Inc. reported today that the Company has spudded the fifth well, #4HC, on the Duval County Ranch Company (DCRC) "E" lease.
A grim situation for U.S. natural gas exporters has gotten even worse as the coronavirus outbreak sends global prices plunging on concern that China’s demand for the fuel will collapse.
The coronavirus is hampering the Canadian oil industry’s efforts to build relations with crude buyers in Asia.