Flood of Sand Points to Shakeout for Shale Suppliers
Sand is a key ingredient for shale drillers, who use a mixture of sand, water and chemicals to fracture rock formations deep underground and release the oil and gas trapped Continue Reading
With pipelines full, oil and gas companies turning to trucks, rail
Oil producers in the Permian Basin, dealing with a shortage of pipelines, are increasingly turning to trucks and rail to ship the flood of crude from the West Texas oil Continue Reading
The Next Financial Crisis Lurks Underground
About 20 years ago, an entrepreneur named George Mitchell proved that it was possible to get lots of oil and gas out of parts of the earth long thought to Continue Reading
Truck driver shortage constrains booming Texas oil fields, U.S. economy
In the busy oil fields south of San Antonio, some big rig trucks sit empty. They could be hauling the thousands of loads of sand needed to frac a well. Continue Reading
U.S. crude production rises to record as drilling climbs in Texas: EIA
U.S. crude oil production rose 231,000 barrels per day, or 2 percent, to a record 10.674 million bpd in June, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said in a pair of Continue Reading
Texas Oil Production Drops For First Time Since February 2017
Oil production in Texas dropped in June 2018 compared to the same month last year, the first yearly drop since February 2017, figures by the Railroad Commission of Texas showed Continue Reading
How energy companies set off earthquakes miles away from their waste dumps
Each day across the United States, 2 billion gallons of fossil-fuel-industry wastewater flies through thousands of underground tubes. The injection wells descend into porous rock, filling gaps with brine and Continue Reading
New Crude-By-Rail Service Aims To Ease Permian Bottlenecks
Texas-based Vista Proppants and Logistics has struck a deal with logistics firm JupiterMLP to transload crude oil from truck to rail at Pecos, Texas, and ship crude on the Union Continue Reading
Colorado drilling setbacks on November ballot could slash DJ Basin production
Weld County would be most affected. Spending could move elsewhere Colorado voters will decide in November whether to increase land setbacks from new oil and gas development, a measure that Continue Reading
Texas’ Oil Output Drops In June For First Time Since Feb. 2017
Texas oil production fell in June from a year earlier for the first time in 16 months, according to figures released on Thursday by the state’s energy regulator, a fresh Continue Reading