Thursday, September 18, 2025

Midland Oil Spot Prices Trending Along Three-Year Low

Production in the Permian is at an all-time high, but its prices per barrel are a different story. Spot prices at the Permian’s main hub in Midland, Texas, are trending among three-year lows. Its differential on August 25, 2014, was roughly $8 below the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) price and approximately $17 below the Brent spot price. The growing differential

Mama, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys

Petroleum Engineers Enjoy Highest Projected Salary Growth: ABC News Last week ABC News reported that chemical engineer and mechanical engineer are two of the degrees college students can seek that can lead to jobs as petroleum engineers, a career with an average salary of $130,280. Petroleum engineers do not only currently enjoy generous pay rates, but ABC reports that the