Saturday, September 6, 2025

U.S. Coal Companies Report Profits

From the Casper Star-Tribune Arch Coal, owner of the mammoth Black Thunder mine outside Wright, increased profits last year, and officials expect production in the Powder River Basin to remain stable in 2018. One of the three large coal companies in Wyoming to file for Chapter 11 during the downturn, Arch made $2.3 billion in revenue its first full year

Chevron Restarts Drilling in Kurdistan Region of Iraq

From Reuters U.S. oil company Chevron Corp on Monday said it had resumed drilling operations in the Kurdistan region of Iraq (KRI). “Chevron can confirm that it has resumed its activities in the KRI and we have restarted drilling operations at our Sarta 3 field,” Chevron spokeswoman Sally Jones said in a statement. The company had temporarily suspended operations in

British Columbia Challenges Alberta Wine Ban Over Oil Pipeline Dispute

From Reuters British Columbia said on Monday that it will formally challenge a ban of its wine by Alberta under Canada’s national free-trade pact, as a battle between the two provinces over a crude oil pipeline expansion project rages on. British Columbia (B.C.), a top Canadian wine producer, said it had notified oil-rich Alberta it was seeking consultation under Canadian

Colorado Oil: Adams County Commissioners Vote to Put in a Temporary Moratorium on Oil & Gas Permit Applications- Oil & Gas 360

‘Frac Hits’ a Growing Issue as Infill Drilling, Frac Stages Rise in the Permian

From the Midland Reporter-Telegram The Permian Basin is getting crowded, with thousands of new wells being drilled. And it’s going to get even more crowded as Permian Basin operators have amassed in excess of 100,000 drilling locations. With all those wells vying for space, “frac hits” occur when hydraulic treatment from one well — the active or child well —