The Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management recently filed in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals looking to end an injunction placed against …
A group including several states and Native American tribes filed their final briefs with a Wyoming judge today to stop new federal rules regarding hydraulic fracturing. The U.S. Department of …
Proposed ballot measure 78 was approved for signature gathering by the Colorado Secretary of State’s office Friday. The measure would create a minimum distance of 2,500 …
Production from new wells, or those drilled since the start of 2014, made up 48% of total U.S. crude oil production in 2015. New …
Colorado may face stricter air pollution control rules in the near future as the Regional Air Quality Council considers rule revisions to bring the state into …
Hydraulically fractured wells now account for the majority of the crude oil produced in the U.S., according to the EIA. Based on the most recent data …
U.S. shale producers are beginning to announce production cuts as the global glut is keeping prices lower for longer. There is a marked difference as companies begin …
Coloradans Resisting Extreme Energy Development (CREED), an anti fracing group in Colorado, has removed seven more of its proposed ballot initiatives this week, most of which focused on mandatory setbacks up to 4,000 feet. CREED …
The United Kingdom’s Oil and Gas Authority awarded 93 new licenses to explore for oil and gas last week. Around 75% of those exploration licenses relate to shale oil …
There was no change to the United States running rig count in the latest weekly report conducted by Baker Hughes, leaving the overall number at 709 with just one report remaining in fiscal 2015.
While the number did not change, …
From the Longmont Times-Call
The issue of giving cities and counties more authority to locally regulate oil and gas drilling and production may resurface in next year’s session of the
A crowded room listened intently today as several parties shared their concerns with the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) over new rules being put in place after …
North Dakota has been working to lower the percentage of the natural gas flared inside the state, with a goal set to …
The energy boom brought on by hydraulic fracturing helped to soften the blow from the Great Recession, a new study conducting by the National Bureau of Economic Research found. …
The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) released the draft proposal for two new regulations after more than a year of consideration from the Colorado Oil …
The bloodlines of Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton both run deep in the American political scene. Both have a history, directly and indirectly, in the Oval Office – the same office a slew of candidates are vying for in 2016.…
In the current price environment, companies are doing everything they can to get the most out of their wells. Falling commodity prices have made wells …
As China looks for way to meet more of its natural gas demand domestically, it has looked to improving the economics of its own shale gas development. While China is one of four countries currently producing commercial volumes of shale …
The United States technological revolution has made rock stars out of flashy, emerging new plays like the Bakken, Niobrara and Utica. And everybody wants to get in on the next hot area.
Oklahoma, on the other hand, is old school. …
The Ben Franklin Shale Gas Innovation & Commercialization Center (SGICC) announced FyreRok Biofluids won the 3rd Annual Shale Gas Environmental, Health & Safety (EH&S) Award today. FyreRok, a Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, based company, was …
The shale revolution has propelled North America into a global energy powerhouse. The technology driving this transformation – hydraulic fracturing – …
OAG360: Are there any models for tax reform that you would like to see implemented here in the United States?
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U.S. Congressman Ken Buck’s congressional district …
Although Hi Crush Partners (ticker: HCLP) missed on its Q2 earnings, reporting $84 million in revenues or $0.31 per unit in earnings, Raymond James believes the company still has long-term potential following …
A recent note from Wells Fargo Equity Research highlights the continued unresponsiveness of production in the face of low oil prices, but the analysts say they expect the market to rebalance in 2016. …
Algeria’s national oil and gas company, Sonatrach, plans to spend $64 billion, or 70% of its total investment program from 2015 to 2018, in upstream activities …
Increased productivity of natural gas wells in the Marcellus and Utica Shale basins is responsible for 85% of increased natural gas production in the United …
Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (ticker: TADAWUL:2010), or Sabic, plans to expand investment in U.S. shale gas projects through joint ventures, according …
Via EE News
Pennsylvania oil and gas officials are breaking with fellow state regulators and planning to drop the FracFocus website for reporting the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing.
Next year, the state Department of Environmental Protection will shift to …
Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs Henk Kamp announced that the government will impose a ban on hydraulic fracturing until 2020. “No commercial exploration or extraction of shale gas will take …
By increasing its oil production to record levels, North Dakota’s economy has experienced a complete turnaround in the last handful of years, and …
