Sand and the new oil boom
(By Oil & Gas 360) – Sand rarely gets the attention. It doesn’t move markets the way crude prices do. It doesn’t dominate headlines like LNG exports, OPEC decisions, or geopolitical conflict. Yet without it, much of the modern shale industry simply doesn’t
Enverus ranks top U.S. land drillers, operators for 2026
(World Oil) – Helmerich & Payne (H&P) and ExxonMobil led U.S. land drilling activity among contractors and operators, respectively, according to new rankings released by Enverus based on first-quarter 2026 data. H&P ranked as the most active U.S. land drilling contractor, recording 15.85 million ft of total drilled measured depth across
AI, oilfields, and the new water crisis
(By Oil & Gas 360) – For decades, the oil and gas industry has been shaped by access to hydrocarbons. Increasingly, it is being shaped by something else, water. What was once treated as an operational input is becoming a strategic constraint across the
