Saturday, June 13, 2026
AI, oilfields, and the new water crisis- oil and gas 360

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 energy system. And now, the rapid expansion of AI infrastructure and hyperscale data centers is accelerating

Trump allows U.S. firms to provide services for Venezuela’s oil- oil and gas 360

Trump allows U.S. firms to provide services for Venezuela’s oil

(Oil Price) – The Trump Administration has further eased the sanctions on Venezuela’s oil industry by allowing U.S. firms to provide services and technology for hydrocarbon exploration and production in the South American country. The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) noted in a new general license that U.S. entities or persons are now authorized to provide “goods, technology, software, or

Oil and gas to fuel the 500% surge in data center power demand- oil and gas 360

Oil and gas to fuel the 500% surge in data center power demand

(Oil Price) – Hydrocarbons are set to meet about three-quarters of the expected 500% surge in power demand from data centers, as the AI boom and global economic growth push energy demand “accelerating across every dimension,” Sultan Al Jaber, ADNOC chief executive, said on Tuesday. The surge in AI use and the data centers to handle the technologies are set to

Trump administration restructures DOE, dropping clean-energy offices in favor of hydrocarbons- oil and gas 360

Trump administration restructures DOE, dropping clean-energy offices in favor of hydrocarbons

(World Oil)– The Trump administration is eliminating Energy Department offices focused on clean energy and renewables and, instead, creating units dedicated to hydrocarbons and fusion energy.   The changes are part of an agency reorganization unveiled Thursday. The plan made no mention of staffing reductions as part of the realignment, and the agency didn’t immediately respond to a request for

Exxon Mobil CEO says hydrocarbons will remain critical for long time- oil and gas 360

Exxon Mobil CEO says hydrocarbons will remain critical for long time

(BOE Report)– Hydrocarbons will continue to play a critical role for a long time to come, the CEO of U.S. energy company Exxon Mobil said on Friday, adding that the question would be whether they continue to be burned as fuel. “Crude oil and hydrocarbons are going to play a critical role in everybody’s life for a long time to come,”

BP, Shell, and Exxon signal one thing: Oil isn’t going anywhere- oil and gas 360

BP, Shell, and Exxon signal one thing: Oil isn’t going anywhere

(Oil Price) – Ever since BP admitted that its attempt to go green had ended in a disaster, the flow of news from the energy industry has been in one single direction: back to oil and gas, which make money. Indeed, Big Oil has finally accepted it will not transform into Big Green Power and has gone back to what it

Oil, gas companies set to spend more in 2025- oil and gas 360

Oil, gas companies set to spend more in 2025

(Oil Price) – Producers of crude oil and natural gas will invest more in their business next year amid a stumbling transition away from hydrocarbons. The development may come as a surprise in the context of ever more transition commitments on the part of governments, but it simply proves one thing: while there is demand, there will be supply. Investments in

Prospera Energy Inc. announces cash flow optimization- oil and gas 360

Prospera Energy Inc. announces cash flow optimization

(Oil & Gas 360) – CALGARY, Alberta, Oct. 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Prospera Energy Inc. (PEI: TSX-V; OF6A: FRA) (“Prospera” or the “Corporation“) Prospera Energy Inc. (PEI) is pleased to announce the prompt full repayment of its $3,430,000 high-interest 16%, Gross Overriding Royalty (GORR) financing. The GORR re-purchase takes advantage of the early payment discount and eliminates the risk of

Exclusive: Flotek Industries at EnerCom Denver-The Energy Investment Conference 2024- oil and gas 360

Exclusive: Flotek Industries at EnerCom Denver-The Energy Investment Conference 2024

Oil and Gas 360 Publisher’s Note: You can view the EnerCom Denver—The Energy Investment Conference and the Energy Transition and Emerging Technologies Series presenter replays for a limited time.  Flotek is a technology-driven, specialty chemistry and data company that serves customers across industrial, commercial and consumer markets. Flotek empowers the energy industry to maximize the value of their hydrocarbon streams

OTC 2024: BP seeks resilience in hydrocarbons- oil and gas 360

OTC 2024: BP seeks resilience in hydrocarbons

World Oil On Day 2 (Tuesday, May 7) of OTC 2024, Andy Krieger—Senior V.P. for bp’s Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and Canadian businesses—played host for a panel on the company’s operations in the GOM at OTC 2024. Within the broader discussion of the company’s operations in the GOM, a few key topics surfaced: the potential and opportunities of the Paleogene

Alex Epstein- hydrocarbons and human flourishing “Hockey Sticks”- oil and gas 360

Alex Epstein- hydrocarbons and human flourishing “Hockey Sticks”

BOE Report It’s hard to believe New York Times bestselling author Alex Epstein founded the Center for Industrial Progress (CIP) over a decade ago.   As president of the CIP, he launched an impressive career dispelling modern myths and false prophesies related to fossil fuels and the environment and regularly delivers lectures around the world. I am sure I am not the only new

The market’s worst-performing sector is due for some upside, two traders say. Here’s how they’d play it- oil and gas 360

The market’s worst-performing sector is due for some upside, two traders say. Here’s how they’d play it

CNBC There could be upside in store for the market’s worst-performing sector. S&P 500 energy stocks have underperformed the index’s 10 other sectors over a range of time frames including in Tuesday’s trading session, this week, this month, this year and over the last 12 months. The group has encountered numerous headwinds in 2020, not least of which was the sharp