(BOE Report)– U.S. oilfield services provider Halliburton has been cutting staff in recent weeks, according to two sources familiar with the matter, marking the latest workforce reduction in the U.S. oil industry as it faces rising costs and a period of lower prices and volatility. Global benchmark Brent crude oil prices have dropped more than 10% this year amid uncertainty
Oil & Gas 360– CALGARY, AB, July 22, 2025 /CNW/ – Enbridge Inc. (Enbridge or the Company) announced that it has reached a final investment decision on Clear Fork, a 600 MW solar project in Texas. Clear Fork will be a utility scale solar facility located near San Antonio, with 600 MW of capacity. Construction is underway, and the facility is expected to enter
(Oil Price)– Father and son, Albert and Gordon Huddleston, part of the Texas oil dynasty of H.L. Hunt, are expected to become even richer if a rumored $8-billion deal with Mitsubishi Corp goes through. Albert and Gordon Huddleston are descendants of Haroldson Lafayette Hunt, who founded and grew the family oil business in the 1930s and 1940s with hundreds of
(BOE Report) – Chevron said on Tuesday its has acquired on lease about 125,000 net acres in northeast Texas and southwest Arkansas, marking the entry of the U.S. oil major into domestic lithium production. Energy giants, including Exxon Mobil, have been looking to leverage their expertise in drilling and brine processing to enter the lithium market and support the energy transition. Demand for
(BOE Report) – NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) – Oil fields are just as quick to make fortunes as break them. The 1901 Spindletop gusher in Texas jumpstarted the petroleum age, crashing oil prices. A mere two years later, over-extraction drove the field into decline. Sure, today’s industry is far larger and more sophisticated. But even in the mighty Permian Basin, which
(Oil & Gas 360) – DENVER–(BUSINESS WIRE)– February 13, 2025 6:00 am EST– BKV Corporation (“BKV” or the “Company”) (NYSE: BKV) today announced a strategic partnership with a leading diversified midstream energy company to develop a new carbon capture and sequestration (“CCS”) facility at a currently operating natural gas plant in South Texas. This partnership underscores BKV’s commitment to reducing
(Oil Price) – Geothermal could soon be the hottest new thing in the United States energy mix. The naturally clean energy source has traditionally enjoyed broad bipartisan support in the United States, which is an increasingly impressive feat for any item of legislative interest. But while geothermal has a lot of things going for it – zero emissions, constant productivity – but it
(World Oil) – An independent Texas oil and gas producer is striking back against a group of insurance companies, which collectively are seeking $250 million in collateral beyond what the oil company has already contracted for bonds backing its production activities. The energy company, Houston-based W&T Offshore, is asking a federal judge to declare insurers have colluded to damage the
(World Oil) – Nostra Terra, an international oil and gas exploration and production company focused on its Pine Mills producing asset in Texas, U.S., has provided a production and operations update. Highlights Phase 1 workover program complete Production increased at Pine Mills Field by an average of 30 bopd – 60% Increase Company oil production is averaging approximately 120 bopd net,
(World Oil) – Exxon Mobil Corp. has won the right to pump carbon dioxide beneath Texas state waters in the Gulf of Mexico, in what will be the largest concession of its kind in the U.S. The lease granted by the Texas General Land Office will cover 271,000 acres and allow Exxon to bury emissions in geologic rock formations under
Oil Price Texas regulators have denied state funding to a proposed 1.3-gigawatt natural gas-fired power plant, due to the applicant failing to meet due diligence, days after shortlisting the project as eligible to receive low-interest rate loans from the Texas Energy Fund. The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) denied the application from NextEra and Aegle Power for the In-ERCOT Generation Loan
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Oil rigs in the Permian and Bakken basins of the U.S. are producing at the most efficient rates in about 13 years, leading Macquarie Group analysts to predict the country’s crude production will top most consensus views. Rigs in the Midland basin of Texas and New Mexico drilled an average of 47 miles of horizontal lateral
