From Houston Chronicle Oil and gas companies in Texas added 2,400 exploration and production jobs in October, marking 23 consecutive months of job growth, according to the Texas Oil & Gas Association. The association, citing data from the Texas Workforce Commission, reported on Tuesday that Texas has recovered 49 percent of the jobs it lost between peak employment in December
Chevron announces a $20-billion total CapEx budget for 2019 Yesterday, Chevron Corporation (stock ticker: CVX) provided more details on its 2019 organic capital and exploratory spending program. Total capital and exploratory expenditures will increase approximately 9.3% from 2018-2019, including an increase in shale spending. This is a big change from pre-downturn days of 2014. In 2018 spending was down for the fourth
EQT Board of Directors Approves Spin-off of Equitrans Midstream Corporation
From Reuters As pipelines out of the largest U.S. oil field reach capacity in the coming months, further depressing West Texas crude prices, smaller producers will have to slow or shut-in production, according to oil executives. Soaring production in U.S. shale fields has driven output to a record 10.47 million barrels per day (bpd) this year and any cutbacks would
In the context of the total business sector, the global private equity industry raised a record $453 billion from investors in 2017, leaving it with more than $1 trillion to pour into companies and new business ventures, Reuters reported at the beginning of the year. The capital raised in 2017 surpassed the previous landmark of $414 billion set in 2007.
LINN Energy, Inc. (ticker: LNGG) reported its 2017 results today and provided details on its announced split into three entities. “Through our successful divestiture program of almost $2.0 billion, we have extinguished all our debt, executed on our share repurchase program and recently completed a sizable tender offer to return capital to our shareholders. At the same time we performed
Tax-free separation creates two Appalachian-based energy companies EQT Corporation (ticker: EQT) has approved a plan to separate its upstream and midstream businesses, creating a standalone publicly traded corporation (NewCo) that will focus on midstream operations. The separation is intended to qualify as tax-free to EQT shareholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and is expected to be completed by the
Alta Mesa Resources, Inc. is a new company that was announced on August 16, 2017 that will combine Silver Run Acquisition Corporation II, Kingfisher Midstream, LLC and Alta Mesa Holdings, LP. The company has its asset base concentrated in the core of the STACK oil play. The transaction, which integrates existing upstream and midstream assets, is managed by an experienced
IHS Markit has released a new study called, “A New Look: Extracting Value from the Canadian Oil Sands.” The report presents a post-oil price collapse update to a 2013 analysis on the economics of processing heavy oil in Alberta and other select jurisdictions. Bitumen-related problems: too heavy for pipelines Bitumen is the extra-heavy oil found in the oil sands. Making
Strong EnerCom Dallas conference registrations point to 2017 energy sector uptick EnerCom Dallas, EnerCom’s Texas-based oil and gas investment conference, will bring together a slate of upstream producers and oilfield technology innovators working in key global oil and gas jurisdictions. If registrations from the institutional investment community are any indication, the energy sector should be looking for a banner year in 2017.
