Wednesday, August 19, 2026
U.S. rig count had an increase of 1 this week, at 255- oil and gas 360

U.S. rig count up 15 this week, at 796

This week’s Baker Hughes rig count shows that U.S. numbers increased by 15, resulting in the total count increasing to 796 rigs. Canada increased over last week by 41 rigs, resulting in a total Canadian count of 244 rigs. Breakdown by region Of the regions tracked by Baker Hughes, the Ardmore Woodford, Eagle Ford, Permian and Williston regions saw an

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Senators Deploy Cancel Culture Strategy Against Marathon Oil

“The cancel culture is legit when some senators from Washington use the power of the government to do a mob-style shakedown” Senators Sheldon Whitehouse- Brian Schatz – Martin Heinrich Recently three Democratic Senators – Senators Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Brian Schatz of Hawaii, and Martin Heinrich of New Mexico – sent a letter to Marathon Petroleum’s largest shareholders, including

U.S. rig count had an increase of 1 this week, at 255- oil and gas 360

U.S. rig count down 15 this week, at 781

This week’s Baker Hughes rig count shows that U.S. numbers decreased by 15, resulting in the total count decreasing to 781 rigs. Canada increased over last week by 118 rigs, resulting in a total Canadian count of 203 rigs. Breakdown by region Of the regions tracked by Baker Hughes, the Ardmore Woodford, Cana Woodford, and Marcellus regions saw an increase

U.S. Oil & Gas M&A Poised for Recovery after Challenging 2019 -oilandgas360

U.S. Oil & Gas M&A poised for recovery after challenging 2019

Enverus Decade closes with more than half a trillion dollars spent on shale assets AUSTIN Enverus, the leading oil & gas SaaS and data analytics company, has released its summary of 2019 deal activity and its outlook for 2020. Enverus tracked $96 billion of U.S. oil & gas M&A in 2019, including $11 billion in Q4. However, the annual total was substantially skewed by

U.S. rig count had an increase of 1 this week, at 255- oil and gas 360

U.S. rig count down 9 this week, at 796

This week’s Baker Hughes rig count shows that U.S. numbers decreased by 9, resulting in the total count decreasing to 796 rigs. Canada decreased over last week by 14 rigs, resulting in a total Canadian count of 85 rigs. Breakdown by region Of the regions tracked by Baker Hughes, only the Ardmore Woodford region saw an increase this week. Meanwhile,

Drilling Down Top Texas drillers of 2019 - 3 - oilandgas360

Drilling Down: Top Texas drillers of 2019

Chron A huge push in West Texas has allowed oil major Exxon Mobil to unseat Houston exploration and production company EOG Resources as the top driller in Texas. Exxon Mobil’s shale arm XTO Energy filed for 659 drilling permits with the Railroad Commission of Texas this year, easily surpassing the 508 filed by EOG Resources. Nearly 90 percent of Exxon

U.S. rig count had an increase of 1 this week, at 255- oil and gas 360

U.S. rig count down 8 this week, at 805

This week’s Baker Hughes rig count shows that U.S. numbers decreased by 8, resulting in the total count decreasing to 805 rigs.  Canada decreased over last week by 50 rigs, resulting in a total Canadian count of 99 rigs. Breakdown by region Of the regions tracked by Baker Hughes, only Marcellus and Williston regions saw an increase this week. Meanwhile, 4

U.S. rig count had an increase of 1 this week, at 255- oil and gas 360

U.S. Rig Count increased by 14, to 813 rigs

This week’s Baker Hughes rig count shows that U.S. numbers increased by 14, resulting in the total count increasing to 813 rigs.  Canada decreased over last week by 4 rigs, resulting in a total Canadian count of 149 rigs. Breakdown by region Of the regions tracked by Baker Hughes, the Barnett, Eagle Ford, and Permian regions saw an increase this week.

Syria hands oil exploration contracts to two Russian firms- oil and gas 360

Syria hands oil exploration contracts to two Russian firms

Reuters BEIRUT – Syria’s parliament has approved contracts for oil exploration with two Russian companies in an effort to boost production hit by more than eight years of war and Western sanctions. State news agency SANA said the deals cover exploration and production in three blocs, including an oilfield in northeast Syria and a gas field north of the capital

US has only one offshore wind energy farm, but a $70 billion market is on the way -oilandgas360

US has only one offshore wind energy farm, but a $70 billion market is on the way

CNBC According to the Department of Energy, offshore wind has the potential to generate more than 2,000 GW of capacity per year, nearly double the nation’s current electricity use. Even if only 1% of that potential is captured, nearly 6.5 million homes could be powered by offshore wind energy within the next decade. Offshore wind has the potential to generate

Permian drilling must pick up just to maintain current production.

Chron – In 2019, Permian production started the year at 3.8 million barrels per day, a million barrels higher than 2018. Drilling activity in the booming Permian Basin must accelerate just in order to maintain current production volumes, according to a new report from the research firm IHS Markit. The Permian’s oil output has risen rapidly in recent years from