Darren
Barbee
Oil and Gas Investor
Continental Resources Promotes Doug Lawler to President, COO
Doug Lawler joined Continental Resources in February as COO and executive vice president following three decades in the oil and gas industry.
BPX Amps Up Permian, Plans $1.7 Billion Spend in US this Year
BPX Energy President Jack Collins said the company is planning to power 95% of its Permian Basin operations with electricity this year and is drilling an exploratory well for its carbon capture business.
E&P Case Study: Predicting Proppant and Fluid Flow Leads to Better Fracs
The oil and gas industry has long assumed that sand and fluid flow uniformly together through casing. However, surface tests conducted by GEODynamics with six shale operators in the U.S. unequivocally proved otherwise.
China’s CNOOC Taps Shale Oil in South China Sea Exploration Well
Under a call by the Chinese companies to boost domestic energy supply security, national oil companies are making greater efforts to tap shale deposits despite their geological challenges and higher cost.
Shale Producers Continue Pursuit of Fracking Advances
Service companies are working to help shale operators get the most out of aging fields while cutting costs and emissions.
Horsepower, Sand Supply Limits Suggest Tight Frac Market
Additional horsepower capacity will come online later this year, but it may not be enough to bridge the gap to projected demand in the frac market.
Midstream Capacity Key to Surging Shale Production
Water in and out as well as hydrocarbon transport sustain new completion techniques for U.S. shale producers.
Automated Systems Can Save Operators Fracking Inefficiencies
Service providers Halliburton and Weatherford and data analytics company LYTT shared their automated technologies created to ensure efficiency in hydraulic fracturing operations.
UK Shale, Again: Bowland Shale Spotlight
Finding itself short oil and gas in the midst of soaring global prices, the U.K. is looking again at its shale—and this time, no matter how often protesters glue themselves to public buildings.
South Africa Releases Draft Shale Gas Regulations
In 2017, geologists at the University of Johannesburg and three other institutions estimated the gas resource in the Karoo region of South Africa was probably 13 Tcf.