Archives for 2016
U.S. drillers add 15 more rigs
U.S drillers put another 15 rigs back into operation this week, the fourth increase in a row and the ninth in the past 11 weeks, the Houston oilfield services company reported Friday. The rig count...
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Fracking fight now in Pennsylvania courts
The nationwide fight by the oil and gas industry to block efforts to step up regulations in light of a historic drilling boom the past decade is now in the Pennsylvania courts. According to a...
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Former Texas oil regulator joins board of Energy Hunter Resources
Victor Carrillo, who once served as commissioner on the Texas agency that regulates the state oil and gas industry, has been appointed to the board of directors for a Dallas-based energy company. Energy Hunter Resources...
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Market Currents: Mixed fortunes across U.S. shale plays
Oil is trudging tiredly lower into the week, exhausted after an onslaught of oil-specific releases and week of OPEC rhetoric. Hark, here are five things to consider in oil markets today. 1) Earlier in the...
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Halliburton, U.S. Silica claim 19,000-ton frac sand haul is a record
The 19,000 tons of frac sand that recently chugged along in a single train from Illinois to Texas likely set a North American record, the two companies involved with the shipment said. Houston-based Halliburton Co....
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