Archives for January 2017
Texas added energy jobs in November for first time in two years
Texas added energy jobs in November for the first time since Dec. 2014, when employment peaked during the oil boom and quickly fell as oil prices plunged. Overall, Texas’ oil and gas industry has entered...
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Texas Senate, House disagree over how to fund the Railroad Commission
The Texas Senate and House disagree when it comes to funding the Railroad Commission of Texas, the state’s oil and gas regulator. In budget proposals submitted last week, the Senate proposed cutting $13.6 million from...
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Market Currents: North American drilling activity picking up
Today’s EIA report has left oil prices flat-footed, as crude inventories were in line with consensus, while a(nother) gargantuan build to gasoline stocks has not been enough to drag the complex lower (…has only served to...
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OPEC, IEA chiefs to speak at IHS CERAWeek in Houston
Key figureheads of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and the International Energy Agency will speak in Houston in March at IHS CERAWeek, one of the energy industry’s largest annual conferences. At the conference, OPEC...
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BP Outlook: World projected to fall far short of Paris climate accord
The world is on pace to fall far short of the 2015 Paris climate goals, even though the rate of global carbon emissions will fall sharply, according to BP’s annual Energy Outlook. The 20-year outlook...
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