Industry News

Report: CO Energy Industry Gives Back Millions to Communities, Advances Environmental Innovation 

This June the Colorado Oil & Gas Association released its updated 2023 Community Impact Report, showcasing the industry’s ongoing commitment to supporting Colorado communities and the sector’s continued advances in environmental innovation.  This year’s report again shows Colorado energy producers and their employees remain committed to driving down emissions and giving back to strengthen communities

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E&P Highlights: July 15, 2024

Here’s a roundup of the latest E&P headlines, including Freeport LNG’s restart after Hurricane Beryl and ADNOC’s deployment of AI-powered tech at its offshore fields. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.

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BKV Sells Non-Operated PA Marcellus Assets for $132 Million

Over the past seven-plus years, BKV Corporation (Banpu Kalnin Ventures), the American arm of Banpu (96% owned by Banpu, Thailand’s largest coal mining company), has become one of the top 20 gas-weighted natural gas producers in the U.S. BKV originally entered the American shale sector by investing $500 million in 2016-2017 to buy existing Marcellus…

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Butler County, PA Man Killed at Trump Rally in Assassination Attempt

We’re still coming to terms with the surreal scenes from Saturday’s attempted assassination of President Trump at his rally in Butler, PA. A fraction of an inch closer and the assassin’s bullet would have killed Donald Trump. We firmly believe it was Divine Providence (i.e., God) that kept President Trump alive. However, one brave man…

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ESG Clean Energy System Removes 100% of CO2 from Gas-Fired Plant

In December 2022, Rice Acquisition Corp II, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) started by the Rice brothers (Danny, Toby, and Derek), announced a deal to acquire NET Power — an electric power developer with revolutionary new technology to capture every last molecule of carbon dioxide from natural gas-fired power plants (see Dan Rice Buys…

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PA Finally Has a State Budget For 2024/25 — Is It a Good One?

We’ve covered the Pennsylvania state budget negotiations and passage in years gone by when PA’s then-Gov. Tom Wolf (far-left Democrat) requested a Marcellus-killing severance tax every year he was in office (eight loooong years). We’ve largely ignored the PA budget this time around under PA’s do-nothing dud of a governor, Josh Shapiro, as his proposed…

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Refracs Becoming Common Practice for Oil & Gas Operators

Refracs, also called re-entries and re-completions, re-enter an existing and declining well to access more rock and pump new life out of it. Refracs are becoming a much more common practice for operators. There are two main types of refracs. While refracs are mainly used in oil wells, there are times when they are used…

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FTC Requests More Info on $17.1B ConocoPhillips, Marathon Oil Deal

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s request for additional information regarding ConocoPhillips’ $17.1 billion acquisition of rival Marathon Oil is likely to delay the transaction. Other recent energy M&A deals have faced similar “second requests” from the FTC. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.

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