Shale

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February 16, 2017
Colorado Petroleum Council Executive Director Tracee Bentley strongly slammed a report released today by the University Of Colorado School Of Public Health.
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February 16, 2017
Occidental Petroleum Corp. is working with Citigroup Inc. to handle the sale of about 180,000 acres of E&P assets that hug the border with Mexico in South Texas, according to people familiar with the plans.
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February 08, 2017
A new scientific approach can now provide regional assessments of land recovery following oil and gas drilling activities, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) study published in the journal Science of the Total Environment.
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February 08, 2017
Global Tubing, LLC, the industry leader in coiled tubing products and services, announces the opening of a new service center in Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada.
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February 07, 2017
Statoil ASA reported an unexpected loss in the fourth-quarter after deepening writedowns on its U.S. shale assets.
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February 07, 2017
While oil drillers in U.S. shale basins are starting to see business come back, their offshore brethren will have to wait for prices to surge well above $60/bbl.
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February 06, 2017
Oil traded near $54/bbl as increased tension between Iran and the U.S. countered expectations of rising American production.
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February 02, 2017
U.S. crude exports are poised to surpass production in four OPEC nations in 2017 and may grow even more if President Donald Trump honors pledges to ease drilling restrictions and maximize output.
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January 31, 2017
Kalnin Ventures LLC today announced it has closed on its second acquisition of a non-operating portfolio in the northeast Marcellus shale play of Pennsylvania, on behalf of its investor Banpu Pcl.
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January 27, 2017
It could take more than a political standoff between President Donald Trump and Mexico to keep U.S. shale gas from flowing south.
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January 26, 2017
BHP Billiton Ltd., the largest overseas investor in U.S. shale, boosted spending on its onshore oil and gas division as rising prices lure drillers to add rigs and spur a deals spree.
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January 24, 2017
Halliburton’s return to profitability in North America wasn’t enough to satisfy investors hungry for faster growth in its biggest market. The world’s top provider of fracing services failed to keep up with the rapid growth in the shale patch last quarter.
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January 18, 2017
Oil fell in New York, reversing earlier gains, after the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) predicted a rebound in U.S. supply.
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January 18, 2017
Top oil industry officials in Davos aren’t turning completely bullish just yet. Capping their enthusiasm is U.S. shale oil, which is likely to limit price increases and usher in a period of greater volatility.
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January 18, 2017
Oil-price gains will trigger a “significant” increase in U.S. shale output as OPEC and other producers rein in supply, according to the head of the International Energy Agency.
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January 16, 2017
U.S. shale is getting in the way of a New Year’s resolution by OPEC to cut production and boost the market.
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January 13, 2017
Anadarko Petroleum has agreed to sell its Eagle Ford shale assets in South Texas for approximately $2.3 billion to Sanchez Energy Corporation and Blackstone Group LP.
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January 11, 2017
Pampa Energia SA wants to become one of Argentina’s main producers of tight gas following its acquisition of Petrobras Argentina SA, because those prospects are currently more profitable than shale gas in the giant Vaca Muerta formation.
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January 09, 2017
After years of calling for it privately, Barnes Hauptfuhrer decided that early 2017 was finally time to go public with his desire to see a makeover of America’s hottest natural gas play.
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January 06, 2017
Williams Cos. CEO Alan Armstrong has something everybody wants, and he knows it. “It’s a gold mine,” he says. “It’s irreplaceable.”
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