I was hoping to get this cabinet post and am truly mule lipped I didn't. I've been at this oil thing a very long time and made lots of money at it. People occassionally look to me for advice (save internet experts) for many things, such things as... should I send my kids to college to learn pe

Longer Laterals Are Leading To Temporary Production Increases Basin Wide Permian Basin tight oil production surprised to the upside in 2023 for two reasons, none of which had anything to with greater "rig efficiencies" or "technology improvements." Production went higher than folks thought, in

This is the story of why the lady who's the soul of Copano Press hasn't been as "productive" this past couple of years. If she is still devoted to Texas history after all of this, she deserves to publish the book you need to write. I read today that a lot of books are disappearing - supposedly

This a a post dear to may heart as I was once a mud logger. There are many jobs in the E&P side that are contracted out to a third party. Mud logging was one of thse roles. All my friends though I was on a winner, the reality is rather different as the business waxes and wanes like the moon. One mom

Love this guy - far as I can tell he's not trying to campaign for anyone, just applies some common sense to some of the slogans about energy that are in the news. A lot of people seem to like video more than text, something for everyone. I think the topic of this one will resonate with the regu

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/The-Shale-Industrys-Black-Cow-Phase.html I am not a big fan of Oil Price.com but on occasion they come up with something interesting. David Messler wrote this latest missive. Generally I agree with a lot of what he writes but in on this occasion I don't. It is

https://www.manhattancontrarian.com/blog/2024-10-9-what-the-hell-is-going-on-in-cuba I found this blog because of a link inserted in one of Robert Bryce's excellent articles on intermittent energy. The article linked above caught my eye because over the last year the Permian Basin has been inunda

Another great quarterly report from the Goehring & Rozencwajg firm - this time pointing out that natural gas production actually fell this year. Against this my morning coffee headline scan shows Energy Transfer saying they have requests to connect 16 bcf/d of new gas demand for data centers and

A new article from Bloomberg just out is exciting the excitable and covers monster tight oil wells with increasing IP90's and highlights the fact that the U.S. shale sector is the most productive industry in the country per unit of labor. Here is my take on it below, or you can go to Ted Cross