Archive for June, 2011

Spending Time With Joe Foster & Team Newfield In Art Smith’s New Book, ‘Something from Nothing’

Thursday, June 30th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

    From folding card tables and lawn chairs for office furniture, Foster and team grew Newfield to 2 Tcfe proved.   “There’s ‘Joe time’ and there’s ordinary time,” former Newfield Exploration Co. board ... Read more..

New York Times Writer Bites Gas Investors, NYT Readers—An Open Letter To Ian Urbina

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Dear Ian, In reading your June 25 online report “Insiders Sound an Alarm Amid a Natural Gas Rush,” it is apparent that the story, with the application of sincerity and more ... Read more..

TPH’s Pickering Responds To NY Times’ Digs At Shale Gas

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

I had to sigh this weekend as I began to receive emails and phone calls regarding the New York Times article entitled “Insiders Sound an Alarm Amid a Natural Gas ... Read more..

Ethane, Propane, Other-Ane: Here’s A Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs) 411

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

  When talking Marcellus, Eagle Ford, Granite Wash and other gas-liquids-rich plays, here’s a guide to the NGLs producers and end-users are talking about.   Increasingly, U.S. oil and gas producers are growing ... Read more..

Inane Things Heard From Washington About Energy—Lately

Sunday, June 19th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

  Obama has no real, sincere interest in a better American energy future, defense, economy and job security.   The list of incompatible messages from the Obama administration continues into 2011, with the ... Read more..

Debunking Shales: A Brisk Business

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Questioning the shale plays has become a good sport this summer. Critics say the plays are not economic, that the E&P industry is merely churning through cash flow to hold ... Read more..