Energy Matters

Archive for February, 2009

The Natural (Gas) Solution To…The Economy, Energy Security, Carbon Mitigation, Foreign Relations, Auto-Industry’s Demise

Friday, February 27th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

  The two most imminent issues affecting the continued prosperity of the U.S. are easily solved by each other. Former President Bill Clinton noted in an address at the Rodman & ... Read more..

Seeking Proppant? Join The Webinar, March 11, 10 a.m. CDT

Thursday, February 26th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

    Proppant demand continues to run full-out, and supply continues to run tight or out—and when exploiting U.S. shale and tight natural gas is at the top of more and more ... Read more..

Amber Alert: Some Nonop GOM WI-Owners Lack Sufficient Risk Protection; Wind Cover May Be Sold Out By June 1

Thursday, February 19th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Sell the asset—and problem? Not in this A&D marketplace.   Owners of nonoperated working interests in Gulf of Mexico assets may be without any coverage for the upcoming hurricane season, which begins ... Read more..

Andy, The Plumber; Van der Veer Pokes Schlumberger’s Gould, RD Shell, NOCs

Thursday, February 19th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Oilfield-service firms—or the “plumbers,” as Royal Dutch Shell chief executive Jeroen Van der Veer dubs them—from time to time think they can be the oilfield “architect,” or the role the ... Read more..

Industry To See Oilfield-Services Consolidation By Well-Funded Competitors

Thursday, February 19th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Consolidation in the oil and gas industry is already under way—some forced—and more is to come, according to industry leaders at the CERAWeek 2009 energy conference in Houston, presented by ... Read more..

Van Der Veer: ‘Easy Oil, Easy Gas’ No Longer Enough; Renewables Aren’t Answer

Thursday, February 19th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The classic oil and gas industry—easy oil, easy gas—will not do the job any longer, says Royal Dutch Shell chief executive Jeroen Van der Veer. The world’s population is to ... Read more..

BP CEO Says, ‘We Have A Moment And We Must Seize It’

Thursday, February 19th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Medium- and long-term global oil fundamentals have not changed, and the hydrocarbon-finding and -producing industry must work through this down-cycle, says Tony Hayward, group chief executive of BP Plc. “We ... Read more..

Analysts Provide Clues To Discovering The Best-Positioned E&Ps; Webinar Now Online

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

  Liquidity, previous hedging, low debt, declining costs and capital-spending discipline are among the key features of a strongly positioned E&P, says Jeff Morrison, associate director, corporate and government ratings, with ... Read more..