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December 11, 2024
The Railroad Commission of Texas has hired two seasoned veterans who will help the agency navigate legislative affairs and oversee day-to-day engagement and outreach with the public and the media.
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December 11, 2024
A coalition of oil and gas trade associations, representing over 80% of U.S. domestic production, has issued an urgent call to House Speaker Mike Johnson for immediate action on permitting reform before the close of the 118th Congress.
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December 11, 2024
GD Energy Products (GDEP), a total solutions provider for the frac, drilling, and well servicing pumps market, has appointed David Paradis as its new CEO.
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December 10, 2024
Enverus Intelligence® Research (EIR) has released its latest Fundamental Edge report, which focuses on global drivers for oil and gas prices through 2030, the five-year oil and gas supply and demand outlook and price forecasts.
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December 10, 2024
e2Companies has announced a strategic collaboration with Nabors that will expand business opportunities for integrated power solutions in the oilfield and broader energy markets.
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December 09, 2024
Rick Muncrief will retire as President and Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors of Devon Energy Corporation effective March 1, 2025. Clay Gaspar, currently Devon’s Chief Operating Officer, will succeed the role.
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December 06, 2024
National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) President Erik Milito issued a statement after the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management released the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for oil and gas leasing in the Gulf of Mexico.
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December 05, 2024
JDR Cable Systems (JDR), the global subsea cable and umbilical supplier and service provider, has won a significant contract by DEME Offshore to support Dominion Energy's Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project.
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December 04, 2024
Gradient Geothermal will provide Chord Energy with geothermal power generation and fluid cooling services. This first of its kind deployment of Gradient's technology removes heat from produced fluids and channels those resources to create electricity.
Article
November 2024
Upstream oil and gas activity in the part of the U.S. residing in U.S. Federal Reserve District 11 declined slightly during third-quarter 2024, as commodity prices stagnated.   
Article
November 2024
It goes without saying that the U.S. upstream industry is very pleased with the Nov. 5 election result. That large sound that some of you across the pond in Europe might have heard was the giant, collective sigh of relief coming from operators, service companies and drilling contractors throughout the country, as President-elect Trump is wasting no time in putting together a wide-ranging energy plan.
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November 2024
The American people sent a resounding message during the 2024 election: they do not like the direction the country is headed, and they want change. With President-elect Donald J. Trump’s decisive win, and Republicans holding both branches of Congress, the time is ripe to pivot toward policies that truly benefit hardworking Americans. High energy costs, inflation, and bureaucratic red tape are issues that families and businesses confront daily, and it’s time to turn the tide. 
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December 03, 2024
McDermott has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by Repsol Exploración México S.A. for the Polok and Chinwol field development project in the Gulf of Mexico. The project's engineering delivery will be led from McDermott's Houston office.
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December 02, 2024
Energy NL has announced its full support of Premier Andrew Furey's statement which maintains the federal emissions cap regulations must respect the Atlantic Accord and the principle of joint management.
Article
November 2024
Continuing with the story from prior columns, we’re looking at U.S. drilling activity to see how drilling performance has changed over the last few years and what it might say about how we can advance drilling even further.   
Article
November 2024
After four years of often irrational, counterproductive federal policymaking by the Biden/Harris administration, America’s oil and gas industry celebrated the election of Donald J. Trump (Fig. 1) to a second term in office in the Nov. 5 elections.  
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December 01, 2024
(Bloomberg) – Mexican state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos is putting a freeze on new contracts with service providers as the company works to pay off the roughly $20 billion it owes suppliers.
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November 26, 2024
Exxon says U.S. oil producers won't significantly boost output under Trump, despite calls to "drill, baby, drill," citing economic priorities over political changes.
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November 26, 2024
An average of 13.4 MMbpd of crude oil was produced in the United States during August 2024, a new record according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration Petroleum Supply Monthly.
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