Thursday, February 6, 2025
Citgo Gets U.S. Subpoena Related to Venezuela Bribery Probe - Oil & Gas 360

U.S. Court Confirms Citgo Board Appointed by Venezuela’s Opposition

From The Houston Chronicle In a victory for Venezuela’s opposition government, a U.S. judge confirmed Citgo Petroleum’s board of directors appointed by Juan Guaido, squashing socialist leader Nicolas Maduro’s efforts to regain control over the Houston oil refiner. On Wednesday a Delaware judge issued a final order approving the Guaido board, who have been effectively leading Citgo since the opposition

Texas Shale Towns Grapple with Growth as Oil-Bust Fears Fade

From Reuters In west Texas, the center of the U.S. oil boom, about 3,800 students at Permian High School are crammed into a campus designed for 2,500, with 20 portable buildings to help with the overflow. School officials had expected enrollment to fall after the last oil price crash, starting in 2014, but it kept rising – one sign of

Crestwood Bolsters its Midstream Assets in the Bakken - Oil & Gas 360

Crestwood Bolsters its Midstream Assets in the Bakken

By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Commercial operations begin at the Bear Den II processing plant Crestwood Equity Partners LP (stock ticker: CEQP), a Houston-based master limited partnership, has begun commercial operations at its Bear Den II processing plant in Watford City, North Dakota. The Bear Den II facility is a 120 million cubic feet per day

Oryx Midstream Lands $550 Million from Qatar Investment Authority - Oil & Gas 360

Oryx Midstream Lands $550 Million from Qatar Investment Authority

By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Qatar Investment Authority acquires significant stake in Oryx Midstream Services from an affiliate of Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), the country’s sovereign wealth fund, will be acquiring a significant interest in Permian crude operator Oryx Midstream Services from an affiliate of Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners, in addition to chipping in

Salt Creek Midstream Subsidiary Announces Open Season in the Delaware - Oil & Gas 360

Salt Creek Midstream Subsidiary Announces Open Season in the Delaware

By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 SCM Crude LLC to solicit binding commitments for interstate gathering and transportation SCM Crude LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Salt Creek Midstream LLC, will begin to solicit binding commitments for priority crude oil interstate gathering and transportation services as part of an open season for its Delaware Basin midstream infrastructure. The

Alliance Resource Partners Completes Acquisition of Permian Mineral Interests

By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Alliance Resource Partners Acquires $145 million worth of Permian mineral interests from Wing Resources Alliance Resource Partners L.P. (stock ticker: ARLP), a diversified natural resource company based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has completed its previously announced acquisition of oil and gas mineral interests in the Permian Basin from Wing Resources LLC and

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Occidental and Ecopetrol Team Up in the Midland

By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Occidental Petroleum and Ecopetrol S.A. form joint venture in the Midland Basin Occidental Petroleum Corporation (stock ticker: OXY), the fourth largest public E&P by market capitalization, has formed a joint venture (JV) with Colombia-based Ecopetrol S.A. (stock ticker: EC) to develop 97,000 net acres of Occidental’s Midland Basin properties, subject to

Concho Resources and Solaris Water Form JV in the Delaware Basin - Oil & Gas 360

Concho Resources and Solaris Water Form JV in the Delaware Basin

By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Concho Resources and Solaris Water Midstream team up for produced water management in the northern Delaware Basin Concho Resources (stock ticker: CXO), a Permian-focused unconventional shale producer, has formed a strategic joint venture (JV) with Solaris Water Midstream, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Solaris Midstream Holdings LLC. The partnership between the two

The Shale Boom in the Permian Is Slowing Down - 360

The Permian Oil Boom Is Showing Signs of Overheating

Shortages of sand, pipelines, and manpower could jeopardize America’s future as an energy superpower At 10:30 p.m. on an 85F August night in Penwell, in West Texas, a 69-year-old repairman is hammering away at the frame of an 18-wheeler in the forecourt of an abandoned truck stop. The song Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd blares from the radio. “I’m making

New Partnership to Acquire Upstream Assets - Oil & Gas 360

New Partnership to Acquire Upstream Assets

By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Initial capital commitments of $500 million TPG Sixth Street Partners, a global finance and investment business founded in 2009, announced a new partnership today with the Houston-based private oil and gas company Glendale Energy Ventures. The two companies plan to directly invest in the development and acquisition of upstream oil and

Dallas Fed: Oil Companies Need $50 per Barrel to Break Even - Oil & Gas 360

Dallas Fed: Oil Companies Need $50 per Barrel to Break Even

Average breakeven fell 4% over the past year With the price of oil in a pretty constant state of volatility as of late, the breakeven point for crude is an important number to keep in mind. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’s recent survey of executives, as of late May, the average breakeven price for the U.S. basins