BOE Report Operators drilling for oil in Texas are scrambling to dispose of their excess natural gas amid a supply glut and weak prices, prompting an uptick in flaring requests. The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC), which regulates the state’s oil and natural gas industry, last week approved 21 exemption requests from operators, mostly in the Permian and Eagle Ford
Court House News Service The 430-mile, $2 billion project would carry natural gas from a transport hub in the booming West Texas oil patch to hungry markets on the Gulf Coast Construction on a hotly contested natural gas pipeline through the Texas Hill Country could proceed quickly after a federal judge on Friday declined opponents’ request to temporarily block the
Houston Chronicle Environmentalists and the natural gas industry have issued contrasting accounts about flaring, the practice of burning off excess natural gas in the Permian Basin and other shale plays across the United States. Over the past week, the Washington, D.C.-based environmental group Earthworks and the industry-funded group Texans For Natural Gas released online statements that offer contrasting viewpoints of
Takeaway capacity more than adequate: Helms North Dakota’s April oil and gas production report was released and indicates that production and rig count is up thanks to stabilized WTI oil prices between $45 and $60/barrel. Lynn Helms of the North Dakota Industrial Commission’s Department of Mineral Resources said operators has shifted from running the minimum number of rigs with the
Wyoming and Montana say rule is outside BLM’s authority, complicates development of resources At the request of Governor Matt Mead, the Wyoming Attorney General’s office has filed a petition for review of final agency action on the “Methane and Waste Reduction” rule promulgated by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The State of Wyoming asserts the rule is outside the
Flaring volumes remain steady as production rises; flaring less than 22% of NatGas may not happen anytime soon North Dakota has been working to lower the percentage of the natural gas flared inside the state, with a goal set to lower the percentage of flared natural gas to just 15% by the end of first-quarter 2016. Historically, North Dakota flared
The Bakken Shale and the state of North Dakota are symbols of the hydraulic fracturing revolution, and innovations on hydrocarbon extraction continue to improve the process with each passing day. The technological advances vary across all lines of production, spanning from operations at the wellhead to lab research at the company headquarters. Among the innovators is GTUIT®, LLC, a privately
The EIA has begun tracking heat content of end-use natural gas, providing state-to-state comparisons of natural gas consumption. Gas in states with heavy ethane rejection generates more British Thermal Units (Btus) per cubic foot than states whose gas content is closer to pure methane. High-Btu natural gas contains higher concentrations of natural gas liquids (mostly ethane and some propane) that have higher
Plant will use Ethane from Natural Gas to Make Consumer and Industrial Plastics The cutback on flaring the Bakken’s natural gas took another positive step yesterday. A planned plastics manufacturing facility, announced at a press conference in Bismarck, will produce 1.5 million metric tons of polyethylene (3.3 billion pounds annually) from ethane produced in North Dakota. The plant will employ
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