Publisher’s Note: Jim Felton with EnerCom sat down with Hydroacoustics, Chief Development Officer John Benton to discuss the intriguing approach to wring out more oil from the hundreds of thousands of stripper wells in the country. Their oil recovery tool generates the greenest barrel in the business by enhancing oil recovery without any drilling or use of chemicals. For 50 years, Hydroacoustics
Publisher’s Note: Jim Felton with EnerCom sat down with Serve Robotics CEO Dr. Ali Kashani about what’s next for this Uber spinoff, its 10% stake taken by Nvidia and its enviable appreciation in its stock price this summer (NASDAQ SERV). Serve is surveying the energy industry for ways to take its proven ability of using AI to power robots that coexist with
Publisher’s Note: Jim Felton with EnerCom sat down with X Oil Development, CTO, Elio Dean to discuss company updates. X Oil Development will present in person at the 2024 EnerCom Denver—The Energy Investment Conference during the Emerging Technology and Energy Transition Session presented by EnerCom at 10:05 a.m. Mountain Time on Wednesday, August 21, 2024. You can register to attend EnerCom Denver at www.enercomdenver.com. For more information on
Publisher’s Note: Jim Felton with EnerCom sat down with Gradient Geothermal, Chief Executive Officer, Ben Burke to discuss how Gradient is helping clients take heat waste coming out of the well or from processing at the surface to turn that into a value add as power generation or on-site use of thermal energy itself. Gradient Geothermal Inc, formed by the combined
Oil and Gas 360 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has attracted some big industry investors in its bid to challenge the U.S., Australia, and Qatar as the world’s leading LNG exporters. Shell and fellow European energy titans TotalEnergies and BP each take 10% of Abu Dhabi’s Ruwais project; Mitsui of Japan takes another 10%. The remaining 60% will be
Publisher’s Note: Jim Felton with EnerCom sat down with Chapman Nuclear CEO John Chapman, a fourth-generation nuclear scientist focused on the hunt for natural gas needed for his hydrogen fusion reactor projects with NASA and other clients. Chapman talks about the opportunities, economics and strategy for growing the company, which includes other business sectors such as radioactive isotopes for medical use.
Oil and Gas 360 “Knowledge workers” anticipating a cheap energy/low emissions post-industrial work-from-home economy are having to confront the need for more industrial production of natural resources and infrastructure as the energy needs for the data centers making their work possible via the internet, cloud and now Artificial Intelligence (AI) are growing exponentially. Data centers are increasingly recognized as another
Oil and Gas 360 Finding another way to avoid the waste and lost revenue from stranded gas in a pipeline-constrained portion of the Permian Basin could have global applications, according to two business partners in Texas interviewed in the June-July Oil and Gas Journal. Boosted by a $20 million investment by Midland-based partner and producer Diamondback Energy, Houston-based Verde Clean
Oil and Gas 360 IEA’s OUTLOOK: America To Remain Number One The International Energy Administration’s (IEA) July Oil Market Report projects U.S. producers to extend their lead in global oil and gas production through next year. If their projection holds, 2025 would mark the seventh consecutive year of American dominance despite a sluggish year-over-year demand of 710 thousand barrels of
Oil and Gas 360 (Wall Street Journal)-The three-year bear market for rare earth minerals shows little sign of abating as market-dominant China continues to meet rising state-run production quotas despite falling prices. The intentional glutting is a long-used strategy to quell competition and investment in rivals. Feeling the brunt is one of the world’s biggest rare earth miners
Oil and Gas 360 Overproduction, collapsing BO-HO spreads, and saturated D4 RIN markets complicate the near-term outlook, though new policy-driven incentives are set to take effect in 2025 The Road Ahead: Renewable Diesel and SAF A wave of federal incentives and favorable bean oil spreads brought renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) producers to the table, vying to capture
Oil and Gas 360 A first in decades for lower-48 electricity trade with the U.S.’ northern partner. Mobius Intel Brief: The Canadian power grid’s significant exposure to hydropower output means it’s particularly vulnerable to variable weather patterns. This Spring’s low water levels flipped the U.S.-Canada power relationship on its head, with the United States becoming a net exporter of electricity
