The push towards green energy over the past decade has been obvious and obtrusive. Seems like every governmental, environmental, and media influencer was (is) pushing for the transition. Tax incentives, easy institutional funding, and grants made this an attractive space for many investors. Many felt...
Programs in Field Progress: KS 2 Well Program Phase I - 1222 - First well drilled to the Marmaton has produced over 40 BOPD for the first 8 days. Still have to recover 70% of the frac fluid, so oil/fluid ratio should go up, meaning more...
A few of you sent me notice yesterday that OPEC+ is cutting exports by at least 2MMBOPD. By a few, I mean about 20 of you! I'm on it! The big question is, how does this affect the market for direct participant in oil and gas...
Whoa! Anyone been paying attention to the news? There’s a lot of conflicting voices on where the economy is going and how best to “hunker down” (if at all) both worldwide and domestically. Honestly, as intuitive as the past has been for me in predicting short-term pricing...
As a lifelong fisherman from Alaska, I’ve learned 2 basic rules that will help you fill the freezer for the winter. Rule #1: Go to where the people are Rule #2: Go to where the people aren’t Sounds like confusing (if not contradicting) advise, right? Well, here’s how...
I pay daily attention to the price of West TX Intermediate and Natural Gas market prices. I also pay attention to the news coming from the Big Boys. I've been noticing that the price of oil has gone down but natural gas has been relatively higher...
What we’ve seen geopolitically is the countries that do not have access to their own petroleum reserves and ability to refine are now at the whim of those who do. As renewables have failed to keep up with demand in EU and UK, these countries...
This term is typically used by those who are searching for habitable planets in other solar systems, but I'm borrowing the term it for this opinion. Rarely has there be a better time to be in the development side of the oil and gas industry. Everything...
If you've read my piece on how we approach natural gas lease purchase and development evaluation, you would read that I always "begin at the end". Simply, I research the local gas purchasers and try to see where their demand for supplying natural gas...
For many years, I've been on the front lines of the publicity war between renewables and fossil energy. Energy and it costs to both our environment and pocketbook continue to be at odds with each other, especially when politicians and lobbyist are involved. First, let's get...