Entries by Ranger Land and Minerals

Oil Prices Rise After Buoyant U.S. Payrolls

Oil prices rise by more than 1% on Friday. This is after better-than-expected U.S. employment data. Both benchmarks fell more than 3% on the week on U.S. interest rate hike jitters. Brent rose $1.19, or 1.5%, to $82.78 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) was up 96 cents, or 1.3%, at $76.68. Expectations of further […]

Offshore Oil And Gas Is Back With More Than $200 Billion In New Investment

The offshore oil and gas (O&G) sector is set for the highest growth in a decade in the next two years. It is with $214 billion of new project investments in line. Rystad Energy’s research shows that annual greenfield capital expenditure (capex) will break the $100 billion threshold. This is a projection in 2023 and […]

Top Energy Trader Expects Oil Prices To Enter The $90-$100 Range

Oil prices could hit the $90-$100 per barrel range in the second half of this year as global demand is set to reach record levels amid constrained supply, Russell Hardy, CEO at the world’s largest independent top energy trader, Vitol Group, told Bloomberg Television on Monday. “The prospect of higher prices in the second half […]

Oil Rebounds Almost 2% on China growth hopes

Oil prices rose nearly 2% on Tuesday. It erases the previous session’s losses as hopes for a strong economic rebound in China offset worries about U.S. interest rate hikes. It is dragging down consumption in the world’s biggest economy. Here is how oil rebounds Brent crude futures for April, which expired on Tuesday, settled higher […]

Oil Prices Rise Amid Fears Over Russian Supply Cuts

Oil prices rise on Thursday on expectations that Russia will cut its oil exports more than previously announced. International benchmark Brent crude traded at $80.79 per barrel at 9.35 a.m. local time (0635 GMT), up 0.24% from the closing price of $80.60 a barrel in the previous trading session. At the same time, American benchmark […]

Several Bills Filed to Support Texas Oil and Natural Gas Industry

Several bills are supporting the Texas oil and natural gas industry. The goal is to protect consumers from California-style regulatory policies. State Sen. Brian Birdwell, R-Fort Worth, and Rep. Brooks Landgraf, R-Odessa, filed companion bills. The bills are SB 1017 and HB 2374 which will protect Texans’ energy choices. If enacted into law, local government […]

Oil and Gas Industry Earned $4 Trillion Last Year, Says IEA Chief

The global oil and gas industry profits in 2022 jumped to some $4 trillion. It is from an average of $1.5 trillion in recent years. This is what the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Fatih Birol said on Tuesday. Despite those profits, countries depending on oil and gas revenue should prepare to reduce […]

TIPRO Report Finds Texas Leading in Oil and Gas Production, Activity

The Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners (TIPRO) Association’s eighth edition of its State of Energy Report found Texas in the driver’s seat. This is when it comes to oil and gas production and oil industry-related jobs for 2022. Oil production in Texas was 1.83 billion bbl in 2022. New Mexico with 534 million bbl […]