The oil and gas industry doesn’t hate the climate bill. The industry as a whole isn’t yet embracing the $700 billion-plus reconciliation deal, which would penalize some forms of fossil fuel pollution while making one of the largest investments in clean energy in U.S. history. But the legislation also contains what some called “Easter eggs” that […]
While oil and gas prices may continue to weaken in the near term, by the time winter sets in, the market is going to become extremely tight and the per-barrel price of oil should return to around $120, Energy Aspects’ Amrita Sen told Bloomberg Surveillance on Monday. Sen suggests that while gasoline prices have declined, demand remains […]
Energy industry earnings likely more than tripled in the second quarter, as companies hauled in record revenue due to high oil and gas prices. “This quarter is going to be a blowout,” said Stewart Glickman, energy analyst at CFRA. The two biggest U.S. energy companies, Exxon Mobil and Chevron, are reporting on Friday. Analysts say […]
Texas oil producers paid $694 million in production taxes to the state. This is according to the Comptroller’s data in July. The highest monthly collection on record are up 84% percent from July 2021. Natural gas production taxes paid also reached a record high in July at $532 million. Moreover, it was up 185 percent […]
Oil prices rises to about $2 on Monday, bolstered by supply fears, a dip in the U.S. dollar, and early strength in equity markets, but prices seesawed as some worried fuel demand could weaken if the Federal Reserve raises U.S. interest rates too aggressively. Brent crude futures for September settled up $1.95, or 1.9%, at […]
“As expected, the dip in May upstream employment appeared to be an anomaly. June numbers reflect continued demand for talent and increasing exploration and production activities in the Texas oil and natural gas industry,” said TIPRO’s President Ed Longanecker. TIPRO, which obtains its employment data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, also noted that […]
Oil and gas in New Mexico continued to make up a large portion of the state economy. This includes their bottom line. Most of the industry is confined to a rural, two-county area in the state’s southeast corner. Operations in Eddy and Lea counties in southeast New Mexico’s Permian Basin oilfields accounted for almost a […]
The number of active oil and gas drilling rigs in the United States rose by four this week and 272, or 56%, in the past year to the highest point since March 2020, an increase that comes even as oil demand — and by extension, gas prices — has abated slightly since last month. The […]
Tuesday’s oil prices bounce back might go down as one of the most memorable moments of the oil market’s tumultuous year of 2022. Despite being the third-largest daily loss since the onset of oil exchanges, declining crude did not trigger any changes along the futures curve, implying that the huge drop was primarily coming from […]
Oil and gas revenues added more than $1.7 billion to New Mexico coffers in the first four months of the year — more than in any other four-month period in state history. A lot more. Records compiled by the New Mexico Tax and Revenue Department show that year-on-year, revenues from January through April more than doubled […]
