US upstream news
Port of Corpus Christi commences expansion of the Corpus Christi ship channel
On 29 May 2019, the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA, will celebrate the commencement of the Port of Corpus Christi ship channel improvement project.
LAGCOE to expand 2019 exposition and conference
LAGCOE has cited an uptick in the oil and gas economy and the growing excitement around the show’s move to New Orleans as the reason for the show's expansion this year.
Shell begins production at Appomattox field in Gulf of Mexico
The company said the floating production system, located in the first producing field in the Norphlet area, will produce around 175 000 boe/d of oil and gas.
Red Wolf acquires assets in Oklahoma plays
The assets are located in the SCOOP, STACK and Merge plays as well as the broader Anadarko Basin.
CGG Multi-Physics Releases models for directional drilling over seven onshore US basins and shale plays
These data sets are available now for licensing or extraction on a well-by-well basis with one-day turnaround.
Houston American Energy begins fraccing at Yoakum County well
The Frost #1H well is located in the Northwest Shelf of the Midland Basis, in Yoakum County, Texas.
Spur Energy Partners form partnership with KKR to acquire assets across US
The partnership aims to acquire large, high-margin oil and gas production and development assets across the Lower 48 states of the US.
Rystad Energy ranks the cheapest sources of supply in the oil industry
In a major turnaround, North American tight oil is emerging as the second cheapest source of new oil volumes globally, just shy of the Middle East onshore market.
Ashtead Technology expands with US$2m investment in new Houston headquarters
Ashtead Technology has completed its US$2 million investment in a new Houston facility, moving to the city’s Northwest Freeway and Sam Houston Toll way area.
The number of drilled but uncompleted wells in the USA continues to climb
The number of drilled but uncompleted wells in seven key oil and natural gas production regions in the United States has increased over the last two years, according to well counts in the EIA’s drilling productivity report.