Drilling & Completions
U.S. shale explorers boost work again despite oil price dive
Wednesday, January 2, 2019, 7:14 AM MST
Oil producers again boosted U.S. drilling this week despite the biggest quarterly drop in oil prices since 2014.Working U.S. oil…
Happy holidays from JWN! We'll resume daily publishing on Jan. 2, 2019
Monday, December 24, 2018, 7:39 AM MST
Trump agency takes major step toward arctic refuge oil drilling
Friday, December 21, 2018, 7:10 AM MST
The Trump administration will take a major step toward drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge with an analysis of…
JWN’s top 10 oil and gas news stories of 2018
Wednesday, December 19, 2018, 7:30 AM MST
We’ve reached the last week in 2018 of daily oil and gas news publishing on jwnenergy.com. To say it has…
Whitecap Resources unveils cautious $450 million capital budget
Wednesday, December 19, 2018, 7:04 AM MST
CALGARY — Oil and gas producer Whitecap Resources Inc. says it will choke back spending in the first half of…
Oil plunge threatens even some Permian Basin economics
Wednesday, December 19, 2018, 7:03 AM MST
The plunge in U.S. oil prices has wells in some parts of the Permian Basin below break-even levels, threatening to…
Alberta’s country anthem: We May Be Hurtin’…But We Ain’t Dyin’
Tuesday, December 18, 2018, 2:52 PM MST
Photo by Gavin WhitnerThings have devolved into such a state of ridiculous zaniness on Canada's energyscape that perhaps it's time…
Exxon overtakes rivals to become top Permian driller
Tuesday, December 18, 2018, 7:06 AM MST
Exxon Mobil Corp. has overtaken rivals to become the most active driller in the Permian Basin, showing the urgency with…
B.C. halts fracking operations while it investigates earthquakes
Monday, December 10, 2018, 7:25 AM MST
CALGARY — The BC Oil and Gas Commission is shutting down oilfield fracking operations in a 72-square-kilometre area in the…
Calfrac 2019 spending focused outside of Canada
Monday, December 10, 2018, 7:23 AM MST
Calgary-based Calfrac Well Services is increasing its capital budget for 2019, based primarily on opportunities south of the border. The…
Earthquakes in heart of Texas oil country spur water crackdown
Wednesday, December 5, 2018, 6:26 PM MST
Texas is considering new restrictions on how shale explorers dispose of wastewater from oil drilling as earthquakes rattle the largest…
Frack slowdown across North America to get worse: Schlumberger
Wednesday, December 5, 2018, 7:18 AM MST
The North American fracking market -- already expected to be a downer for the holidays -- is turning out to…
