Drilling & Completions
Interior plans sales of drilling rights after judge’s ruling
Wednesday, August 25, 2021, 6:29 AM MDT
The Biden administration moved Tuesday to resume selling oil and gas drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico and throughout…
Biden admin to appeal order blocking oil, gas lease pause
Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 6:17 AM MDT
President Joe Biden's administration filed notice Monday that it is appealing a federal judge's order that blocked Biden's suspension of…
Permian Basin gets vote of confidence with infrastructure plan
Tuesday, August 10, 2021, 7:06 AM MDT
The region at the heart of the once-booming U.S. shale industry is signalling confidence in a nascent recovery after the…
U.S. will review oil and gas leasing program in Alaska refuge
Wednesday, August 4, 2021, 6:07 AM MDT
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced Tuesday it is moving ahead with a new environmental review of oil and gas leasing in Alaska's…
Precision Drilling posts $75.9 million loss in second quarter despite better outlook
Friday, July 23, 2021, 6:04 AM MDT
Precision Drilling Corp. tripled its Canadian rig count in the second quarter, even as its net loss surged to $75.9…
Baker Hughes sees slower U.S. shale drilling for rest of 2021
Thursday, July 22, 2021, 6:22 AM MDT
Shale drilling in North America is going to slow down in the second half of the year from its breakneck…
Halliburton eyes expansion in U.S., abroad after 7-year hiatus
Wednesday, July 21, 2021, 7 AM MDT
For the first time in seven years, Halliburton Co., the biggest provider of fracking services, is expanding in both U.S.…
Halliburton sees ‘multi-year upcycle’ as oil services return
Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 6:54 AM MDT
Halliburton Co., the biggest provider of fracking services, is gearing up for several years of expansion in both the U.S.…
U.S. drilling approvals increase despite Biden climate pledge
Tuesday, July 13, 2021, 6:13 AM MDT
Approvals for companies to drill for oil and gas on U.S. public lands are on pace this year to reach their highest level since…
‘Replacing the money’: public funds didn't increase oil well cleanups, study suggests
Thursday, July 8, 2021, 6:38 AM MDT
Much of the taxpayer money that has funded oil well cleanup in Alberta may have simply replaced money that energy…
Report calls for public takeover of old oil and gas wells to fund their cleanup
Wednesday, June 30, 2021, 6:04 AM MDT
Most of Alberta's energy wells no longer hold enough oil and gas to pay for their cleanup and the public…
Biden suspends oil leases in Alaska's Arctic refuge
Wednesday, June 2, 2021, 6:27 AM MDT
The Biden administration on Tuesday suspended oil and gas leases in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, reversing a drilling program approved by the Trump…
