18 July 2016 IHS Markit Energy Expert
With the oil price seemingly stuck at a WTI price cap of $50/bbl, E&P operators are challenged to find new opportunities to extend drilling inventories...
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14 July 2016
Cuts and postponements hitting the service sector hard while oil supply slowly rebalances
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13 July 2016 IHS Markit Energy Expert
PITA helps address conventional flow and buildup testing techniques shortcomings for tight gas reservoirs
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27 June 2016 Kevin Birn
S&P Global expects new projects will advance, driven forward by cost reductions and as prices recover. However, future growth in the oil sands...
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20 June 2016 Sam Hanna
Despite cost cutting, European Integrated Oils Peer Group still faces cash flow deficits.
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08 June 2016
As crude oil and natural gas prices continued to crash throughout 2015, hedging shielded many companies in the S&P Global North American E&P...
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01 June 2016 Carlos Pascual
A Special Report on crisis and power in the region
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31 May 2016 Juliana Abella
Bid Rounds taking place in 2016 – How attractive are they?
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16 May 2016 Dan Yergin
This article by Dr. Daniel Yergin was originally published in the Wall Street Journal on May 16, 2016.
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16 May 2016 Daniel Yergin, Ph.D.
Watch Daniel Yergin discuss oil market expectations for the second half of the year.
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15 May 2016 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Time for a Reset
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13 May 2016 Leta Smith
North American tight oil alone cannot cover future supply gap-conventional exploration will need to resume
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09 May 2016 Stephen Trammel
Tight conventional reservoirs offer excellent potential to boost supplies using unconventional technologies in lower cost tight conventional...
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27 April 2016 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Wednesday of CERAWeek 2016 began with a set of concurrent Strategic Dialogue Breakfasts.
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27 April 2016 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The Welcome and Ministerial Address on Tuesday morning at CERAWeek featured His Excellency Ali Al-Naimi, Minister of Petroleum & Mineral Resources...
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27 April 2016 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The CERAWeek 2016 Thursday concurrent Strategic Dialogue Breakfasts addressed the uncertainty of the US Clean Power Plan, electricity consumers'...
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27 April 2016 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Daniel Yergin opened the 2016 conference by presenting Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico, with the S&P Global CERAWEEK Global Energy Lifetime...
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27 April 2016 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The final breakfast of CERAWeek 2016 fittingly focused on "Reflections on CERAWeek 2016: Where Do We Go from Here?
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19 April 2016 Bjorn, Hem
Quarterly reviews of the Global and North America upstream spend which provide a detailed overview of the past few months and forecasts for the...
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23 March 2016 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Generating reliable production forecasts for multi-fractured horizontal wells drilled in low permeability reservoirs is a challenge currently...
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02 March 2016 IHS Markit Energy Expert
S&P Global has as part of the available workflows within our S&P Global Harmony™ software has as part of its workflows the Probabilistic and...
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26 February 2016 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The Thursday session highlighted how a number of forces, including the Paris climate agreement, are changing the way energy is produced in the...
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26 February 2016 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Summary of select CERAWeek by S&P Global dialogues and plenaries on the power sector
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25 February 2016 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The Strategic Dialogue "North American Shale-Productivity Progress," which focused on what is driving productivity gains today.
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25 February 2016 IHS Markit Energy Expert
This Strategic Dialogue focused on the well-known but less frequently addressed issue of liquefaction cost escalation and the ways to mitigate...
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24 February 2016 IHS Markit Energy Expert
His Excellency Ali Al-Naimi, Minister of Petroleum & Mineral Resources, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, offered context on recent developments in the...
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24 February 2016 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Panelists agreed that despite short-term headwinds, drivers for long-term oil demand growth still persist in Asia.
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23 February 2016 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Dan Yergin and Carlos Pascual co-chaired the Monday afternoon panel discussing the challenges of meeting the Paris December 2015 climate agreements....
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23 February 2016 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Daniel Yergin opened the 2016 conference by presenting Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico, with the S&P Global CERAWEEK Global Energy Lifetime...
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17 February 2016 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Over the past decade, Rate Transient Analysis (RTA) has been used extensively to analyze production data, resulting in better estimates of reserves...
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17 February 2016 Kevin Birn
What does it cost to produce a barrel of oil in the Canadian oil sands-a source of supply often considered higher cost?
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03 February 2016 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The S&P Global Harmony™ legacy of research and development continues with the exciting release of a model that couples the speed advantage of...
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03 February 2016 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Ask any petroleum engineer about the science of developing tight and unconventional gas. Invariably, the answer will describe an imprecise craft...
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20 January 2016 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Pseudo-time is a mathematical time function that accounts for the high compressibility of gas. When pseudo-time is used, a significant improvement...
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11 January 2016 Christopher Sheehan
Shaky crude oil prices cause disconnect between buyers and sellers
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06 January 2016 IHS Markit Energy Expert
In this article, we present several important findings regarding performance analysis of overpressured shales.
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17 December 2015 Dan Yergin
Iran and its rivals vie for advantage amid low prices, oversupply and the likely end of the US export ban.
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16 December 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Production forecasting uncertainty is a barrier to making the best field development decisions. Well spacing in shale plays can have a significant...
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16 December 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The modified black oil PVT model allows reservoir engineers to account for complex PVT behavior that arises in gas condensate and volatile oil...
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14 December 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
S&P Global PacWest offers insights on the North American hydraulic fracturing services market
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03 December 2015 Dan Yergin
Dr. Daniel Yergin's 1 December 2015 Commentary on CNBC.com
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02 December 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
This project involved the analysis of production and pressure data from a high profile well. The well produced 8% H2S from a high deliverability...
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02 December 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Well testing has been used for decades to determine essential formation properties and to assess wellbore condition. There are many different...
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01 December 2015 Stephen Trammel
Global oil markets continue to be significantly oversupplied and U.S. gas producers seek new markets to absorb surplus gas supplies.
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18 November 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The following is a systematic guide to modeling gas gathering systems. It can be used as a recipe to decrease your time spent on modeling and...
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17 November 2015 Maral Ryzakuliyeva
Second-quarter 2015 upstream revenues for the North American E&P peer groups have declined much faster than operating costs compared with full-year...
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11 November 2015 Lawrence J. Makovich, Ph.D.
The power sector is on the leading edge of climate initiatives around the world. But, power system transitions are likely to take longer than...
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11 November 2015 Michael Stoppard
The latest paper from our LNG team explores innovations in contract terms.
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10 November 2015 Stephen Trammel
An Unconventional Blog evolution
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04 November 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Rate Transient Analysis has gained acceptance over the past 10 years as a high-tech, yet practical method for understanding and optimizing well...
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03 November 2015 Jacobs, Judson
Upstream technologies and innovations saving millions and improving productivity
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27 October 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Exploration and production companies have come to a point where they are focusing more on the development of their unconventional properties....
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27 October 2015 Tiziana Luzzi
Eni has reportedly uncovered a vast gas accumulation in its Shorouk Block.
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27 October 2015 Roger Diwan
Oil and gas companies are focused on returning their business models to profitability – and they believe they can do it.
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22 October 2015 Jim Day
World's largest oil storage facility could face earthquake risk and damage
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20 October 2015 Dan Yergin
Daniel Yergin, Vice Chairman, S&P Global, examines the patterns of energy transitions and the state of energy innovation.
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13 October 2015 Bryan McNamara
Creating value in 2015 will again be a challenge
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07 October 2015 Bryan McNamara
There is little room for error in coalbed methane development. Most unconventional gas fields are economic plays, so it makes sense to model...
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05 October 2015 Dan Yergin
The following is from an opinion column that appeared in the Financial Times Friday, September 25, 2015
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29 September 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The first week of September saw Vladimir Putin's visit to Beijing, followed by the East Asia Economic Summit in Vladivostok, Russia.
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23 September 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Well testing has served the industry faithfully for decades as the primary and most reliable means of: Quantifying deliverability, Characterizing...
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22 September 2015 Robert (Bob) Ineson, M.B.A.
With the drilling slowdown in both oil and gas, gas production in North America has long been expected to fall, and indeed it has done so, but...
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18 September 2015 Michael Stoppard
The forces of supply and demand for natural gas are pulling in opposite directions.
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17 September 2015 Roger Diwan
Fearful global financial markets caused record volatility for oil prices. Will downside risks persist?
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09 September 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Geologist and engineers have always been faced with the challenge of trying to define, develop and optimize gas/oil fields. This is difficult...
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08 September 2015 Keefer Douglas
S&P Global Insight explores the potential for LPG demand growth in Latin America, focusing in particular on the residential/commercial (res/com)...
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01 September 2015
$60B in 2015H2 impairments exceed previous high of $49B in 2008
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26 August 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
As things change, we know working diligently and collaboratively will reduce risk and costs and improve results. The S&P Global Community of...
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25 August 2015 Pete Stark, Ph.D.
With a kaleidoscope of issues, today's E&P leaders have to learn how to change wings in mid-flight
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18 August 2015 Jamie Webster
Key Messages Excerpted from the Global Crude Markets Short Term Outlook, August 2015
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12 August 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Over the past few years, S&P Global has invested a significant amount of energy researching client workflows and the challenges involved with...
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11 August 2015 Holly, Chris
New Clean Power Plan establishes broad carbon dioxide emission targets for coal- and natural gas-fired plants in each participating state
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04 August 2015
Earnings outlook for the North American oil and gas sector further diminished by impairment charges
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22 July 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Traditionally, reserves have been evaluated using Arps decline curves, assuming boundary dominated flow. In conventional oil or gas well analysis...
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22 July 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Refracturing not yet a panacea for U.S. shale plays, but may account for as much as 11 percent of the market by 2020
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21 July 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Because decline curve analysis is not grounded in fundamental theory but is based on empirical observation, there are some major assumptions...
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21 July 2015 Kevin Birn
For the past decade, Canada has been the third largest source of oil supply growth in the world- growing from 2.4 million barrels per day in...
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21 July 2015 Samir Nangia
As per the most recent ProppantIQ report, published June 2015, North American proppant consumption expected to decline 23% in 2015.
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16 July 2015 Hank Chambers
Learn how new S&P Global Kingdom® Geosteering workflows help guide wells to the sweet spot.
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07 July 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Is this the start of a new era for technology-enabled cost-management innovation in upstream oil and gas?
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30 June 2015 Jeff Gosmano
During low oil price times, emerging plays are rare but the Rogersville Shale may be one of very few candidates
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23 June 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
We are pleased to announce we will be hosting a conference call on Thursday, June 25 at 9:30 am CST to discuss the outlook for the hydraulic...
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16 June 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Achieving profitability targets in oil and gas projects requires careful planning and insight into the economic drivers.
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09 June 2015 George Lobsenz
Lifting oil export ban unlikely to spur US production- says U.S Energy Secretary Moniz
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04 June 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
S&P Global acquisition PacWest is developing a new research report on refracturing, as industry leaders see the potential for refracturing to...
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02 June 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Despite current soft oil prices, the North American onshore environment is on a quiet trajectory to regain strength alongside a revitalized industry...
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01 June 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Leading energy industry executives reveal their views on the future
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27 May 2015 Bjorn, Hem
North American upstream capital spending to drop by 32% from 2014 to 2016, led by declines in unconventional activities, according to IHS' 1Q2015...
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19 May 2015 Energy Expert
The answer to that critical question is that it depends on the segment (asset type) in which an IOC chooses to compete.
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12 May 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
In the current global environment of lower oil prices, a new world of energy has emerged as once-valued assumptions are upended and the old ways...
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30 April 2015 Raoul LeBlanc
45% gains in efficiency by 4Q2015 for onshore oil and gas operators
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24 April 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Daniel Yergin, S&P Global Vice Chairman, chaired the Friday morning session "The View from MIT" .
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24 April 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Carlos Pascual, S&P Global Senior Vice President, chaired the plenary session "The Future of Mexican Power," which addressed the ongoing, profound...
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24 April 2015 Marks, Aaron
S&P Global Vice President Tim Gardner chaired the Power Plenary session "Evolving Power Business Models: A Global Perspective.
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24 April 2015 Caldwell Bailey
Carlos Pascual, Senior Vice President, S&P Global, led a morning plenary on "Geopolitical Hot Spots and Drivers of Change.
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23 April 2015 Nikolay Filchev
Ed Kelly, Vice President, Americas Gas and Power Consulting, S&P Global, chaired the Strategic Dialogue "The Elephant in the Room: The Marcellus...
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23 April 2015 Anusha de Silva
Roger Diwan, S&P Global Vice President, Financial Services, chaired the Wednesday strategy session "Financing Gas, LNG, and Midstream Through...
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22 April 2015 Shawn Gallagher
Miguel Matias Galuccio, CEO of YPF, and Emilio Lozoya Austin, CEO of Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), sat down with Daniel Yergin, Vice Chairman...
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21 April 2015 Keith McWhorter
Pritesh Patel, Director, S&P Global Energy, chaired the Tuesday morning breakfast session titled "Future of Upstream Costs.
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21 April 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
In Monday evening's "Global Energy Dialogue," Vagit Alekperov, OAO LUKOIL President, addressed the attentive audience, followed by a question...
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21 April 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Daniel Yergin, Vice Chairman, S&P Global, chaired a session on "Sustaining Innovation through the Cycle.
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17 April 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Negotiations with Iran over nuclear aspirations may result in Iranian oil hitting the global market with price implications - but not until next...
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09 April 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Refineries may now be enjoying high margins, but new oil-supply capacities coming online as well as accelerating globalization will pose new...
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07 April 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Despite the decline in global oil prices, U.S. production of oil has continued to grow unabated, and is now out of step with prevailing conditions...
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25 March 2015 Energy Expert
Low oil prices hit LNG. There is a key opportunity for the industry to create demand in the transportation sector.
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12 March 2015 Byrne, Andy
US E&P capital budget cuts average 37%
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02 March 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Low prices, some small and mid-sized companies in North America riper for the picking.
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02 March 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
US is lynchpin in global oil market
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27 February 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The global plunge in crude prices is having broad repercussions throughout the upstream energy supply chain, with the labor, project management...
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26 February 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The ongoing drop on oil prices will boost China's economy only moderately this year, and will not be enough to spur a demand renaissance that...
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24 February 2015 Carolyn Seto
Oil and gas regulation drives mobile CNG technology, reduces flaring in Bakken Unconventional resources are rich areas of innovation and technology...
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12 February 2015 Jeff Gosmano
High-cost shale plays are first on the chopping block for oil companies looking to trim budgets amid lower oil prices. Beginning in late 2014...
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10 February 2015 Stephen Trammel
Mexico's opening continues to advance with Bid Round 1 for foreign investment, but low oil and gas prices present challenges and potential ......
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06 February 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The S&P Global Unconventional Energy Blog will provide a brief weekly extract from the client program, Oil: The Great Deflation, a comprehensive...
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03 February 2015 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The S&P Global Unconventional Energy Blog will provide a brief weekly extract from the client program, Oil: The Great Deflation, a comprehensive...
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27 January 2015 Roger Diwan
The S&P Global Unconventional Energy Blog will provide a brief weekly extract from the client program, Oil: The Great Deflation, a comprehensive...
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16 January 2015 Leta Smith
As many as 4,000 fields may have potential for use of unconventional techniques outside North America Outside North America we have yet to see...
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23 December 2014 Kevin Birn
Crude transport by rail has become an enabler of supply growth in North America-connecting growing production to refiners across the continent...
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25 November 2014 Jim Burkhard
How will lower oil prices affect growth of US tight oil? Most US tight oil additions are resilient at WTI prices of $70/barrel.
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14 November 2014 Dan Yergin
Daniel Yergin Interview at CNBC, excerpts, identifies the New Era of Oil
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12 November 2014 Jim Day
Unconventional energy operations and taxes could be effected by election results in governors' races in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Colorado and Illinois...
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30 October 2014 Jim Day
A newly released study calls into question EPA methane leakage rates reported for unconventional oil and gas plays but also says more research...
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23 October 2014 Dan Yergin
Oil prices have fallen due to new unconventional oil from North America and global economic conditions which have dampened demand. There is a...
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21 October 2014
New technologies boost EOG's Bakken/Three Forks well rates; low oil prices could prompt further enhancements S&P Global expects industry operators...
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14 October 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Among the key factors defining the transformation of the US energy landscape in 2014 are two unconventional energy plays each making over 1 Mbod...
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07 October 2014 Energy Expert
New details on bid rounds include acreage for unconventional energy resource areas. Mexico's opening continues to advance on schedule. Earlier...
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02 October 2014 Leta Smith
The horizontal drilling and completion techniques refined for development of unconventional shale resources are increasingly being applied to...
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25 September 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The North American Shale Gale has changed the US and Canadian natural gas markets, providing a long-term low-cost domestic fuel. Additionally...
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18 September 2014 Jim Burkhard
IHS' new global energy scenario-Rivalry-envisions a world of greater competition among energy sources, including natural gas, oil, and ...
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16 September 2014 Jim Day
Illinois could be 90 days away from the nation's strongest, 'possibly unworkable' environmental protection rules for hydraulic fracturing
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09 September 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Chris Hansen, Director Energy Insight, S&P Global discusses how social media tools can be used to answer key questions about energy issues. How...
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03 September 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Accurate production forecasting is critical to field development well spacing decisions and economic returns. Production forecasting uncertainty...
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28 August 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Among the many follow-on effects of the North American boom in unconventional gas production has been the accompanying increase in ethane ......
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26 August 2014 Jim Day
By the end of 2016, Enbridge Inc. pipeline expects to bring into service projects that will open up approximately 1.7 million barrels per day...
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19 August 2014 Robert (Bob) Ineson
The Shale Gale has pushed gas production and inventories up for the past several years and S&P Global Energy projects it will do so again this...
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11 August 2014 Bryan McNamara
Recent Utica dry gas drilling shows very impressive results and dramatic improvements in initial production rates, with new tests as high as...
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07 August 2014 Energy Expert
US unconventionals crude supplies have increased to the point where exports are being considered. Lifting export restrictions on US crude oil...
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05 August 2014 Robert (Bob) Ineson, M.B.A.
U.S. LNG exports have potential geopolitical and foreign policy implications. To what degree can U.S LNG exports be a foreign policy tool? I...
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31 July 2014 Keith McWhorter
The Chinese government, very supportive of unconventional oil and gas development in the country, established ambitious production targets that...
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30 July 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The growing importance of the application of horizontal wells and hydraulic fracturing to boost recoveries from tight and under-performing conventional...
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22 July 2014 Jim Day
Political pressure-both for and against allowing U.S. oil exports-may prompt the Commerce Department to resolve the controversy and clarify its......
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15 July 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
S&P Global expects unfavorable economics for gas power may change plans for European power. Interest is rising in Europe's unconventional gas...
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09 July 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
As domestic energy demand grows and existing fields decline unconventional gas development in Algeria is seen by some as part of Algeria's future...
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08 July 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
EPA rules to reduce fugitive methane do not account for oil wells with associated gas. Will these type oil wells be moved under the rules and...
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01 July 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Water: managed resource or business wild card? This question is increasingly on the minds of unconventional energy executives. In this article...
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10 June 2014 Marc Eckhardt
Many operators are adding the Cline Shale to their unconventional development portfolio in the Wolfcamp play in the eastern Permian Basin with...
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06 June 2014 Energy Expert
Selecting the best strategy to assure water availability derives from the analysis of water availability in the area of interest, new treatment...
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03 June 2014 Michael Stoppard
Natural gas is expected to grow 50% and LNG 100% by 2030. Michael Stoppard, S&P Global Chief Gas Strategist answers these questions about how...
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22 May 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Detailed wellbore analysis of gamma ray log profiles can help identify high potential zones in unconventional resource plays that have large...
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13 May 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Social media tools can be essential to providing the right inputs on public sentiment and country risk factors for the energy industry. Learn...
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06 May 2014 Aaron Brady
Since 2008 North American oil production has grown 50% or 3 million bpd from shale oil, creating challenges in logistics, pricing and refining...
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29 April 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
S&P Global Fekete Unconventional Community of Best Practice continues sharing insights on play development Through recent research conducted...
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22 April 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The decision to use pipelines, truck hauling or water transfer for water disposal is dependent on these parameters: water volumes, distances...
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15 April 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Water problems put at risk about 10% of Texas power capacity and significant portions of US regional O&G production, revenue and corporate bottom...
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08 April 2014 Energy Expert
Tier II independents are focusing on North America unconventionals production which will rise to 50% of their total output by about 2020-compared...
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26 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Since 2010 and 2013 North American oil supply from oil sands and tight oil has grown 2.7 million bpd. Between now and the end of this decade...
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18 March 2014 Andy Byrne
Limited capital and horizontal drilling experience may drive smaller E&Ps in the Permian to JV with larger E&Ps, go public, or sell as horizontal...
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18 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Reuse of oilfield fracturing fluid may double in the next 10 years. Benefits include cost saving and a more reliable water supply which contributes...
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17 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Atul Arya, S&P Global Senior Vice President, chaired a Friday morning session on "The Next Stage of the North American Energy Renaissance." Joining...
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17 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Daniel Yergin, S&P Global Vice Chairman and CERAWeek Conference Chairman, led the Friday morning panel discussion on "The Future of Geopolitics...
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17 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Senior Vice President S&P Global Energy Insight Atul Arya chaired the Friday morning session "Reflections and Insights from CERAWeek 2014: What's...
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17 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The Third Plenum of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) 18th Congress put economic reform on center stage. Based on the road map, economic reforms...
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14 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
In his first major address since leaving the Federal Reserve Board, former Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered the concluding remarks for CERAWeek...
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13 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
GE Water & Process Technologies participated in an CERAWeek by S&P Global Expert Briefing on "Drivers and Strategies for Oilfield Wastewater...
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13 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Lawrence Makovich, Chief Power Strategist at S&P Global, chaired the North American Power Plenary on Thursday morning. A major theme for the...
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13 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Daniel Yergin, S&P Global Vice Chairman, welcomed Gina McCarthy, the Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to deliver...
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11 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Jone-Lin Wang, Vice President and Head of Research and Consulting, Power, Gas, Coal, Renewables-Americas, S&P Global, chaired a Thursday morning...
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07 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Lawrence Makovich, S&P Global Chief Power Strategist, chaired the Thursday afternoon plenary on "The Future of Power Technology and Infrastructure."...
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07 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Even after Fukushima, many countries continue to build new nuclear power plants. Others are planning to expand their nuclear fleets or are building...
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07 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
After fifteen years of power deregulation, the accumulating evidence is that market-clearing wholesale power prices are chronically too low....
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07 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
S&P Global Energy Chief Power Strategist Lawrence Makovich chaired the Global Power Keynote Dialogue with Cheryl LaFleur, Acting Chairman of...
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07 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The global demand for coal is being driven by growing energy needs in the developing world. At the same time coal demand in North America is...
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07 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The North American power sector will be shaped profoundly by the policy and regulatory rules in play at both the regional and national level....
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07 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
S&P Global CERA Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin opened the Thursday afternoon plenary on "Customer Needs and Wants" by welcoming Jean-Pascal Tricoire...
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06 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Ernest Moniz, United States Secretary of Energy, began his keynote address by affirming that the national energy strategy is working both economically...
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06 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Residential and commercial natural gas consumption is the great exception. The US Shale Gale has fostered a manufacturing renaissance, a surge...
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06 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Daniel Yergin, S&P Global Vice Chairman, welcomed the panelists to the afternoon's plenary on the "New Global Competitiveness" and the role of...
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06 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Onshore unconventional oil and gas development has brought increased focus on strategies to preserve and enhance operators' social license to...
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06 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Common assumptions about the future of natural gas have been upended over the last few years. Although gas reserves were considered plentiful...
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06 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Energy security is an evolving and dynamic global issue. For the United States, the revival of oil and gas production is leading many to rethink...
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06 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
This North American plenary addresses the critical questions shaping the future of Natural Gas in North America: 1) Can the projected demand...
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05 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Peter Jackson, Vice President, Upstream Research, S&P Global, chaired the upstream plenary "Opportunity Rich or Poor? State of the Global Upstream."...
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05 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Stephen Trammel, Director, Energy Unconventionals, S&P Global, chaired the Tuesday morning Strategy Dialogue "Tight Oil New Frontiers: North...
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05 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Daniel Yergin, Vice Chairman, S&P Global, moderated the Tuesday afternoon policy dialogue, "The Future of Global Oil." Speakers agreed that emerging...
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05 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
S&P Global Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin kicked off Gas Day by welcoming Siemens President and CEO Joe Kaeser to CERAWeek by S&P Global. In his...
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05 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
S&P Global Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin introduced the Tuesday afternoon keynote speaker, Nizar Al-Adsani, Chairman and Managing Director, Kuwait...
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05 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Michael Stoppard, S&P Global Energy's Chief Strategist for Global Gas, chaired the Global Gas Plenary Wednesday morning joined by Rob Franklin...
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05 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
S&P Global Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin opened Tuesday's Energy Dialogue lunch session by introducing Christophe de Margerie, Chairman and CEO...
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05 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
S&P Global Director Marcus Gay and S&P Global Senior Research Analyst Sarah Fletcher chaired the Expert Briefing "Drivers and Strategy of Oilfield...
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05 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
James Burkhard, S&P Global Vice President, chaired the Tuesday afternoon Downstream Plenary "Is a Peak in Oil Demand on the Horizon?" The panelists...
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04 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
John Watson, Chairman and CEO of Chevron Corporation, began the Tuesday morning keynote address by reflecting on the past decade and the major...
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04 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
S&P Global Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin welcomed the Minister of Petroleum Resources for Nigeria and Alternate President of OPEC, Diezani Alison-Madueke...
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04 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
S&P Global Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin opened Monday's keynote dinner session, "Mexico's Energy Future," by welcoming PEMEX Chief ...
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04 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Andrew Mackenzie, CEO of BHP Billiton, gave a keynote address to a packed CERAWeek by S&P Global ballroom Tuesday morning. He emphasized that...
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04 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
On Tuesday morning S&P Global Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin chaired a session entitled "Crisis in Ukraine: New Reality for Geopolitics and Energy?"...
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04 March 2014 Nikolay Filchev
Tuesday morning's Strategic Dialogue "Changing Fortunes: Impact of Unconventional Oil and Gas Production on the North American Petrochemical...
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03 March 2014 Dan Yergin
The development of shale gas and tight oil in the United States constitutes an "unconventional revolution," owing to its scale and speed. It...
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03 March 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Scott Key, President and CEO of S&P Global, began S&P Global Energy CERAWeek 2014 by welcoming delegates to "what will be an incredible energy...
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18 February 2014 Andy Byrne
The established Eagle Ford play extends from the Mexico border eastward to Gonzales, Lavaca, and Fayette counties in Texas. Geological maps...
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18 February 2014 Raoul LeBlanc
The domestic oil and gas supply machine is in a state of flux. The gas supply system is entering a third year of oversupply with hopes for improving...
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13 February 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Since the financial crisis and Great Recession of 2008-09, there have been dramatic changes in the pattern of global competitiveness, which have...
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11 February 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
2014 S&P Global Energy 50: midstream and service sectors gain over 20% in value with top 15 midstream companies seeing continuous double-digit...
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06 February 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
On the whole, IOCs in the index gained 9% in value while NOCs in the index lost 15% in value during 2013. The S&P Global Energy 50 (formerly...
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05 February 2014 Aaron Brady
It is clear the North American tight oil revolution is reshaping the global energy paradigm and will have an increasing impact in the coming...
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03 February 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
On January 31 2014 the US State Department released the Final Supplemental Environment Impact Statement for the Keystone XL Project. The Final...
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29 January 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Caveat Emptor"-Let the Buyer Beware. Those considering acquisitions in unconventional resource basins would be wise to follow this ...
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27 January 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The 2014 S&P Global Energy 50 reveals that unconventional developments continued to drive value creation, especially in the North American upstream...
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23 January 2014 Energy Expert
Potential of the Eagle Ford in Mexico-Early Findings The world is well aware of the unconventional oil and gas renaissance in North America and...
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23 January 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The S&P Global Energy 50 (formerly the PFC Energy 50) is the definitive ranking of the world's leading publicly traded energy companies by market...
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21 January 2014 Robert (Bob) Ineson, M.B.A.
The Shale Gale unleashed an absolutely remarkable transformation in the North American* gas supply picture. The figures are familiar: US lower-48...
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14 January 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The most water intensive phase of unconventionals development is the exploitation and optimization phase. Water interruption is best avoided...
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13 January 2014 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Unconventional oil and gas exploration and production involves vast amounts of water, elevating effective water management to a key strategic...
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07 January 2014 Jamie Webster
2013 was a landmark year with US unconventional oil achieving many firsts. This preview of 2014 issues creates a strategic framework for the...
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19 December 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Editor's Note: Periodically, this blog will cover selected milestones in unconventional play merger and acquisition activity, chosen from the...
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17 December 2013 George Lobsenz
Rockies Express pipeline, built to bring Rocky Mountain gas east to the Midwest, is scrambling to accommodate new demand from eastern shale producers...
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03 December 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Water management in unconventional oil and gas development is a complex operational challenge with significant impacts on an E&P operator's ......
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12 November 2013 Marc Eckhardt
Eagle Ford shale wells in East Texas now test over 1000 bod/well and permitting rises sharply. Editor's Note: Periodically, this blog will cover...
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08 October 2013 Jeff Gosmano
During the summer, Penn Virginia Oil & Gas released details on a horizontal venture in the heart of Texas' Eagle Ford Shale play. Early analysis...
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01 October 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
A relatively quiet renaissance is occurring as an offshoot from the unconventional revolution. The direct impacts of new technology used in unconventional...
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26 September 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Led by improvements in drilling and completion technology, well performance, new infrastructure additions and overall better single well economics...
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20 September 2013 Lawrence J. Makovich, Ph.D.
After two decades of experience with power industry deregulation in the United States, the accumulating empirical evidence is clear: market-clearing...
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20 September 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The North American unconventional oil and gas boom has been underway for several years now and each of the plays is evolving differently. Some...
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19 September 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Power (41% of US water withdrawal) and agriculture (38% of US water withdrawal) receive many of the water headlines today. Water has also been...
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19 September 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The rapid expansion of US oil and gas production from unconventional resources in the last 10 years is well known. S&P Global studies over the...
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19 September 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The North American power markets are expected to grow 14% by the end of the decade while undergoing several changes as well as potentially disruptive...
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17 September 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The availability of low cost feedstocks in North America combined with lower growth in China will dramatically impact where and how much new...
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10 September 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The Canadian oil sands offer a unique opportunity for moving crude by rail. Rail is already a growing part of transport from Western Canada....
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05 September 2013 Robert (Bob) Ineson, M.B.A.
With the surge in unconventional gas production - S&P Global CERA projects that shale production alone will be 44% of US gas production in 2013...
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27 August 2013 Maria Bertram
Sarah Fletcher, Senior Research Analyst at S&P Global, will be speaking at the 23rd Annual World Water Week, taking place September 2-6 in Stockholm...
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20 August 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The US Energy Information Administration estimates global consumption of water for use in energy production at more than 400 billion barrels...
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13 August 2013 George Lobsenz
North Dakota officials are grappling with rising controversy over disposal of increasing amounts of radioactive waste from unconventional oil...
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30 July 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Shale has gone from accounting for virtually none of US production in 2005 to a significant portion in just a few years. Although the geologic...
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25 July 2013 Robert (Bob) Ineson
The shale boom in North American natural gas has had consequences that were unthinkable just a few years ago. Among these developments is the...
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23 July 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Can the North American tight oil revolution be replicated in the world? This question has taken on great significance owing to what is unfolding...
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18 July 2013 Claudia Belahmidi
Centrica's recent acquisition of a 25% stake interest in Cuadrilla's UK Bowland Shale license in North England has put the spotlight on very...
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03 July 2013 Woodworth, Chad
Citing a lackluster open season, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP has decided not move forward with its proposed Freedom pipeline project to...
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27 June 2013 Marc Eckhardt
Editor's Note: Periodically, this blog will cover selected milestones in unconventional play development, chosen from S&P Global Energy Editorial...
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25 June 2013 Andy Byrne
Long and strong beats short and weak Admittedly, early well results in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale were not very good. In fact, they were uneconomic....
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18 June 2013 Woodworth, Chad
In another blow to oil and gas companies that have been waiting years for permission to develop leases in the state, a New York appeals court...
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13 June 2013 Woodworth, Chad
If any oil markets analysts are wondering whether the massive crude buildup at the Cushing, Okla., storage terminal has been eased by the startup...
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04 June 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
In its World Energy Outlook 2011, the International Energy Agency (IEA) stated that global proven conventional natural gas reserves are equivalent...
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23 May 2013 Claudia Belahmidi
Japan's recent success in extracting natural gas from offshore methane hydrate deposits for the first time has sparked enthusiasm over a significant...
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10 May 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Game changer. The rapid development of unconventional gas resources in North America is potentially a game changer for the global LNG market...
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30 April 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Change of heart This time last year Romania appeared to be considering a blanket ban on hydraulic fracturing. Demonstrations against hydraulic...
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24 April 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Voluntary certification programs have been effective in markets for commercial buildings, forest products, and seafood, channeling growing demand...
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08 April 2013 Woodworth, Chad
One of the biggest potential tight oil fields in the United States lies in California, but the future of the Monterey Shale appears likely to...
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01 April 2013 Fletcher, Sarah
Controversy surrounding groundwater contamination from shale gas development started to gain a significant media presence in 2009, coinciding...
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11 March 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The third annual S&P Global Forum at CERAWeek by S&P Global 2013, on Friday, the final day of the conference, focused on wider issues and threats...
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08 March 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The following is a summary of the keynote address Daniel Poneman, US Deputy Secretary of Energy, gave on day four of CERAWeek by S&P Global 2013....
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08 March 2013 Energy Expert
The growing role of natural gas in the US power mix was a strong theme on Thursday at CERAWeek by S&P Global. Energy policy and the significant...
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08 March 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Lawrence Makovich, S&P Global VP and Senior Advisor for Global Power, gives an overview of some of the key topics discussed during day four of...
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07 March 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The following is a summary of the strategy session "Understanding and Managing Community Impacts of Unconventional Oil and Gas Development" ......
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07 March 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
In this video from day two (5th March) at CERAWeek by S&P Global 2013, S&P Global VP of Upstream Research, Peter Jackson, chairs the plenary...
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07 March 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The game-changing impact of unconventional oil and gas resource development was very high on the agenda on Wednesday at CERAWeek by S&P Global...
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06 March 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
In this video from day one at CERAWeek by S&P Global 2013 (4th - 8th March, Houston) S&P Global Chief Economist Nariman Behravesh and Chief U.S....
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06 March 2013 Nikolay Filchev
The following is a summary of the strategy session "Will the Unconventional Revolution Be a Global One?" which took place today on 5th March...
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06 March 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Michael Stoppard (Chief Strategist, Global Gas, IHS) discusses the key themes of day three at CERAWeek by S&P Global 2013 including shale gas...
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06 March 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Unconventional resources were a hot topic at CERAWeek by S&P Global on Tuesday, the conference day traditionally focused on oil. Khalid Al-Falih...
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05 March 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
It's day two of CERAWeek by S&P Global 2013. Earlier today James Burkhard (S&P Global VP & Head of Oil Market Research & Scenarios) gave a summary...
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01 March 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Africa (beyond the Middle East) has long served as an important source of oil and gas. North Africa has supplied crude oil to global customers...
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01 March 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Ahead of CERAWeek by S&P Global 2013, Daniel Yergin looks at the impact of unconventional energy in the United States in terms of industrial...
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28 February 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Innovation seems to be one of the more prominent management buzzwords today, with energy companies competing with one another to demonstrate...
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27 February 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Ahead of next week's CERAWeek by S&P Global 2013 conference in Houston, I wanted to share some insights that look beyond the national impacts...
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26 February 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
At CERAWeek by S&P Global this year, one of the hottest topics on the agenda is arguably one of the timeliest and most pressing challenges currently...
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25 February 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Electric power generation is the single biggest driver of global gas demand growth. S&P Global CERA's planning case outlook points to growth...
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25 February 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Daniel Yergin discusses some of the key themes of CERAWeek by S&P Global 2013, including the broadening impact of unconventional resources: "It's...
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22 February 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Over the coming weeks we'll be publishing a series of posts covering some of the big topics being discussed at CERAWeek by S&P Global 2013, March...
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21 February 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Welcome to the first in a series of blog posts published in partnership with CERAWeek by S&P Global, March 4 - 8th 2013, Houston. Here's what...
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19 February 2013 Robert (Bob) Ineson, M.B.A.
The North American natural gas pipeline grid, the world's most extensive, was originally designed to bring gas from the producing areas of the...
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11 February 2013 Jeff Gosmano
The increasing rig count and recent drilling successes in the Utica Shale play have led companies to shuffle assets and seek to become bigger...
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05 February 2013 Pete Stark, Ph.D.
The recently released S&P Global North American Tight Oil study identified 47 billion barrels of technically recoverable oil and condensate resources...
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28 January 2013 Claudia Belahmidi
It is not news that the deep injection of fluids into subsurface rock formations has the potential to lubricate faults and cause so-called "induced...
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22 January 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Last month the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a Progress Report on the Study of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing...
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08 January 2013 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The true cost for water used in oil and gas development is shrouded by complexities in water rights allocation and transfers, and uncertainties...
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20 December 2012 IHS Markit Energy Expert
While the Bakken play has stepped into the national limelight as the main engine of burgeoning U.S. oil production, few are aware that producers...
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18 December 2012 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Through 2012 a spate of bad news concerning the unconventional hydrocarbon sector in Poland has cast something of a pall over the industry. This...
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12 December 2012 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Advances in upstream production technologies are driving a rebound in US oil production, unlocking new oil plays and ultimately helping to fuel...
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09 December 2012 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The revival in North America oil and gas supplies has shifted the energy playing field in North America and potentially the globe. The scorecard...
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04 December 2012 Robert (Bob) Ineson, M.B.A.
Gas-directed drilling activity in the US has fallen by 54% in just over a year, with the Baker Hughes gas-directed rig count now hovering in...
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29 November 2012 Energy Expert
Earlier this month I attended an interesting conference here in London. The subject: "Shale and Unconventional Gas - their role in responsibly...
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06 November 2012 Claudia Belahmidi
As a North America Energy Analyst, I closely follow the unconventional gas revolution in the US. For years, pipeline infrastructure bringing...
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04 November 2012 Marc Eckhardt
In this rapidly evolving environment-where horizontal drilling has become the norm and natural gas has been forsaken for oil-multiple shale ......
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01 November 2012 Sarah Fletcher
The past few months have brought frequent and significant developments in federal, state, and local regulation of hydraulic fracturing and much...
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28 October 2012 George Lobsenz
Talk about oil sands and most people think about Alberta's vast deposits, but a project getting underway in Utah promises to open up the United...
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25 October 2012 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The Unconventional oil and gas activity revolutionizing America's energy future is also bringing enormous benefits to its economy. The opportunity...
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24 October 2012 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) estimates of methane emissions from completions of hydraulically fractured wells have generated...
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08 October 2012 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Amid regulatory and public sentiment pressure, water has become one of the hottest topics of discussion across all groups within unconventional...
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08 October 2012 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The increase in unconventional exploration and production activity around the world has brought about important changes to the energy sector...
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