Here are some boots-on-the-ground updates from people working in oil and gas and industry leaders who are in the thick of it. From the good to the bad to the pretty fantastic, Shale Play USA captures the information and drive from energy enthusiasts for excellent industry insight.
Rocky Mountain Region
Colorado State Larry Crowder, District 35, comments on SB-181’s new regulations combined with the steep declines in rigs, production and employment already seen.
“I wrote one of the articles (about) downtown Denver. The business section of downtown Denver is housed by roughly fifty percent by the oil and gas industry. Of the roughly fifty percent of the business interest in downtown Denver, (those) are rented or leased from the oil and gas business, so if you if you start taking that out of the equation you’re talking about a huge amount of revenue lost to the state as well as real estate just from oil and gas. So you know it just goes on and on.”
Crowder’s interview can be found here
Permian Basin
Kate Hornbrook, Ace Completions, gives an update on their activity in the Permian Basin.
“It’s definitely tough navigating these times, you know I think there’s been another wave of people getting scared just with coronavirus getting worse especially out here in the Permian. It’s actually pretty bad. We did plan an OCI Christmas Party for December 3rd but we have chosen to cancel that and hopefully you know maybe be able to do another event mid-January or early February, but, with that being said you know we’ve had some of our leadership team members even that have gotten it and or still have it. With that being said we just don’t want to be the reason that, you know, somebody gives it to their grandparents when they’re traveling home for Christmas or gets it themselves…”
Hornbrook also serves in a leadership position with Oilfield Connections International Permian Basin chapter.
Hornbrook’s interview can be found here
Marcellus Basin
Tom Shepstone, NaturalGasNow.org, gives an update from the East Coast shale plays, including the Marcellus. He is geographically located near the border of New York, describes the increasing issues with East Coast energy, from Pennsylvania gas to pipeline purchases to New York’s outright bans. The interviews dives into natural gas and the opportunities that continue for the betterment of humanity and progress of industry.
“You know to the one of the best shale regions in the country really, which, is the Northeastern Pennsylvania Susquehanna County that’s where you know that’s the biggest gas producing county. There is really and right next to us at Bradford, which, is also huge but we can’t drill in my home county and we’re right next door. And then right on the other side of us is New York state which is a hopeless case of a of a state descending into the netherworld…”
Shepstone’s interview can be found here
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