Nick Cook, Editor
Issue #508 | March 19, 2025
Multiple M&A announcements, legal battles for fracking in California, silos for sale, and much more.
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Hedge fund giant Citadel has acquired Haynesville Shale E&P Paloma Natural Gas for $1.2 billion.
Data driven context for rig count outlook.
Interesting piece we noticed in the data is the increase in proppant pumped YOY while dropping a frac crew.
The local oil industry scored a second consecutive legal victory Wednesday when a Kern County Superior Court judge expanded the scope of an upcoming civil trial to effectively decide the fate in California of hydraulic fracturing, the controversial technique better known as fracking.
Some important things to consider in the midst of the mantra of "drill, baby, drill".
The agency lowered its demand-growth estimates for the fourth quarter of last year and first quarter of this year to around 1.2 million barrels a day.
KAG Canada has announced its acquisition of Innisfail, Alta.-based Pro-N2, a hauler of nitrogen, Co2, NH3, frac sand and other commodities in Canada and the U.S.
AP News is even talking about the Dune Express.
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