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There’s a reason oil well sales are collapsing in California: Cleanup costs

December 2, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Capital & Main on Nov. 20, 2024. By Aaron Cantú For years, large drillers in California sold unprofitable wells to smaller companies willing to wring the last drops of oil out [Read more]

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Permian production forecast growth driven by well productivity, pipeline capacity

August 21, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Aug. 21, 2024. By Naser Ameen, Marek Roman In our latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), we forecast that crude oil production in the United States will [Read more]

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AER expects 17 per cent growth in oil sands production by 2033

June 25, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on June 25, 2024. By Amanda Stephenson The regulator responsible for overseeing Alberta’s oil and gas sector has released a new report projecting the province’s oil sands [Read more]

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Four countries could account for most near-term petroleum liquids supply growth

March 14, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on March 14, 2024. By Sean Hill In 2023, the world produced an estimated 101.8 million barrels per day (b/d) of petroleum and other liquids: [Read more]

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US petroleum, natural gas production hits record high in 2018

August 21, 2019 Energi Staff

By Bill Brown, Ari Kahan  This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Aug. 20, 2019. US petroleum and natural gas production increased by 16 per cent and by 12 per cent, [Read more]

Opinion

Opinion: Desalinated water affects the energy equation in the Middle East

January 22, 2019 Energi Staff

In 2016, desalinated water accounted for 3 per cent of the Middle East’s water supply, but 5 per cent of its total energy consumption.  TIME photo by Spencer Lowell. Middle Eastern desalinated water technology currently [Read more] [Read more]

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Most new oil, gas wells hydraulically fractured horizontal wells

December 20, 2018 Energi Staff

Hydraulically fractured horizontal wells became the predominant method of new U.S. crude oil and natural gas development in October 2011, when total footage (in linear feet) surpassed all other drilling and completion techniques. Hydraulically fractured [Read more] [Read more]

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Innovation

Equinor looks to power offshore platforms with onshore electricity

June 11, 2018 Energi Staff

Equinor says it is hoping to supply three of its offshore platforms currently powered by gas turbines with electricity from onshore.  The switch could cut CO2 emissions from Troll C and Sleipner area by over [Read more]

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The Canadian energy conversation is stuck in the wrong century

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Find Energi Media journalism in video, audio, and essays YouTube Channel: Video energy news Substack Essays: Thoughtful Energy Journalism Energi Talks Audio Podcast Real story of this energy crisis is not supply disruption, but demand [Read more]

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