Posts by Oilfield Witness

The current negotiations around EU/US methane regulations are being sold to the public based on a major unproven assumption which is being repeated by many of the largest “green” NGOs in Europe and the US. The Assumption: There is already more than enough natural gas (methane) produced in the U.S. that has emissions below the…

The world is facing a multi-year oil glut where the oil producers will be pumping more oil out of the ground than the world is using. This will keep oil prices at low levels – likely well below the level that most US shale oil producers can make a profit. But the U.S. shale oil and…

In 2019 I wrote an article making some predictions for how the U.S. energy markets would play out and it was titled, “The Inevitable Death of Natural Gas as a ‘Bridge Fuel’ which included this prediction. “… if all of the planned infrastructure gets built to export U.S. natural gas in liquid form (known as liquefied natural gas, or LNG), prices…

In 2019 the U.S. oil industry was on a roll and a long hot streak of constantly breaking records for new crude oil production. It would seem an odd time to write an article asking the question, “Will the Fracking Revolution Peak Before Ever Making Money?” but that is what I did. And now here we are…

We’ve been warned of inconvenient truths. A movie was made about society’s unspoken agreement to ignore science and reality and the current U.S. regime is making that movie’s head-in-the-sand approach of science denial official policy. Meanwhile, the very real impacts of our changing climate are becoming harder to ignore. Polls are showing that a good portion of the U.S.…

In a recent Wall Street Week video report on oil industry methane emissions there was a great insight into what the oil industry plans to do when it comes to environmental liabilities and the world in general. After hearing how there was potential to plug old oil and gas wells and have that possibly be a money…

The U.S. is working hard to get the rest of the world hooked on expensive and dirty liquefied natural gas (LNG) and is getting plenty of help from the banking system in other countries like Japan. The example I will focus on today is the proposed Mexico Pacific LNG export facility in Puerto Libertad on…

In the world of shale oil and gas production there is a concept known as “the Red Queen effect.” In this 2014 article, it explains that, “The ‘Red Queen’ effect refers to the relatively short lifespan of fracking wells, which tend to reach peak production earlier than conventional wells.” The Red Queen is from Lewis Carroll’s…

The true hoax of this energy transition is the idea that the U.S. has unlimited oil and gas that is just waiting to be produced as soon as those tree-hugging liberals stop standing in the way. Did you hear that the Republicans have threatened Europe that if they don’t buy more U.S. oil they will…

The American Lung Association just put out a strong statement on the danger of methane noting the unseen hazards of methane and the “cascade of risks” that harm communities.  “As the colder months settle in and we spend more time indoors, it’s crucial to recognize the unseen hazards that methane gas, often called “natural” gas,…