USDOT offers Pipeline Safety Compliance Training

USDOT offers Pipeline Safety Compliance Training The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (US DOT) Transportation Safety Institute will host pipeline safety compliance training courses next month in Oklahoma City.  The course will familiarize participants with US...

U.S. oil industry set to break record, upend global trade

U.S. oil industry set to break record, upend global trade Liz Hampton, Reuters HOUSTON (Reuters) – Surging shale production is poised to push U.S. oil output to more than 10 million barrels per day – toppling a record set in 1970 and crossing a threshold...

America could become oil king of the world in 2018

America could become oil king of the world in 2018 by Matt Egan   @MattEganCNN The United States is poised to ramp up crude oil production by 10% in 2018 to about 11 million barrels per day, according to research firm Rystad Energy. Surging shale oil output should...

Looking back at 2017 in oil

Looking back at 2017 in oil By Renée Jean rjean@willistonherald.com Oil prices held steady in 2017, and the Bakken oil and gas industry hunkered down to find ways to make oil and gas wells economic in the lower price environment. Meanwhile, the elimination of the oil...