NMOGA Pushes State To Ease Regulations, Expand Grid Infrastructure
September 2026 Sneak Peek
New Mexico has a long history of stringent environmental regulations. The association’s public outreach and regulatory efforts will be discussed at this year’s annual meeting, Oct. 5-7 in Santa Fe.
Longer Laterals, Stacked Pays Expanding Running Room For Rockies Operators
September 2026 Cover Story
Operators such as Silver Hill Energy, WRC Energy, and Three Crown Petroleum pair drilling prowess with proven strategies for enhancing margins, securing power and accelerating permitting. Across the Rockies, such companies are finding ways to get more from existing assets while they add inventory and build out gathering and processing networks.
AI Coming Of Age In Optimizing Performance Of Gas Wells On Plunger Lift
September 2026 Editor's Choice
When only a few cents separate profitable wells from plugging obligations, AI’s ability to constantly adjust set points across thousands of wells becomes a strategic advantage. By shortening once-lengthy feedback loops, it enables operators to more consistently achieve production targets and boost margins.
Project Specifics Determine Best Way To Generate Electricity
September 2026 Markets & Analytics
As AI data center demand accelerates and oil field electrification expands through artificial lift, frac operations, electric pneumatics, rigs, and other field applications, the industry is seeing two major power-demand curves converge on the same grid.
Combining Microseismic, Tracers Illuminates Key Effects Of Frac Treatment Designs
September 2026 Frac Facts
This diagnostic combo has deepened the industry’s understanding of stress shadows, unlocking low-cost adjustments to hydraulic fracturing strategies that could reduce communication with offset wells and enhance production results.
Analysts See Both Sides in Iran War Continuing To Fight While Negotiating
Ending the War
As counterintuitive as it may be, experts in international affairs predict that the United States and Iran will continue battling as they seek peace. Both sides view fighting as a way to communicate their resolve and power, which they hope will give them leverage at the negotiating table.
Conflict Demonstrates the Value of Strong Domestic Energy Production
Energy Independence
Without robust oil production, the oil supply disruption from closing the Strait of Hormuz would have had a much greater effect on the U.S. economy. In fact, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas estimates that domestic production has helped reduce the GDP loss by twentyfold.
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