Kshitijbachhav·Jul 19I Realized Oil Is an Economic Problem, Not a Geological One.Why a barrel of oil that technically exists underground can still be worth nothing, and how that quirk of geology quietly shapes U.S.–Saudi…
Ahmed M. Hala·Dec 31, 2025Shale oil .. is it relevant anymore?When people hear phrases like fusion logging, plasma refineries, or chaos attractors, the instinctive reaction is often skepticism — or…
Inthe ChallengedbyAdrienne Beaumont·Jun 27, 2025Postcard from BagtownI could have sent a postcard, but instead bought a souvenir spoonA response icon12A response icon12
Eric Lee·Dec 19, 2023Shale Oil and the Slurping SoundNate Hagens and Art Berman in conversationA response icon1A response icon1
Mallick Speaks·Nov 25, 2023Is the US oil and gas sector experiencing growth?The oil and gas industry in the United States is currently experiencing a period of expansion and development, with shale oil production…A response icon1A response icon1
Novi Labs·Oct 8, 2021Tight oil production in North Dakota rose by 2% to 1.06This article contains still images from the interactive dashboards available in the original blog post. To follow the instructions in this…
Novi Labs·Sep 17, 2021After a very challenging year, tight oil production is rising again in the Permian basin.New Mexico is responsible for most of this growth, which we explain in our latest post
Novi Labs·Apr 15, 2021At ~3.8 million b/d, tight oil production in the Permian Basin (hz.But with 215 horizontal rigs, it is the only US tight oil basin that should soon start growing again as our new post shows
Novi Labs·Mar 19, 2021With almost 200 hz. rigs in the Permian, production will soon bottom-out, before growing again.With well productivity appears to have peaked for now. Learn more about permit activity and who the top producers are after all the recent…
Novi Labs·Mar 16, 2021Oil production the DJ-Niobrara collapsed by 1/3rd in the span of just 13 months, due to the fewer…Recently some rigs have returned to the basin, so in our latest post we share what that means for the outlook
