Oil and Natural Gas Production
Oil and natural gas are two of the most important sources of energy in the world. The production of these resources is critical to meeting the world’s growing energy demands, and is essential for powering homes, businesses, and transportation systems.
Oil and natural gas production involves the exploration, extraction, processing, and transportation of these resources from underground reserves to end-users. This process involves a wide range of technologies, from sophisticated drilling rigs and pipelines to advanced refining processes and transportation networks.
Oil and natural gas production is a complex and highly regulated industry that requires careful management and oversight to meet environmental and safety standards. This includes measures to prevent oil spills and other environmental damage, as well as efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants.
Despite the challenges and risks involved in oil and natural gas production, these resources will continue to play a vital role in meeting the world’s energy needs for the foreseeable future.
There are many guidelines that our industry must follow to ensure there is a safe environment for everyone. At CROFT, we follow the same standard and safety guidelines for all of our equipment and bullet tanks are no exception. Last week we told you what a bullet tank was and what it is used for. […]
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A bullet tank is a storage container that houses natural gas liquids (NGLs). The tanks come in many different sizes and include accessories that best suit your operation. Bullet tanks range from 6,000 to 30,000 gallons, with an 18,000-gallon tank being the most common size. Tanks should be no more than 70-80% full in order for […]
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This blog was originally posted by Croft employee Jessica Lee in 2015 and titled “The Marcellus Shale Gold Rush”, but I am changing the title to “The Shale Gold Rush”. In the original blog, Jessica spoke about how the Marcellus shale was known to have natural gas. Still, the problem was how to get it, […]
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How many of you are guilty of looking up the oil prices at any point this year? I will gladly say that I have looked up the prices not once or twice, but many times. Sometimes it was out of curiosity and sometimes, it was hope that I would wake up one morning and the price would […]
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As I have said in many of my previous blogs, I am still pretty new to the Oil & Gas industry. Even though I have been at CROFT a little over two years, I didn’t get to enjoy much of the industry before it took a turn downhill. Nowadays, it seems most conversations I have […]
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In previous blogs, I wrote explaining at what point drilling for oil becomes unprofitable for oil and gas companies, also how companies are optimizing well sites, and in what ways companies have strive to remain as profitable as possible. Despite my pessimistic attitude about the current oil economy, there are some positives and an upside. […]
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For the past few blogs, I have been drawn towards writing about the Marcellus Shale. I just cannot get enough of this ever increasing natural gas producing shale play! Well, guess what folks? I got the chance to visit Pennsylvania last week to see what all the hype is about and of course visit some of […]
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In my line of work it is pretty often that some sort of heavy machinery is needed. Well to be honest, I am not really the one using these big hunks of machinery…I just make sure we have them available. You see…we have some pretty big pieces of equipment and some small. But unless you are Superman, […]
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For those of you who don’t know, our office is located in a small town outside of Houston. So you can imagine that when anything out of the ordinary happens around here, the whole town knows about it. Something popped up recently that is pretty hard to miss…a drilling rig! I have been driving past it […]
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For this week’s blog, I thought I would start off addressing the most talked about topic that seems to be buzzing around lately…GAS PRICES! As a consumer, how awesome has the cheap gas prices been?! Just yesterday, I filled up my entire tank in my car for only $23. I couldn’t help but smile as […]
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Compressed Natural Gas…have you heard of it? You may have seen it while driving past a gas station that supplied it. We have written blogs before about converting cars to natural gas. This blog, in particular, does a great job explaining what CNG is and how it ties into natural gas cars. In a short definition, CNG is […]
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A plunger lift is an artificial list method of deliquifying a natural gas well. A plunger is used to remove contaminants from productive natural gas wells, such as water, sand, oil, and wax. The basics of the plunger is to open and close the well shutoff valve at the optimum times, to bring up the plunger and […]
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I usually like to choose my weekly blog topics stemmed from something I have recently been thinking about or an event that is happening. Hence, the blog I wrote last week was appropriately timed about the Thanksgiving Parade. It is too early for my Christmas blog so I won’t jump on the early Christmas bandwagon just […]
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Okay, okay…I know oil & gas prices is not new news by any means. Even I and my colleague, Amy, have written countless blogs regarding the oil & gas industry’s market in some way. I find myself hanging my head low as we ring in the new year because of all the negative buzz about the 2016 […]
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Prior to entering the oil & gas industry, if you would have asked me what a Landman was I would have thought that it was someone working on a farm, tending to his land to support either himself, his family, or his business. Well, I am sure that the name “Landman” can be used in […]
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This week our Guest Blogger is Ben Odom, Producer, and Terry Tomasino, Marketing Account Executive for McGriff, Seibels & Williams. McGriff is the 5th largest brokerage firm in the United States and the 6th largest worldwide. McGriff is a full service broker with 8 operating divisions- one of which is Energy and Marine. AN INTRODUCTION TO CERTIFICATES OF INSURANCE […]
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People are constantly talking about our dependence on oil. It’s true. America as a whole is dependent on the oil and gas industry and it’s not just for gasoline. I truly believe that people forget how many things they touch every day that have some type of petroleum in them. I mean heck, the keyboard […]
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CROFT has started something new this year! As you know Amy Jerina and Jessica Lee have been been writing twice a week for over a year now to bring you the latest and greatest in the oil and gas industry- we will continue to do this, but have decided to add some flavor to the mix. Every week, we […]
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CROFT has started something new this year! As you know Amy Jerina and Jessica Lee have been been writing twice a week for over a year now to bring you the latest and greatest in the oil and gas industry- we will continue to do this, but have decided to add some flavor to the mix. Every week, we […]
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You hear about the oil and gas industry everywhere. Even more so in Houston, TX. Heck…just in Texas in general! With the industry buzzing all around us, it is hard to know what information is true, what information is false, and what information is exaggerated. So I have compiled some common myths that I know […]
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