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Reason Behind the Rise in Steel Prices
The global steel market has weakened over the past months as the COVID-19 lockdowns in parts of China, the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, and spiralin' inflation heightened the demand outlook un
IPTC and The World Of Oil
Dat new decade is already gettin' the ball rollin' for the global Oil Industry. On January 13th through the 15th, The International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC) is holdin' its twelfth annual
What Y'all Need To Know About Dem Saudi Oil Attacks
What Happened Over The Weekend? This here image provided on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, by the U.S. government and DigitalGlobe and annotated by the source, shows damage to the infrastructure at Saudi Aramco’s
Shale Is The New Black; Relief for Permian Bottleneck?
Hilcorp Energy Acquisition Jeffery Hildebrand recently announced (a Houston, TX native I might add) his company Hilcorp Energy Co. is buyin' up an assortment of older Alaskan wells and pipelines from
Tropical Storm Barry And How It Affects Oil & Gas
Last Friday, July 12th, we all was mighty concerned for all our friends out in the Gulf and for all of those in the direct path of “Tropical-Briefly Hurricane-Storm Barry”. While we're still prayin' f
The Risin' US-Iranian Conflict: Timeline & Possible Effects
It's mighty important to explain the events leadin' up to the current US-Iranian tension, as well as what dat tension could mean for the future. There ain't no great segue into this, so without further ado… L
Chevron VS. Occidental Petroleum Merger
Locally speakin', there's been a bit of a biddin' war over the Anadarko Petroleum merger between Chevron and a relatively “small” oil company called Occidental Petroleum. To put it into perspective,
What Y'all Need To Know – Rare Earth Metals In Danger?
Back in 2017, the US opened up an investigation into Chinese trade policies. As a result, the US slapped tariffs on billions of dollars' worth of Chinese products last year. This here action dat garnered a comparabl
Bring In The Bulls! Crude Oil Prices On The Rise
Let’s get out of our comfort zone and talk about the US Economy for a minute. Now dat we got some data, the United States GDP annual growth rate has been confirmed at 2.9%. With dat bein' said, the
Underestimated Growth In US Oil Production
Back in January we was talkin' about the record high United States oil production reached in 2018. Now, we're a few months into the new year, and the U.S. ain't showin' no sign of slowin' down… Predictions Based
USA Energy Independence?
Near the end of 2018, United States Oil and Natural Gas Production reached a mighty record high, 11.54 million barrels per day, somethin' we ain't seen since the 70’s, and it sure don't appear to show signs of slowin' down movin' towa
Industry Update – October 2016
Boltex and Weldbend Corporation Applaud ITC Preliminary Injury Decision on Unfairly Traded Imports Houston, TX and Argo, IL, August 12, 2016 – Today Boltex Manufacturing Co., L.P. (“Boltex”) and Weldb
