by paperboy | Jun 29, 2023 | Jal News
Carroll Leavell met his heavenly Father on June 26, 2023. He was born October 23, 1936 in Center, NM (a farm area outside Clovis, NM) to Clyde and Mabel Leavell. They later moved to Jal in 1940. He married Bobbie Brummett on December 27, 1957 in El Paso, TX, where...
by paperboy | Jun 28, 2023 | Today in Energy
Baker Hughes’ counts of active drilling rigs continue to decline as of June 23. U.S. count of 682 is down for the eighth straight week (687 last week, 753 year ago). Permian count is down for the seventh time in the last eight weeks to 341 (342 last week, 349 year...
by paperboy | Jun 25, 2023 | Today in Energy
Seven major U.S. shale regions continue to produce record amounts of oil, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration, although July’s forecast is only 8,000 barrels per day higher than June. That’s the smallest increase since December 2022. EIA said June 12...
by paperboy | Jun 25, 2023 | Today in Energy
“In most cases the largest cost component of frac sand for wells is the delivery cost,” said Bud Brigham, executive chairman and CEO of Atlas Energy Solutions, in an email interview. Atlas’s goal is “to get the trucks off the public roads” for safety, efficiency, and...
by paperboy | Jun 23, 2023 | Columns
By Robert PrattThe news of Texas covered today includes: Our Lone Star story of the day: Was Greta Thunberg correct? Of course not, and neither have been the other apocalyptic climate doomsayers been right. Even the models used by the top specialists have been wrong...