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Heck, it isn’t even slowing. It’s relentlessly transforming.</p> <p>Welcome to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.economics21.org/commentary/shale-2.0-future-american-energy-oil-big-data%3D-05-27-2015" target="_blank">Shale 2.0</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/staging-the-next-boom-shale-2-0/#more-6566" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/u-s-shale-toughs-out-opec-price-blows/">U.S. Shale Toughs Out OPEC Price Blows</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Monday, May 4th, 2015 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/category/oil-and-gas-current-events/" rel="category tag">Oil and Gas Current Events</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/category/permian-basin-oil-news/" rel="category tag">Permian Basin Oil News</a></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/?attachment_id=6323" rel="attachment wp-att-6323"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-6323" style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px 10px;" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/shale-oil-well-west-texas-225x300.jpg" alt="Shale Oil Well in west Texas" width="225" height="300"/></a>Is the U.S. shale revolution finally succumbing to OPEC’s output-generated price slump? No doubt U.S. producers are scrambling to keep ahead of pressures exerted by the gap in global supply and demand as the cartel attempts to gobble up market share. But the U.S. shale boom <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://money.cnn.com/2015/03/17/investing/oil-price-opec-us-shale/" target="_blank">is proving more resilient</a> than many cartel members had hoped. Now even OPEC concedes U.S. output levels won’t ease at least until late 2015, if at all. American output has remained steady despite disruptions wrought by a collapse that has <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/12/economist-explains-4" target="_blank">driven prices down by half</a> since June 2014.</p> <p>That’s in contrast to the cartel’s February report, when OPEC forecast <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/16/opec-oil-idUSL6N0WI2CL20150316" target="_blank">sharp increases in demand for its output in 2015</a> due to a projected shortfall in non-OPEC crude supplies.</p> <p>The cartel pumped 30.02 million barrels per day last month, indicating a supply surplus of 830,000 barrels per day through 2015. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/u-s-shale-toughs-out-opec-price-blows/#more-6321" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/pressure-mounts-to-lift-crude-oil-export-ban/">Pressure Mounts to Lift Crude Oil Export Ban</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Monday, April 6th, 2015 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/category/oil-and-gas-current-events/" rel="category tag">Oil and Gas Current Events</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/category/permian-basin-oil-news/" rel="category tag">Permian Basin Oil News</a></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/west-texas-sweet-light-crude.jpg" data-rel="lightbox-0"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-5972" style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px 10px;" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/west-texas-sweet-light-crude-300x170.jpg" alt="West Texas Sweet Light Crude" width="300" height="170"/></a>Imagine a level of ingenuity so profound, it rapidly overwhelms existing infrastructure. Storage facilities brim. Pipelines back up. Laden trucks sit idled.</p> <p>This is the current dynamic in the miraculous U.S. energy boom. The flood of new oil supplies is choking the domestic industry’s capacity to process them. And it could roll back the boom with a wave of destructive disruptions and shakeups. But that outcome won’t be due to the collapse in oil prices. For this you can thank <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/01/08/u-s-oil-exports-have-been-banned-for-40-years-is-it-time-for-that-to-change/" target="_blank">a circa-1970s policy</a> that throttles jobs and keeps petroleum exploration and production companies from realizing the full value of their output. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/pressure-mounts-to-lift-crude-oil-export-ban/#more-5970" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/permian-basin-drilling/">Permian Basin Drilling</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Thursday, March 19th, 2015 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/category/oil-and-gas-current-events/" rel="category tag">Oil and Gas Current Events</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/category/permian-basin-oil-news/" rel="category tag">Permian Basin Oil News</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/category/texas-oil-and-gas-investing/" rel="category tag">Texas Oil and Gas Investing</a></p> <h3>Aresco LP commences drilling on the Tannehill #1, a developmental well in the Midland Basin section of the Permian Basin in West Texas.<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/midland-basin-well.jpg" data-rel="lightbox-0"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-5833" style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px 10px;" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/midland-basin-well-300x200.jpg" alt="Midland Basin Well" width="300" height="200"/></a></h3> <p>(Dallas, Texas) –– Aresco LP, a privately held Dallas-based exploration and production company, announced today that drilling has commenced on the Tannehill #1, a developmental oil well testing the Stockwether limestone and Tannehill sandstone formations.</p> <p>The Tannehill #1 is the first of ten estimated well locations on a 1,400-acre Prospect situated in the Midland Basin section of the Permian Basin in West Texas. The Prospect extends an oil production trend discovered by the geologist of Aresco’s operating partner. The trend has produced almost 12 million barrels of oil and .75 billion cubic feet of natural gas to date. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/permian-basin-drilling/#more-5831" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/has-shale-disrupted-oil-investment-metrics/">Has Shale Disrupted Oil Investment Metrics?</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Monday, February 23rd, 2015 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/category/new-mexico-oil-and-gas-investing/" rel="category tag">New Mexico Oil and Gas Investing</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/category/oil-and-gas-current-events/" rel="category tag">Oil and Gas Current Events</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/category/permian-basin-oil-news/" rel="category tag">Permian Basin Oil News</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/category/texas-oil-and-gas-investing/" rel="category tag">Texas Oil and Gas Investing</a></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/oil-investments-600.jpg" data-rel="lightbox-0"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-5619" style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px 10px;" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/oil-investments-600-300x235.jpg" alt="Oil Investments in Permian Basin Shale" width="300" height="235"/></a>Oil price slide disruptions won’t last much longer. So says the <a title="International Energy Agency" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.wsj.com/articles/plunge-in-oil-prices-unlikely-to-last-much-longer-iea-says-1423530032" target="_blank">International Energy Agency</a>. Though oil production development in the U.S. is in the throes of a contraction—rigs are shutter down faster than expected—the IEA says prices should come back sharply by 2017 as production growth slows.</p> <p>Total U.S. rotary rig counts have plunged over the last several weeks: from a high of 1,931 for the week ending September 26, 2014 <a title="Oil Rig Counts Over View" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=79687&p=irol-rigcountsoverview" target="_blank">to just 1,358 by February 13, 2015</a> according to Baker Hughes. That’s a dive of 30 percent. The year over year figure saw totals shed 406 rigs, a drop of 23 percent. Recent week over week rig count declines have been the <a title="Oil Rig Count Declines" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-30/u-s-oil-rig-count-declines-for-eighth-consecutive-week" target="_blank">sharpest in decades</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/has-shale-disrupted-oil-investment-metrics/#more-5616" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/bradley-winton-joins-aresco-as-vp-of-exploration/">Bradley Winton Joins Aresco as VP of Exploration!</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Thursday, February 19th, 2015 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/category/oil-and-gas-current-events/" rel="category tag">Oil and Gas Current Events</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/category/permian-basin-oil-news/" rel="category tag">Permian Basin Oil News</a></p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/bradley-winton.jpg" data-rel="lightbox-0"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-5588" style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px 10px;" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/bradley-winton-300x300.jpg" alt="Bradley Winton, VP of Exploration" width="300" height="300"/></a>Bradley G. Winton joins Aresco LP, a privately held oil and gas exploration and production company, as Vice President of Exploration</strong></p> <p>(Dallas, Texas) –– Aresco LP, a Dallas-based energy exploration and production company, today announced Bradley G. Winton has joined the company as Vice President of Exploration. Winton will lead the company’s domestic acquisition and divestiture efforts, providing complete prospect appraisals, including geologic modeling, log analysis, seismic interpretation and economic analysis, to help identify and evaluate prospect opportunities. In addition, Mr. Winton will oversee Aresco’s growing portfolio of producing assets in the <a title="Permian Basin" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/tag/permian-basin/">Permian Basin</a>, <a title="Eagle Ford Shale" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/tag/eagle-ford-shale/">Eagle Ford Shale</a>, <a title="Anadarko Basin" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/tag/anadarko-basin/">Anadarko Basin</a>, and <a title="Woodbine Sands" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/tag/woodbine-sands/">Woodbine/Eaglebine</a> section of east Texas. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/bradley-winton-joins-aresco-as-vp-of-exploration/#more-5587" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/crude-oil-price-plunge-ripples-will-be-short-lived/">Crude Oil Price Plunge Ripples Will be Short Lived</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Monday, January 26th, 2015 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/category/oil-and-gas-current-events/" rel="category tag">Oil and Gas Current Events</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/category/permian-basin-oil-news/" rel="category tag">Permian Basin Oil News</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/crude-oil-price-plunge.jpg" data-rel="lightbox-0"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-5471" style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px 10px;" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/crude-oil-price-plunge-300x225.jpg" alt="Crude Oil Price Plunge" width="300" height="225"/></a>With the jarring jolt unleashed from grinding tectonic plates, plunging oil prices have rocked and rolled the energy boom. “<a title="Texas Freaking Out About the Oil Crash" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.businessinsider.com/dallas-fed-manufacturing-december-29-2014-12" target="_blank">Texas Freaking Out About the Oil Crash</a>,” blares the <em>Business Insider</em>. “<a title="Oil boom heading for a bust" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.dallasnews.com/business/energy/20150115-texas-oil-boom-heading-for-bust-in-a-hurry.ece" target="_blank">Oil boom heading for a bust in a hurry</a>,” worries the <em>Dallas Morning News</em>.</p> <p>U.S. Steel is <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/22/ussteel-plant-idUSL1N0V030V20150122" target="_blank">idling plants</a> and laying off workers in Ohio and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2015/01/06/us-steel-layoffs/21346405/" target="_blank">Houston</a> as oil industry demand for pipe, tubing, and well casings dries up. Houston-based oil field services provider Baker Hughes Inc. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/print-edition/2015/01/23/falling-crude-prices-prompt-layoffs-at-baker.html?iana=ind_energy" target="_blank">will trim 7,000</a> from its ranks. Houston-based Shlumberger Limited, the world’s largest oil field services firm, answered the price crater <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.wsj.com/articles/schlumberger-profit-falls-on-lower-oil-prices-1421358734" target="_blank">with 9,000 layoffs</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/crude-oil-price-plunge-ripples-will-be-short-lived/#more-5467" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/what-determines-crude-oil-prices/">What determines crude oil prices?</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Monday, January 19th, 2015 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/category/oil-and-gas-current-events/" rel="category tag">Oil and Gas Current Events</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/category/oil-and-gas-interesting-facts/" rel="category tag">Oil and Gas Interesting Facts</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/category/permian-basin-oil-news/" rel="category tag">Permian Basin Oil News</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/crude-oil-prices-barrel.jpg" data-rel="lightbox-0"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-5408" style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px 10px;" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/crude-oil-prices-barrel-300x225.jpg" alt="What determines crude oil prices?" width="300" height="225"/></a>Ask any U.S. citizen what they notice first as they are driving to work and you can bet most will say “how much is it going to cost me to fill up my tank today”. Predicting daily fluctuations in gas prices with some degree of accuracy can make even the most seasoned gas and oil expert a little crazy, especially with political instability occurring in oil-rich countries and uncertainty about what OPEC is going to do. However, some basic factors do influence the price of crude oil and can be used as relevant variables to determine whether we start the day paying a reasonable $2 or a painfully high $5 for a gallon of gas. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/what-determines-crude-oil-prices/#more-5406" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/will-opec-fueled-price-crater-spell-permian-extinction-not-a-chance/">Will OPEC-Fueled Price Crater Spell Permian Extinction? Not a Chance</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Tuesday, December 9th, 2014 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/category/oil-and-gas-current-events/" rel="category tag">Oil and Gas Current Events</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/category/permian-basin-oil-news/" rel="category tag">Permian Basin Oil News</a></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/permian-oil-field-roughnecks.jpg" target="_blank" data-rel="lightbox-0"><img class="alignleft wp-image-5219 size-medium" style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px 10px;" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/permian-oil-field-roughnecks-300x242.jpg" alt="Permian Oil Field Roughnecks" width="300" height="242"/></a>Much has been made of the recent per barrel oil price plunge, currently hovering below $70. Some speculate OPEC’s recent decision to keep the crude spigot flowing is the cartel’s play to smother America’s great oil boom. Keeping prices low by steadily flushing the market with crude—the thinking goes—<a title="OPEC won't stop US oil production growth" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.cnbc.com/id/102234051#." target="_blank">makes production via fracking and horizontal drilling less viable</a>, triggering a cascade of capital pullback in the oilfield.</p> <p>Sure, there’s room for worry. Oil prices have plummeted more than 30 percent over the last several months. Add in the conventional wisdom that says “tight” oil production from shale ceases to be economical once the $80 per barrel price floor is breached. Question: How low can prices go before North American unconventional investment is throttled and projects start shutting down? Follow-up: Is the conventional wisdom on price even relevant? <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/will-opec-fueled-price-crater-spell-permian-extinction-not-a-chance/#more-5215" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/permian-basin-oil-well-photos/">Permian Basin Oil Well Photos</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Wednesday, November 12th, 2014 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/category/oil-and-gas-current-events/" rel="category tag">Oil and Gas Current Events</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/category/permian-basin-oil-news/" rel="category tag">Permian Basin Oil News</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/category/texas-oil-and-gas-investing/" rel="category tag">Texas Oil and Gas Investing</a></p> <p>Just in case you don’t know a lot about the oil rig setup and drilling process, it is quite an operation. It can take anywhere from fifteen to twenty semi-truck loads just to deliver all rig components to the location. Here are a few photos to give you an up-close look at our Permian Basin oil project at Noodle Canyon. This oil well is in Jones County which is on the eastern edge of the Permian Basin shale area. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/permian-basin-oil-well-photos/#more-4964" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/category/permian-basin-oil-news/page/2/">Next Page »</a></div> <div id="sidebar"> <div id="flags" class="size"><ul id="sortable" class="ui-sortable" style="float:left"><li id="English"><a title="English" class="notranslate flag en"></a></li></ul></div><div id="google_language_translator"></div> <p class="titles">Recent News</p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701015217/http://www.arescotx.com/aresco-acquires-oil-interest-in-cherokee-platform-in-oklahoma/">Aresco acquires oil interest in Cherokee Platform in Oklahoma</a> </li> <li> <a 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