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Pioneer Energy’s Tech Offers More Pad Throughput, Fewer Emissions

Pioneer Energy’s Emission Control Treater technology reduces emissions and can boost a well’s crude yield by 5% to10%, executives say.

More Uinta, Green River Gas Needed as Western US Demand Grows

Natural gas demand in the western U.S. market is rising, risking supply shortages later this decade. Experts say gas from the Uinta and Green River basins will make up some of the shortfall.

E&P Highlights: Jan. 13, 2025

Here’s a roundup of the latest E&P headlines, including Chevron starting production from a platform in the Gulf of Mexico and several new products for pipelines.

Atlas Energy’s Dune Express Makes First Proppant Delivery to NM

Atlas Energy Solutions’ 42-mile Dune Express fully electric conveyor system delivered its first commercial load of proppant sand from Texas to New Mexico on Jan. 12.

Pioneer to Adapt Emvolon’s Flare Gas-to-Methanol Tech

The Department of Energy awarded Pioneer Energy $6 million to demonstrate the technology at an oil and gas facility in the Eagle Ford Shale for 12 months.

Shale Outlook Permian: The Once and Future King Keeps Delivering

The Permian Basin’s core is in full-scale manufacturing mode, with smaller intrepid operators pushing the basin’s boundaries further and deeper.

Shale Outlook Uinta: Horizontal Boom to Continue in 2025

After two large-scale transactions by SM Energy and Ovintiv, the Uinta Basin is ready for development—and stacked pay exploration.

DOE Awards Pioneer Energy $27MM for Emissions Reduction Projects

Pioneer Energy said it will allocate most of the funds toward advancing its Emission Control Treater, a near zero emissions well pad production technology, as it implements projects in the Eagle Ford, Cotton Valley and Colorado.

Liberty Energy, DC Grid to Collaborate on Turnkey Power Solutions

Liberty Energy’s power solutions and DC Grid’s direct current systems will offer rapidly deployed, scalable and sustainable power for data centers, among other uses.

Aalo Atomics Advancing Microreactor Tech for US Energy Needs

Aalo Atomics intends to build an experimental microreactor facility at the Idaho National Laboratory.