The American Oil and Gas Reporter

August 2026 Frac Facts Multizone Completion And Modern Microproppant Help Revitalize Mature Field As operators across North America face pressure to maximize returns from existing assets, mature stacked-pay reservoirs are receiving renewed attention. Many of these fields still contain significant remaining hydrocarbons, but legacy completion designs, understimulated intervals and declining production have prevented full reservoir recovery.

August 2026 Markets & Analytics Frac Spreads Must Stay Active To Meet Gas Demand Today, any attempt to forecast drilling and completion activity or hydrocarbon production must account for the rapid rise of artificial intelligence. As hyperscalers commit tens of billions of dollars to build massive data center campuses across the United States, they are racing each other to secure electricity. Individual facilities now require hundreds of megawatts of continuous power.

WATFORD CITY, N.D.—The definition of a long lateral in the Williston Basin keeps changing. What was once considered an ambitious length has now become routine, and operators are already finding new ways to extend wells even farther. That evolution is redefining development across North Dakota, allowing producers to improve their economics as they begin to lay the groundwork for the basin’s next phase of growth.

August 2026 Cover Story Natural Gas Playmakers Pair Upstream Execution With Midstream Expansions Most of those who demonstrated their enthusiasm during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, are now moving on to other sporting event interests. How about the anticipation building for the September 9 opening game of the National Football League, which will pit the 2026 Super Bowl-winning Seattle Seahawks against the New England Patriots?

August 2026 Sneak Peek Preview Innovations Save Time While Enhancing Safety And Protecting Remote Sites Safety programs rightly begin with strong training programs and deliberate efforts to build and maintain cultures where employees know their superiors and peers consider safety the top priority. In such workplaces, employees feel comfortable exercising their authority to stop dangerous work.

The Iran war has spurred strong interest in creating alternatives to the Strait of Hormuz. In a note sent to CNBC in mid-July, Goldman Sachs identified seven pipeline projects that aim to mitigate Iran’s ability to restrict hydrocarbon exports. By 2028, Goldman Sachs estimates that pipeline expansions could handle 60% of the Gulf states’ pre-war oil exports, CNBC reports. But the news network cautions that these pipelines, like the strait itself, would be vulnerable to relatively low-cost attacks.

The United States’ investments in energy development have made it far more resilient to the oil supply shocks associated with the Iran war than most of the world, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas argues in a white paper published June 17. To quantify the impact, the Fed modeled how a 15% reduction in global oil supplies would affect the United States and the rest of the world.

July 2026 Cover Story The Bottleneck Isn’t the Model. It’s the Execution. For decades, the oil and gas industry has approached ESP optimization the same way. This account comes from two vantage points: the technology side that builds these systems and the operations side that deploys them. From both sides, the conclusion has been the same. Prior to my position at ROAM-AI, I watched the pattern play out firsthand while leading technology and digital transformation for an operator in the Permian Basin.

Remote sites come with risk, and that’s a truth that oil and gas operators around the country are keenly aware of. Well pads, compressor stations, and laydown yards may sit miles away from the nearest town, and even when the premises has fencing, valuable equipment still lies in the open as different crews come and go. For a long time, this reality has been viewed as part of doing business in the field. Today, that assumption could cost more money and put continuity of daily operations in jeopardy.

HOUSTON—Breakthroughs in emissions technology are increasingly being shaped by artificial intelligence and the same operating imperative that has always driven the sector: better operating performance. Regulations and methane-reduction targets still matter, but operators are placing the most value on AI-enabled solutions that keep equipment online, protect production, and improve revenue.