While Canada's leaders promise measures to protect oilfield livelihoods, shale drillers in the U.S. are working to minimize the impacts of a potential Biden victory.

BP has boldly claimed that global oil demand will peak in the next ten years in its 2020 Energy Outlook. Some emerging trends in the upcoming World Oil 2020 Drilling Forecast reveal how future production capacity may make that happen.

In addition to record job losses, legislative activities and harsh economic realities will limit options for oil and gas sector growth in North America's post-coronavirus economy.

Between Halliburton and Liberty Oilfield Services, hydraulic fracturing now has two major players with fundamentally different field capabilities and technology ambitions.

A close examination of drilling activity and oil price resilience suggest that pieces may be coming into place to support the start of a U.S. shale recovery.

As forecasts show no near-term end in sight for depressed oil demand, operators are making dramatic adjustment to meet new industry realities.

From bankruptcies and asset fire sales to job losses and record declines in crude production, drilling activity levels not seen since 1940 are affecting every corner of the oil and gas industry.

A disconnect between drilling activity and supermajors' earnings may reveal a shift in industry leadership, as evidence that the oil and gas industry is reaching a bottom emerges.

Service companies' unbiased market projections run counter to OPEC and IEA's models; Canadian drillers want new tax structures to replicate Norway's success; and a Texas regulator changes his tune on tariffs.

The last major downturn of the early 1990's taught service companies some harsh lessons, and their survival may hinge on how those lessons are applied in today's Covid-19 fueled downturn.