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FIELD NEWS

Original oilfield reporting. Bakken, Permian, and every basin that matters. Written by hands, for hands.

142 REPORTS PUBLISHED

You Keep Asking Why Diesel Is A Record When America Is Making More Oil Than Ever. Here Is The Answer

September 24, 2026

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9 Frac Crews Are Pumping The Longest Wells North Dakota Has Ever Drilled

September 23, 2026

America Is Pumping Near Record Oil And Has The Least Diesel In Storage For Mid September In 44 Years

September 20, 2026

The US Rig Count Went Up 7 In 2 Weeks. North Dakota Went Up 7.

September 18, 2026

Oil Is Back Over $100 And The Saudi Pipe That Can Carry 6 North Dakotas Of Crude A Day Is Shut

September 16, 2026

They Don't Pay Us That Much For The Work. They Pay Us That Much For The Time.

September 13, 2026

Diesel Just Crossed 6 Dollars For The First Time Ever. Here Is What That Costs You Per Mile.

September 12, 2026

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September 9, 2026

The Bakken Is Pumping Its 2014 Number With 153 Fewer Rigs

September 6, 2026

The First Labor Day Was Not A Day Off

September 5, 2026

Diesel Hit $5.85. The Highest National Average Ever Recorded.

September 2, 2026

US Crude Stocks Are 114 Million Barrels Lower Than A Year Ago. The Reserve Took All Of It.

August 30, 2026

North Dakota Went From 13 Frac Crews To 8 In One Month

August 29, 2026

It's Saturday And Location Doesn't Know It. Neither Do You.

August 28, 2026

Almost Half The Rigs Running In America Today Are Sitting In One Basin

August 26, 2026

Ten Rigs Went Back To Work In North Dakota Since Mid July

August 20, 2026

The Diesel Market Just Made History. Every Refinery In America Is Running Flat Out.

August 19, 2026

Oil Hit 55 Eight Months Ago. There Are More Rigs Turning Now Than Any Week Since March 2025.

August 14, 2026

Crude Touched $120 This Spring. It’s 82 Now. So Why Is Diesel At An August Record?

Brent Cracked $100. And North Dakota Crude Just Out-Priced West Texas.

Missiles Hit Two Saudi Tankers and Russia's Biggest Oil Port Just Got Choked.

Oil Is Up 14% In A Week...Your Paycheck Isn't.

$38.01 an Hour. The Highest Drilling and Frac Pay Ever Recorded.

Ceasefire Over. The War Premium Came Back in One Night.

It's 9 O'Clock Somewhere And Most Of The Country Is On The Couch.

Monday We Said the War Premium Was Gone. Overnight, Iran Put It Back.

Last Week America Set the All-Time Crude Record. This Week That Barrel Is Worth a Four-Month Low.

13,934,000 Barrels a Day. The New All-Time Record.

America Turns 250 Years Old Today.

The Middle East Just Got Hot Again.

Day 100. The Strait of Hormuz Is Still Closed.

The Government Opened the Arctic. Nobody Showed Up.

Bakken Crude Is Selling at a $9.50 Premium Over WTI. Your Barrel Is Worth More Than the Screen Price.

Market Analysis

ADNOC Flags August as the Oil Price Tipping Point. The Field Already Knew.

189 Frac Crews Running. Rigs Up 6 Straight Weeks. The Well Backlog Just Hit an All-Time Low.

Every American Driver Paid More At The Pump This Memorial Day Weekend Than Any Holiday In Four Years.

$8 Billion. 2,000 Miles Of Pipe. 57 Ethanol Plants Across 5 States. North Dakota Landowners Killed It.

China Just Agreed To Buy American Oil.

Incident Report

26 Workers Evacuated. Offshore Platform On Fire Off The California Coast.

Every Friday Afternoon Across Every Oil Field In America The Same Thing Happens. Nobody Ever Talks About It.

Today Was Supposed To Be The Day The Federal Government Shut Down Flaring In The Bakken And Permian.

Oil Just Crashed 10%. Your 2026 Budget Isn't Changing.

Someone Is Stealing Your Oil. 500 Barrels A Week In One County Alone.

The U.S. Navy Just Sank Six Iranian Boats In The Strait Of Hormuz. This Morning.

Morning Safety Meetings Now Need Translators

Most People Think The Oilfield Is Just Manual Labor. They're Wrong.

WTI Crossed $110 A Barrel Overnight. Highest Level Since 2022.

Biggest Energy Shock In Recorded History. Here's What It Means For Your Wallet.

The JSA Nobody Reads But Everybody Signs.

The UAE Just Quit OPEC. Effective Thursday.

The White House Just Approved New Pipelines In North Dakota. The Bakken Has Been Waiting For This.

Iran Seized Two Ships This Week. The U.S. Lost 68 Oil Rigs In A Year. Here's What The Numbers Actually Say.

The Oilfield Finally Got Its Show. Here's What Landman Nailed And What Would Send You Home In An Ambulance.

Oil Dropped $11 Friday. Iran Fired On A Tanker Saturday. You Do The Math.

Iran Just Opened The Strait Of Hormuz.

Chevron And Repsol Are Racing Into Venezuela.

Iran Just Threatened To Block The Red Sea.

The World Ran Out Of Options. Now It's Running To Us.

10 Years In And Your Knees Sound Like Rice Krispies Every Morning

Iran Just Turned The World's Oil Highway Into A Toll Road

Trump Just Handed The Oilfield A Loaded Gun And A Ticking Clock.

EPA Drops The Rule That's Been Stranding Diesel Equipment For 15 Years.

Frozen Hell Or Burning Hell. Which Do You Choose?

Let's Just Say It Out Loud

The Unspoken Hierarchy Nobody Talks About

Incident Report

Valero Port Arthur Refinery Just Blew Up. And Your Diesel Price Is Going With It

The Boom Has A Trap Door. It Opened This Morning.

1099 vs W-2. Who's Actually Winning?

Iraq, OPEC's #2 Oil Producer, Shuts Down

February 28, 2026

U.S. And Israel Strike Iran. What Oilfield Workers Need To Know

February 25, 2026

The Oilfield Will Humble You If You're Not Ready

February 22, 2026

The Oilfield Isn't Dead. Your Work Ethic Is.

February 19, 2026

Would You Let Your Kid Work In The Oilfield?

February 15, 2026

Venezuelan Oil Is Back. And U.S. Shale Could Pay The Price

February 1, 2026

Some Hands Make You Better, Others Will Get You Hurt

January 31, 2026

New Guy vs Dumbass

January 29, 2026

Oil Spikes. Jobs Don't. Here's The Real Story.

January 27, 2026

2 Million Barrels A Day, Offline

January 24, 2026

Incident Report

“The Beast” Just Fell Over

January 23, 2026

-40° Windchill Doesn't Care How Tough You Are

January 21, 2026

Two More Bakken Operators Halting Drilling

January 19, 2026

Continental Just Shut Down All Bakken Drilling. Here's What That Means For Us

January 18, 2026

Broke Between Paychecks? Here's Why It Keeps Happening

January 16, 2026

That Moment When Someone Yells “Safety!” And Everyone Suddenly Knows Where Their PPE Is.

January 14, 2026

Why Mental Health In The Oilfield Is A Bigger Problem Than Anyone Admits

January 14, 2026

Free Career Advice That Could Save Your Ass

January 13, 2026

$90 Billion Bakken Takeover. Here's Who Owns Your Oilfield Now

January 12, 2026

Nobody Leaves This Industry The Same Person They Came In As

January 11, 2026

Two Kinds Of Sunday Nights

January 10, 2026

The One Who Never Clocks Out

January 9, 2026

Trump Says Oil Execs Agreed To A Deal. Here's What They Actually Said.

January 9, 2026

The Difference Between A Good Hitch And A Bad One Is The People.

January 8, 2026

Dirty Hands, Clean Money.

January 8, 2026

The Alarm Doesn't Care How Tired You Are

January 7, 2026

The Oilfield Isn't Dying. It's Killing Off The Weak.

January 7, 2026

Your Kids Won't Remember The Money. They'll Remember You Weren't There.

January 6, 2026

Oilfield Trucking Is Getting Gutted. And Nobody's Talking About It.

January 6, 2026

Trump Says 30-50 Million Barrels Coming To The U.S.

January 6, 2026

Most Oilfield TikTokers Showing Off “Big Money” Are Either Broke Or Lying. Here's How To Spot The BS

January 5, 2026

“Drill Baby Drill” Meets Reality. Where Are The Jobs?

January 5, 2026

Why Venezuela's Oil Industry Is Getting Strangled Right Now

January 4, 2026

The Biggest Oilfield Story You're Not Talking About

January 3, 2026

I Saw A Guy Quit The Oilfield Last Week

January 2, 2026

Saturday In The Oilfield Hits Different

January 2, 2026

People Think The Oilfield Shuts Down For The Holidays. It Doesn't.

Market Analysis

$5 Gas Is Coming. Oil Hits $118.88.

Market Analysis

ExxonMobil and Chevron Warn Oil Could Hit $150. Here's What That Means for the Field.

Harold Hamm at Bismarck: Rigs Are Coming Back to the Bakken.

Market Analysis

IEA: This Is the Largest Supply Disruption in History.

Frac Calendar Is Full. Earnings Season Confirmed It.

The US Is Running Out of Spare Wells. DUC Count Hits Record Low.

February 2, 2026

Devon and Coterra Announce Major Shale Merger.

Devon-Coterra Merger: What It Means for Bakken Workers.

The Real Sign an Oilfield Boom Is Coming. It's Not the Rig Count.

Shell Acquires Arc Resources. Another Major Consolidation in North America.

February 5, 2026

SM Energy and Civitas Resources Announce Merger.

January 28, 2026

ExxonMobil Is Exiting the Eagle Ford. Here's What That Signals.

Microsoft Is Buying Permian Gas Directly from Chevron.

February 21, 2026

ConocoPhillips Sells $2 Billion in Assets. What's Getting Cut.

Commonwealth LNG Gets the Green Light in Louisiana.

Bridger Pipeline Expands Canadian Crude Capacity.

Market Analysis

$200 Oil and $8 Gas. Are We Headed There?

Bernie Sanders Pushes Oilfield Windfall Tax. What It Would Mean.

February 3, 2026

Nine Energy Service Files Chapter 11. What Happens to the Crews.

DUC Wells Hit Record Low in 2026. The Backlog Is Gone.

Bismarck Conference: Bakken 2.0 Is Starting.

First New US Refinery in 50 Years Just Got Approved.

Incident Report

Chalmette Refinery Explosion. What We Know.

January 30, 2026

Incident Report

Blanchard Oklahoma Blowout. Field Report.

Incident Report

Oil Well Blowout — Etoile, Texas. Still Burning.

12 Refineries in 75 Days. That Is Not a Coincidence.

Deepwater Horizon. 16 Years Later. What the Field Still Gets Wrong.

You're More Likely to Die Driving to the Well Than on It.

February 5, 2026

Oilfield Deaths Happen Alone. That's the Problem.

January 26, 2026

Why Oilfield Hands Stay Even When It's Hard.

The Hardest Part of Oilfield Work Isn't the Work.

February 26, 2026

The Unwritten Rules of Man Camp. Every Hand Knows These.

The Overtime Trap. Why Oilfield Workers Are Always Broke.

February 8, 2026

The Oilfield Drug and Alcohol Problem Nobody Talks About.

The Oilfield Is Losing Its Institutional Knowledge. Fast.

Oilfield vs College. The Real Numbers.

The First 90 Days. What Kills Rookies Before They Start.

US Oil and Gas Prices Explained for the Hand Who Pumps It.

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