Tidelands Oil Production Company

Synthetic Vs. Conventional oil: What's The Difference?

It's a question frequently asked by our customers; what's the difference between regular or "conventional" oil and synthetic oil? While there can be many highly technical explanations, the basic differences come down to two key issues: base oils and additive packages.

Why we will no longer be a welcoming church

We’ve decided to quit being a welcoming church. No kidding. We’re giving it up. Like so many congregations, we’ve sunk an amazing amount of time and energy into becoming a welcoming church. We changed worship styles, trained greeters and ushers, wore name tags, brewed coffee, went to workshops on hospitality and put our friendliest people …

A failed fuel experiment: Ethanol miscalculations should doom gas additive

It seemed like a good idea at the time. The nation’s gasoline consumption was rising steadily, our dependency on foreign oil supplies seemed to make us vulnerable to economic shocks, and climate change, spurred by our unfettered spewing of greenhouse...

What If the Government Did Ban Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas?

Hip-hop artist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez wants the next president to take steps that would end use of all fossil fuels in America by 2026.

Oil companies reaping the benefits of 170-percent rise in natural gas prices

Oil companies are benefiting from the recent rise in natural gas prices, which have more...

Can hydrogen save oil companies from climate shift?

Hydrogen presents a potential game-changer for oil companies seeking to survive in an emerging zero-carbon world as governments across the globe tighten restrictions of greenhouse gases produced by fossil fuels in efforts to slow climate change.

World’s Largest Oil, Natural Gas Producers to Increase Carbon, Methane Cuts

A dozen of the top global oil and natural gas producers, whose goal when they came together was to cut emissions from their upstream businesses, have

Why I’m good with not owning oil and gas producers

Oil and gas producer earnings are closely tied to commodity prices beyond their control and this makes their dividends unstable and unpredictable

Can Oil Companies Save the World from Global Warming?

Oil firms might pay to use CO 2 emissions from power plants, but low petroleum prices could doom the effort

As global oil production is reduced, will gas prices increase or decrease? The answer is mixed.

Will the OPEC+ decision to cut oil production impact U.S. gas prices or will the global economic uncertainty curb increases?

Part of cleaning up oil production is building natural gas pipelines

When an oil company drills a well, oil isn’t always the only thing that comes out of the ground. Often, natural gas seeps out, too.This is a good...

How Does Tesla Get A Worse ESG Score Than 2 Oil Companies?

Isn't it odd that Tesla has a low Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) score yet oil companies have high ones?

Oil Companies Have Known for Decades

They’ve promoted climate change doubt and we all pay.

Sweet signal could be used to increase plant oil production for biofuels

A small molecule helps stabilize the protein that turns on plant oil production

Are oil companies' big bets on plastics in peril?

European nations, worried about the increasing volume of plastics found in the world's ocean, have been clamping down. For oil companies that would seemingly pose a dilemma. With countries moving quickly to reduce their reliance on burning fossil fuels to help combat climate change, the industry had planned to pick up the slack by increasing the production of natural gas - cleaner burning than oil - and chemicals, including plastics.

Why Isn’t U.S. Oil Production Growing More?

US producers demonstrated that they are capable of significant growth at a lower oil price level, so it can be baffling that production is not growing more at higher prices.

How can national oil companies overcome the challenges of ESG reporting?

National oil companies fulfil multiple roles and deliver complex national mandates but they face challenges with ESG reporting. Stakeholder capitalism metrics offer a solution.

Have Fortunes Turned For Oil And Gas Producers?

GUSH gives very broad exposure to 67 producers of oil and gas of which oil is the largest and most active market. Oil producers have simply overproduced. The m

Is Oil Production in the Prairies Hurting Ducks?

Ducks Unlimited begins extensive studies in the Dakotas to determine the effects of the oil boom on duck productivity .

Apple, The Oil Company?