contents_Layout 3 9/23/2020 11:10 AM Page 1 Instrumentation for Magnetic Ranging SEPTEMBER 2020 Volume 63 No. 9 THE ISSUE The Permian Basin is the standard against which other basins are measured. Even amid the market Permian tumult of 2020, the venerable producing province Powerhouse in West Texas and Southeast New Mexico retains its status as one of the world's most resilient and productive basins. September's cover story looks at the dynamics and challenges of "getting back to work" in the Permian through the eyes of several prominent basin players with various backgrounds and unique perspectives. One of the next articles in the Permian Powerhouse section explains how expanding infrastructure and pandemic-related output declines have combined to ease price-defining constraints in takeaway capacity, for both crude and natural gas. Also this month, two opening September features focus on hydraulic fracturing. In the first, experts with their fingers on the pulse of U.S. fracturing activity highlight evidence pointing to a tenuous ongoing recovery in U.S. active frac spread counts. Then comes the insightful conclusion to the two-part series in which MDC Texas Energy shares lessons it has learned about completion design by applying real-time pressure monitoring to Delaware Basin wells. Association news includes Official Convention Sections for PBPA and NDPC. Cover photo by Jim Blecha, courtesy of Cimarex Energy. Issue photography courtesy of Liberty Oilfield Services. SEPTEMBER 2020 The "Better Business" Publication Serving the Exploration / Drilling / Production Industry Page 48 Kyle McGraw Chairman PBPA "We know this will pass as the economy recovers and people get back to driving and flying more." Page 85 Kathleen Neset Chairman, NDPC "None of us have lived through anything like this before, but NDPC has handled it very well." Page 92 Helmholtz Coil Systems * Calibration of downhole tools NEWS 16 | Federal Lands And Waters: DOI authorizes leasing on ANWR's coastal plain; Trump extends leasing moratorium for Eastern Gulf and South Atlantic; ONRR looks to update royalty valuation regulations 18 | In the Courts: Federal judge refuses to stop construction of Permian Highway Pipeline; Judge stays vacatur of Wyoming leases; Environmental groups sue PHMSA to stop LNG by rail; Federal court keeps coastal lawsuits in Louisiana state courts 28 | Federal Regulations: EPA completes roll-back of Obama methane rules 31 | State Legislative: Cuomo signs New York law deeming oil and gas waste as hazardous 96 | Election-Year Polling: Survey shows swing-state voters favor U.S. oil and gas production OFFICIAL CONVENTION SECTIONS * Active cancellation system High Temperature Magnetic Field Probes * Miniature probes down to 25x11x20mm * Low noise option (<30pTrms/√Hz at 1Hz) 85 | PBPA: Permian Basin remains one of industry's busiest places 92 | NDPC: Array of issues affecting North Dakota industry playing out in legal arena US distributor: COLUMNS 23 | Tech Connections 25 | Washington Watch www.gmw.comhttp://www.gmw.com