Learn North American oil & gas

Know your basins.

A simple way to learn where the basins are, what they produce, and how the industry fits together. Built to be quick, and actually fun.

North American basins to start

ways to read a barrel

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on the way after North America

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what's inside

Guess the basin on a real map of North America, and learn what each one produces.

Short questions on how the industry works and how it got here, with the why.

Tracks on modeling, NAVs, type curves, and how the industry works.

Primers, books, sites, and podcasts worth your time.

Tilt a basin in 3D to see where its plays are and how deep they sit underground.

Gas, oil, NGLs. Sour or sweet. Heavy or light. What each one means.

Energy M&A and deal news, filterable by sector, deal type, and bank.

the vocabulary

Once you know where a basin is, the next question is what comes out of it. You learn to read each one along a few traits:

Oil-weightedGas-weightedNGL-richSourSweetHeavy vs light