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White Paper on HBP Estimated LeaseHold released

A long time coming, our HBP is now in 8 states, and we have finally written our white paper explaining some of our process of how we built it out. The white paper link is half way down this page…https://blackbearddata.com/data-products/held-by-production-polygons

Blackbeard Data’s methodology for wellspot correction

We have added a paper on the nuanced approach Blackbeard Data takes in correcting wellspots. white paper on BBD wellspots – 27AUG20

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Golden Window For Buying Oil Royalties During Covid19

With the collapse of oil prices, comes an opportunity for mineral and royalty buyers. Not just your average run-of-the-mill opportunity, but an extraordinary one. This unusual time has brought financial stress to many households. With little warning, many royalty owners

Blackbeard Data Fighting Covid 19

These are unusual times. Filled with oil crashes, an anti-science president, and a dire plague. A real bad mix made worse that it had to be. As responsible citizens, our role is to hunker down, isolate and let Covid-19 burn out.

Blackbeard Data and Blue Marble Geographics are teaming up

Blackbeard Data and Blue Marble Geographics are teaming up to bring oilfield data to Global Mapper! Global Mapper is

Impeachment and the cost to the Oil Industry

Make no mistake, the oil industry will be affected by the President Trump’s pending impeachment. Even though energy policy is a bipartisan issue, it can not escape damage. First, we can rule out any quick ratification of USMCA, the new

Some Statistics on Wellspot Corrections in the US

Blackbeard Data has now done over 1.5 million well corrections for clients over the last decade. We have assembled a great deal of data over this time and have knocked out some quick statistics to give you and idea of

Blackbeard releases a new website!

Updating our website to reflect our new products and services.

Gas Royalty Gambling

Gas prices remain depressed. No getting around that. The question beckons to be asked, “Is natural gas depressed or is this going to be the going rate for the future?” This is a very timely question if you want to

Iran’s Oil Exports Collapse as Hormuz Standoff Drags On September 9, 2026
More than six months after the U.S.-Iran war began, shipping traffic at the Strait of Hormuz remains disrupted, and oil prices are once again closing in on the $100 per barrel mark. The U.S. and Iran remain deadlocked at the start of the seventh month of the conflict. But the U.S. economic pressure on Iran […]
Hedge Funds Pile Into Fuels as U.S. Supply Squeeze Deepens September 8, 2026
For the first four months of the war between the United States and Israel and Iran, oil traders remained largely bearish. The overwhelming expectation was that the war would end soon—even as July rolled around—and oil flows out of Hormuz would recover. Instead, the world is slipping into a fuel shortage, and traders have gone […]
Why The U.S. Is Racing To Lock Down Iraq’s Most Explosive Geopolitical Gas Prize September 8, 2026
Sharing its eastern border with Iran, its northern border with Turkey, its western border with Syria and Jordan, and its southern border with Saudi Arabia, Iraq is arguably the single most geopolitically important country to the U.S., China, and Russia in the entire Middle East. In turn, the lawless western desert province of Anbar is […]
Copper Surges Above $14,500 as Supply Squeeze Deepens September 8, 2026
Copper futures in London reached a record high on Tuesday as expectations of US tariffs drew record volumes from the seaborne market into US warehouses, tightening availability elsewhere despite subdued demand. As we highlighted on Monday, deteriorating conditions across global mining operations are adding to supply woes. Benchmark three-month futures on the LME gained nearly 1% to reach $14,533 a […]