Analysts have called Laredo Petroleum Holdings “the next Concho,” referring to its big growth profile in the Permian Basin as a pure play on that oil-rich region.

Scott Sheffield forewarned attendees at Hart Energy’s DUG conference that the rapidly rising flow of oil out of the Permian Basin is progressing toward a constriction unless midstream providers act quickly to expand takeaway capacity.

Deal flow in the Permian Basin is being driven by stacked, oil-rich resource plays.

Cline shale talk at OGIS New York continues to suggest it is Wolfcamp “D”.

Some of the main conference themes from the 27 presentations included operators discussing “running room” and portfolio approaches to energy development.

Oil and gas operators, like grizzled buyers at a cattle auction, are finding the Permian a cut above the regional competition.

A CERAWeek panel focused on taking care of maturing assets, pointing out that new applications of technology can revitalize older oil fields

In keeping with its 20-year history, Winter NAPE 2012 is all about networking.

The Permian Basin is alive with a new breed of unconventional play, centered on the Wolfcamp.

Nearly two years after operators prophesied a transition to liquids rich portfolios, the oil-directed horizontal rig count topped the gas-directed horizontal rig count during the week ending Jan. 6, 2012.

Onshore rig count rose an unexpected 10% in 2011 to finish the year at 1,562 units, according to Hart’s Unconventional Activity Tracker.

The Wolfcamp shale play is proving to be oily, consistent and large—very large.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife OKs six-month extension to further study creature's endangered status.

The Permian Basin boasts several horizontal oil plays, but much of the recent buzz has been about the area on the Northwest Shelf and in the Delaware Basin on the western side of the Permian, notes Global Hunter Securities.

It's all about oil as the onshore oil and gas industry sprints toward the 2011 finish line.