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Shale Plays
CEO Darren Woods: What’s Driving Permian M&A for Exxon, Other E&Ps
Since acquiring XTO for $36 billion in 2010, Exxon Mobil has gotten better at drilling unconventional shale plays. But it needed Pioneer’s high-quality acreage to keep running in the Permian Basin, CEO Darren Woods said at CERAWeek by S&P Global.
Silver Hill Energy Enters Bakken with Liberty Resources Acquisition
Silver Hill Energy Partners LP is getting into the Bakken in North Dakota through the acquisition of Liberty Resources II.
Analysts: Top-Tier Drilling Inventory Shrinking as Well Costs Rise
The cost of supply for North American shale producers is expected to continue rising, according to a recent analysis by Enverus Intelligence Research.
The Future of Shale: ‘The Brainiac Stuff is Coming’
Lab tests show that 90% of oil is still left in rock that’s drilled.
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Field Development
SilverBow Makes Horseshoe Lateral in Austin Chalk
SilverBow Resources’ 8,900-foot lateral was drilled in Live Oak County at the intersection of South Texas’ oil and condensate phases.
May 1, 2024
Acquisitions & Divestitures, Exploration & Production
Comstock Adds Four Whopper Wildcats; Takes Western Haynesville to 450K
Comstock Resources' four newest wells, which IP’ed at more than 35 MMcf/d, were landed at up to 19,400 feet total vertical depth.
May 1, 2024
Shale Plays, Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Natural Gas liquids (NGL), Earnings
Gulfport Plans Liquids-rich Program After ‘Strong’ Ohio Oil Tests
Appalachia gas producer Gulfport Energy continues to report “strong oil production” from a two-well Hendershot pad drilled in eastern Ohio last year. Gulfport plans to develop additional liquids-rich opportunities this year as natural gas prices hover near record lows.
May 1, 2024
Shale Plays, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Exploration & Production, Drilling
Decoding the Delaware: How E&Ps Are Unlocking the Future
The basin is deeper, gassier, more geologically complex and more remote than the Midland Basin to the east. But the Delaware is too sweet of a prize to pass up for many of the nation’s top oil and gas producers.
May 1, 2024
Natural Gas, Pipelines, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), Trade, International
Permian Gas Finds Another Way to Asia
A crop of Mexican LNG facilities in development will connect U.S. producers to high-demand markets while avoiding the Panama Canal.
April 30, 2024
Energy Storage, Emissions, Infrastructure
Electrifying Permian Could Threaten West Texas Power Grid—Enverus
Emissions reduction targets and cryptocurrency mining could double power demand and threaten the grid in West Texas by 2040, according to a report by Enverus Intelligence Research.
April 30, 2024
Unconventional, Wind, Shale Plays, Acquisitions & Divestitures
Equinor Says EQT Asset Swap Upgrades International Portfolio
Equinor CFO Torgrim Reitan says the company’s recent U.S. asset swap with EQT Corp. was an example of the European company “high-grading” its international E&P portfolio.
April 30, 2024
Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Investment
M&A Spotlight Shifts from Permian to Bakken, Marcellus
Potential deals-in-waiting include the Bakken’s Grayson Mill Energy, EQT's remaining non-operated Marcellus portfolio and some Shell and BP assets in the Haynesville, Rystad said.
April 29, 2024
Shale Plays, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Earnings
Chevron CEO: Permian, D-J Basin Production Fuels US Output Growth
Chevron continues to prioritize Permian Basin investment for new production and is seeing D-J Basin growth after closing its $6.3 billion acquisition of PDC Energy last year, CEO Mike Wirth said.
April 29, 2024
Service Contracts, Service & Supply, Field Development
ProPetro to Provide eFrac Services to Exxon’s Permian Operations
ProPetro has entered a three-year agreement to provide electric hydraulic fracturing services for Exxon Mobil’s operations in the Permian Basin.
April 29, 2024