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 Partners LP is getting into the Bakken in North Dakota through the acquisition of Liberty Resources II.
The cost of supply for North American shale producers is expected to continue rising, according to a recent analysis by Enverus Intelligence Research.
Lab tests show that 90% of oil is still left in rock that’s drilled.
Near-record associated gas volumes from U.S. oil basins continue to put pressure on dry gas producers, which are curtailing output and cutting rigs.
Benchmark Energy II closed a $145 million acquisition of western Anadarko Basin assets—and the company is hunting for more low-decline, mature assets to acquire.
Prices at the Waha Hub in West Texas closed at negative $2.99/MMBtu on April 15, its lowest since December 2022.
Public mineral and royalty companies have performed well in the markets, and investors are taking notice. But experts say mineral and royalties stocks still have a long way to go to compete for generalist investor capital.
Investment firm Kimmeridge said it had withdrawn its offer to combine its Eagle Ford E&P with SilverBow Resources as it promotes a slate of independent directors for SilverBow’s board at the company’s May annual meeting.
EQT, the largest natural gas producer in the U.S., is taking greater control of the production chain with its latest move.
Following the transaction, GE Goodson will operate as The JF Petroleum Group’s Midland branch on a go-forward basis.
Equinor will part with its operated assets in the Marcellus and Utica Shale and pay $500 million to EQT in exchange for 40% of EQT’s non-operated assets in the Northern Marcellus Shale.
Foundation Energy Fund V-A has retained EnergyNet for the sale of a 162 Permian Basin opportunity well package in Eddy and Lea counties, New Mexico and Howard County, Texas.
Through Diversified Energy’s “aggressive” voluntary leak detection and repair program, the company has already hit its 2030 emission goal and is en route to 2040 targets, the company says.