Texas/La Gulf Coast
Acquisitions & Divestitures , Field Development , Shale Plays
Exxon Shale Exec Details Plans for Pioneer’s Acreage, 4-mile Laterals
Exxon Mobil plans to drill longer, more capital efficient wells in the Midland Basin after a major boost from the $60 billion Pioneer Natural Resources acquisition. Data shows that Exxon is a leading operator drilling 4-mile laterals in the Permian’s Delaware Basin.
Natural Gas , Earnings , Mergers , Exploration & Production
Chesapeake Stockpiles DUCs as Doubts Creep in Over Southwestern Deal
Chesapeake Energy is stockpiling DUCs until demand returns through growth from LNG exports, power generation and industrial activity.
Earnings , Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) , Natural Gas
Tellurian Reports Driftwood LNG Progress Amid Low NatGas Production
Tellurian’s Driftwood LNG received an extension through 2029 with authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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. It's a first in the Chalk.
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.
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.
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.
Exploration & Production , Shale Plays , Crude Oil , Natural Gas
Barnett & Beyond: Marathon, Oxy, Peers Testing Deeper Permian Zones
Marathon Oil, Occidental, Continental Resources and others are reaching under the Permian’s popular benches for new drilling locations. Analysts think there are areas of the basin where the Permian’s deeper zones can compete for capital.
Rig Counts , Natural Gas
Repsol to Drop Marcellus Rig in June
Spain’s Repsol plans to drop its Marcellus Shale rig in June and reduce capex in the play due to the current U.S. gas price environment, CEO Josu Jon Imaz told analysts during a quarterly webcast.
Storage
Wayangankar: Golden Era for US Natural Gas Storage – Version 2.0
While the current resurgence in gas storage is reminiscent of the 2000s —an era that saw ~400 Bcf of storage capacity additions — the market drivers providing the tailwinds today are drastically different from that cycle.