Researchers at Southwest Research Institute and UT Austin say they have found a way to squeeze more oil from reservoirs and to keep sequestered carbon from migrating to the surface using supercritical CO₂ foam injection.

The new 2025 ranking of top U.S. private producers demonstrates changes in the space following a massive consolidation trend in the upstream sector, Enverus says.

Here’s a roundup of the latest E&P headlines, including an oil discovery by Equinor and an oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of America.

Former Weatherford International CEO Bernard Duroc-Danner is planning Pyrophyte Acquisition Corp. II, a blank check company led and advised by a wide range of financial and energy executives including Riverstone Holdings’ co-founders.

Privately held oil and gas producers from Surge Energy, Northeast Natural Energy, Anschutz Exploration, Greylock Energy and Jonah Energy dish on their plans in the Delaware, Midland Appalachian basins, where they ready to pounce on M&A opportunities.