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Early Innings: Uinta’s Oily Stacked Pay Exploration Only Just Starting

Operators are testing horizontal wells in less developed Uinta Basin zones, including the Douglas Creek, Castle Peak, Wasatch and deeper benches.

PEDEVCO Enters Joint Development Agreement with D-J Basin E&P

PEDEVCO Corp.’s agreement with a private equity operator will develop drilling spacing units in the Denver-Julesburg Basin’s Weld County, Colorado.

E&P Highlights: March 3, 2025

Here’s a roundup of the latest E&P headlines, from planned Kolibri wells in Oklahoma to a discovery in the Barents Sea.

Judgment Call: Ranking the Haynesville Shale’s Top E&P Producers

Companies such as Comstock Resources and Expand Energy topped rankings, based on the greatest productivity per lateral foot and other metrics— and depending on who did the scoring.

VAALCO Acquires 70% Interest in Offshore Côte D’Ivoire Block

Vaalco Energy announced a farm-in of CI-705 Block offshore West Africa, which it will operate under the terms of an acquisition agreement.

EOG Resources to Begin Persian Gulf Wildcatting Onshore Bahrain

Multi-decade U.S. shale producer EOG Resources said it is confident the tight-gas resource is there and first gas will come online beginning in 2026.

E&P Highlights: Feb. 24, 2025

Here’s a roundup of the latest E&P headlines, from a sale of assets in the Gulf of Mexico to new production in the Bohai Sea.

Devon, BPX to End Legacy Eagle Ford JV After 15 Years

The move to dissolve the Devon-BPX joint venture ends a 15-year drilling partnership originally structured by Petrohawk and GeoSouthern, early trailblazers in the Eagle Ford Shale.

E&P Highlights: Feb. 18, 2025

Here’s a roundup of the latest E&P headlines, from new activity in the Búzios field offshore Brazil to new production in the Mediterranean.

E&P Highlights: Feb. 3, 2025

Here’s a roundup of the latest E&P headlines, from a forecast of rising global land rig activity to new contracts.