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The OGInterview: BPX E-fracs Push ‘Values Up, Emissions Down,’ CEO Says
BPX Energy CEO Kyle Koontz discusses the company’s role as the “nimble entrepreneurial” arm of supermajor BP in the Permian Basin and Haynesville and Eagle Ford shales.
E&P Highlights: July 1, 2024
Here’s a roundup of the latest E&P headlines, including the Israeli government approving increased gas export at the Leviathan Field and Equinor winning a FEED contract for the all-electric Fram Sør Field.
The New Wildcatters: Geothermal Developers on the Hunt for Heat
The U.S. is poised for a geothermal boom using existing oil and gas technology. Does the industry have what it needs to scale?
Laredo Oil Subsidiary Hell Creek Begins Drilling in Montana’s Midfork
Laredo Oil expects the well to be production-ready by late July.
Beetaloo Juice: US Shale Explores Down Under
Tamboran Resources has put together the largest shale-gas leasehold in Australia’s Beetaloo Basin, with plans for a 1.5+ Bcf/d play. Behind its move now to manufacturing mode are American geologists and E&P-builders, a longtime Australian wildcatter, a U.S. shale-rig operator and a U.S. shale pressure-pumper.
Mexico’s Zama Drama Eases, but Not Over for Talos, Other IOCs
Houston-based Talos Energy and its Block 7 consortium partners could make FID on the Zama field development sometime in the next year. But despite the importance placed on the project to secure energy security for Mexico, the consortium continues to run into headwinds.
E&P Highlights: June 24, 2024
Here’s a roundup of the latest E&P headlines, including TotalEnergies working with Nigeria to reach FID on the Ubeta gas field and Chevron signing production sharing contracts for two blocks offshore Equatorial Guinea.
DORIS Group Awarded FEED for Zama Development Offshore Mexico
A final investment decision for Zama is forthcoming and first oil production could flow in 2027.
Aethon Brings on Fourth Monster Haynesville Wildcat in North Houston
Aethon Energy’s latest well made 2.6 Bcf in its first 3.5 months online. The new play’s first 15 wells to date have made 100.3 Bcf, averaging 21 MMcf/d over a combined 159 months.
Coterra Energy’s 54-well Wolfcamp-Harkey Test
The operator plans to experiment where it has Harkey Mills sandstone in the Delaware Basin by landing three wells in it while making 51 Wolfcamp wells.