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Novel EOR Process Could Save Shale from a Dry Future

Shale Ingenuity’s SuperEOR, which has been field tested with positive results, looks to remedy the problem of production declines.

Wildcatting is Back: The New Lower 48 Oil Plays

Operators wanting to grow oil inventory organically are finding promising potential as modern drilling and completion costs have dropped while adding inventory via M&A is increasingly costly.

Exclusive Occidental, CrownRock Merge Into Team of Overachievers

Thaimar Ramirez, president and general manager for Occidental Petroleum’s Midland Basin Business Unit, said 100 days after closing the CrownRock acquisition production guidance keeps going higher.

The Explosive Evolution of Fracking: A 75-Year Journey

Despite some initial resistance to the idea, Halliburton and Stanolind Oil pioneered the hydraulic fracturing that led to the shale boom.

Surge Energy Balancing M&A Hunt with Testing Midland’s Shallow Zones

Surge Energy’s Travis Guidry discusses the potential for $1.3 billion in Permian Basin M&A and the company’s quest to grow inventory organically.

Scout Taps Trades, Farm-Outs, M&A for Uinta Basin Growth

With M&A activity all around its Utah asset, private producer Scout Energy Partners aims to grow larger in the emerging Uinta horizontal play.

Water Management Called ‘Massive Headwind’ for Permian Operators

Amanda Brock, CEO of Aris Water Solutions, says multiple answers will be needed to solve the growing amounts of produced water generated by fracking.

2024 E&P Meritorious Engineering Awards for Innovation

Hart Energy’s MEA program highlights new products and technologies demonstrating innovations in concept, design and application.

SLB Earnings Rise, But Weakened 4Q and 2025 Ahead Due to Oil Glut

SLB, like Liberty Energy, revised guidance lower for the coming months, analysts said, as oilfield service companies grapple with concerns over an oversupplied global oil market.

On The Shelf: Strawn Wells an Independent Paradise or Graveyard?

Operators can’t depend on traditional solutions to succeed on the Eastern Shelf, where drilling horizontal Strawn wells has been a decade-long iterative process.