Exclusive: Sponte Operating's Long-haul NatGas Strategy

President and CEO of Sponte Operating Chris Widell says the company is pinching back production as gas prices remain on the lower end, but is ready on the operation side when prices come back up in this Hart Energy Exclusive interview. 

Dispatch from the LNG Front: Development Not ‘Paused’ so much as Slowed

Analysts: Low prices may stall upcoming gas gathering projects that are needed for an expected boom.

The Answer to Curbing Permian Associated Gas? More M&A

Consolidation will result in less oil production, and therefore less associated gas, as fewer wells are produced, an energy analyst says.

Enterprise Increasing Permian NatGas Production

Enterprise Products Partners began service on two natural gas plants: the Leonidas in the Midland Basin and the Mentone 3 in the Delaware Basin, each with a capacity to process 300 MMcf/d of natural gas and 40,000 bbl/d of NGLs.

Darbonne: Brownsville, We Have LNG Liftoff

The world’s attention is on the far south Texas Gulf Coast, watching Starship liftoffs while waiting for new and secure LNG supply.

BKV CEO Chris Kalnin says ‘Forgotten’ Barnett Ripe for Refracs

The Barnett Shale is “ripe for fracs” and offers opportunities to boost natural gas production to historic levels, BKV Corp. CEO and Founder Chris Kalnin said at the DUG GAS+ Conference and Expo.

Chesapeake, Awaiting FTC's OK, Plots Southwestern Integration

While the Federal Trade Commission reviews Chesapeake Energy's $7.4 billion deal for Southwestern Energy, the two companies are already aligning organizational design, work practices and processes and data infrastructure while waiting for federal approvals, COO Josh Viets told Hart Energy.

API Gulf Coast Head Touts Global Emissions Benefits of US LNG

The U.S. and Louisiana have the ability to change global emissions through the export of LNG, although new applications have been frozen by the Biden administration.

Aethon Cuts Rigs but Wants More Western Haynesville Acreage

Private gas E&P Aethon Energy has drilled some screamers in its far western Haynesville Shale play—and the company wants to do more in the area.

CERAWeek: Tecpetrol CEO Touts Argentina Conventional, Unconventional Potential

Tecpetrol CEO Ricardo Markous touted Argentina’s conventional and unconventional potential saying the country’s oil production would nearly double by 2030 while LNG exports would likely evolve over three phases.