Queen’s Chess: Changing the Rules
There’s a popular response to the inexplicable: “I don’t know. I don’t make the rules.” But what is known with certainty, as shown throughout history, is that we can change them.
February 28, 2025
Coterra to Rig Back up in Marcellus to Arrest Decline
“This increase in activity is from zero to ‘some’ activity. I wouldn't characterize this as ‘leaning into’ a gas market,” Shane Young, Coterra Energy’s CFO, told investors.
February 26, 2025
Coterra’s Rigs ‘Stay Camped Out’ in Delaware Basin Mega-DSU Drilling
With 57 wells already in one “row” development, Coterra Energy has 16 more underway, plus rigs at work on two more mega-DSU developments totaling 90 wells.
February 25, 2025
Vital, SM: Woodford-Barnett Wildcats Flush with Barrels in Southern Midland
An initial SM Energy test made 250,000 boe in its first eight months online. Vital Energy is reporting more than 150,000 gross boe per 10,000 ft of lateral in its first-six-month output.
February 24, 2025
Six New Dean Wildcats Come With 95% Oil in Northern Midland Basin
SM Energy reported geologic variability in deposition in the new play in southern Dawson County, Texas, but “it's really competitive.”
February 21, 2025
SM’s First 18 Uinta Wells Outproducing Industry-Wide Midland, South Texas Results
Shallow tests came on with 685 boe/d, 95% oil, while deeper new wells averaged 1,366 boe/d, 92% oil, from two-mile laterals, SM Energy reported.
February 20, 2025
Comstock Doubling Rigs as Western Haynesville Mega-Wells’ Cost Falls to $27MM
Operator Comstock Resources is ramping to four rigs in its half-million-net-acre, deep-gas play north of Houston where its wells IP as much as 40 MMcf/d. The oldest one has produced 18.4 Bcf in its first 33 months.
February 19, 2025
E&P Seller Beware: The Buyer May be Armed with AI Intel
Go AI or leave money on the table, warned panelists in a NAPE program.
February 18, 2025
LNG, Data Centers, Winter Freeze Offer Promise for NatGas in ‘25
New LNG export capacity and new gas-fired power demand have prices for 2025 gas and beyond much higher than the early 2024 outlook expected. And kicking the year off: a 21-day freeze across the U.S.
February 6, 2025
Confirmed: Liberty Energy’s Chris Wright is 17th US Energy Secretary
Liberty Energy Founder Chris Wright, who was confirmed with bipartisan support on Feb. 3, aims to accelerate all forms of energy sources out of regulatory gridlock.
February 3, 2025