![](/sites/default/files/styles/featurable_list_image/public/image/2019/02/devon-evaluating-two-monster-wells-delaware-basin.jpg?itok=IPKsBYPd)
Devon Evaluating ‘Two Monster’ Delaware Basin Wells
The possibly record-setting Delaware Basin wells follow the 11,000-plus-boe/d wells Devon reported in early May. And, they’re child wells.
Logging you in.
Logging you out.
Updating your account.
The author of The American Shales, Darbonne has been a journalist since 1984, beginning in the oil and gas fields of South Louisiana. She writes for Oil and Gas Investor and is actively involved in Hart's conference agendas. Prior to joining Hart in 1998, she was the business editor for The Daily Advertiser (Lafayette, La.) and a correspondent for The Morning Advocate (Baton Rouge). She received her BA in English and journalism from the University of Southwestern Louisiana, now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
The possibly record-setting Delaware Basin wells follow the 11,000-plus-boe/d wells Devon reported in early May. And, they’re child wells.
Meanwhile, RS Energy Group's Trevor Sloan said he has found fluid intensity in Permian Basin completions to be moderating to declining—counter to other plays.
Operators here are solving for frack water sourcing and transport as well as recycling and disposal of enormous amounts of surplus produced water.
Resource-play leaders describe the next step in capturing more resource in place.
The answer is sand. Lots and lots of sand, says chairman and CEO Jay Allison.
The structure of the upstream industry has shifted, which affects A&D activity and capital inflows.
Marathon Oil’s Lee Tillman says digital development of U.S. resource plays is the future of the industry.
Other factors include reduced public-equity-market interest in funding deals, a panel of A&D experts said.
With more than 10 prospective pay zones and EURs of between 1 million and 2 million boe, appetites are whet for a slice of the Powder River Basin’s more than 1 million acres.
Panelists on the A&D Strategies and Opportunities conference roundtable ‘Following the Money’ said the newest interest is in the Rockies.
© 2024 Hart Energy. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part, in any form or medium without express written permission is prohibited.