EOG Testing 700-ft Spacing in Ohio’s Utica Oil Window, Sees Success
EOG Resources’ test at the northern end of its 140-mile-long north-south leasehold produced IPs similar to those from a nearby pad.
August 5, 2024
Comstock, Aethon’s 17 Western Haynesville Wildcats Make 112 Bcf to Date
Comstock Resources and Aethon Energy each added one well to Texas state production data on the new western Haynesville play, dubbed ‘The Waynesville.’ The oldest has surfaced 2.1 Bcf per 1,000 lateral ft to date.
August 1, 2024
Big Barrels: Meet Ohio’s New Utica Oil Play
After a false start in the early 2010s that went underwater with overwhelmingly low oil and associated-gas prices, a new group of Ohio drillers is going after the Utica’s volatile oil window. They’re talking now. Here’s what they’re up to.
August 1, 2024
As NatGas Drops Below $2, Chesapeake is Prepared to Curtail Volumes Again
Chesapeake Energy, the No. 2 U.S. gas producer, reported it is prepared to curtail again in the fall if prices “weaken materially” as prompt-month gas prices hovered around $2/MMBtu on July 30.
July 30, 2024
Disputed Delaware Basin Acres Excluded in Vital-Point Energy Deal
The 4,000 gross contiguous acres in northern Loving County are involved in litigation with Matador Resources, which the Texas Supreme Court ruled lost its lease.
July 30, 2024
Freeport LNG Parent Receives Junk-level Credit Score From Fitch
Credit-rating firm Fitch Ratings cited the 2 Bcf/d Texas plant’s frequent downtimes among the factors leading to lowering Freeport LNG Investments LLLP’s credit grade on July 25.
July 25, 2024
Crackin’ It at Kraken: Inside the Bakken’s Ramped-up Private E&P
Kayne Anderson-backed Kraken Resources is producing more than 80,000 boe/d today and has a new Fitch Ratings credit score to take to the M&A bank.
July 24, 2024
An Oil Boom? ‘What Boom?’
Frustrations were clear among oilfield and investment Redditors in response to an article that suggested the oil industry is booming. Here’s what happened—expletives deleted, emojis and all.
July 23, 2024
The $22.5B Deal: How ConocoPhillips Won Marathon Oil in 33 Days
ConocoPhillips didn’t show up until April 25, while two other unidentified public E&Ps were bidding for Marathon, according to a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.
July 18, 2024
EOG Resources Wildcatting Pearsall in Western Eagle Ford Stepout
EOG Resources spud the well June 25 in Burns Ranch with rights to the Pearsall well about 4,000 ft below the Eagle Ford, according to myriad sources.
July 17, 2024