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State of Shale 2023, Haynesville: A Slumbering Giant?

Despite a seemingly quiet year, the Haynesville saw a 54% increase in rig activity, reaching 72 in mid-December.

Shale Forecast: 2023 Shale Outlook

What’s next for the industry’s evolution?

North American Midstream Goes Global

What used to be a domestic business is now the key to worldwide energy security.

Midstream Capital: No Half Steppin'

Private equity moves aggressively to transform the midstream sector.

Column: Much Ado About Venezuelan Sanctions

Initial moves by Washington and Caracas in their geopolitical chess match led to the restart of negotiations between the ruling party and the opposition around a democratic solution to Venezuela’s political crisis and issuance of a license to allow Chevron Corp. to produce and lift its oil in Venezuela.

2023 Capex Outlook: A Wake-Up Call for All?

World turmoil hits home for U.S. producers.

Opinion: UK Fracking Ban Mired in Uncertainty

The U.K.’s new young Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gave his first speech this week promising to fix mistakes by the former minister while saying he’ll again ban fracking.

Opinion: The Texas Grid Is Still Not Fixed

The immediate future for the ERCOT grid is not bright and as more wind and solar is added to the grid, Texas will rely more and more on aging coal and natural gas power.

Opinion: The Real Natgas Over/Under

An EIA report on U.S. natural gas showed that this year's storage level was at 3,580 Bcf—only a 1% difference from the 3,617 Bcf of storage reported this time last year.

Civitas Resources C-Suite Chat: Rising to the Challenge(s)

Civitas Resources in the D-J Basin is aligning executive compensation with stakeholders, meeting emissions reduction targets and is on target to generate $1 billion in annual free cash flow this year. And inside its C-suite, a millennial woman from Colombia is showing everyone how it’s done.

‘Now Do Australia’: Shale Royalty

Shale royalty Bryan Sheffield and Dick Stoneburner shift their attention to Australia.

G&P Rates: Unlocking Midstream’s Vault to Capture Value

While East Daley Analytics sees a growth story ahead for midstream, the market seems to lack conviction. Here’s why.

Midstream Takeaway: More Permian Pipelines

The current round of pipeline expansions means more capacity and consolidation in the Permian Basin.

Permian Takeover: Multinationals in the Permian Basin

Companies with global influence and interests control more than half the acreage in the Permian Basin. Here is a rundown of the major player’s operations in the Permian including acreage, production and near-term plans.

ConocoPhillips C-Suite Chat: Listening to Ryan Lance

Ryan Lance, E&P leader at the helm of ConocoPhillips Co., has worked with peers and governments throughout the world. On the energy future, he says, “It’s really going to take ‘all the above.’”

The Permian Basin Has a People Problem

Booms and busts are part of the oil business, but the last two came at the worst possible time, happening less than six years apart—with a pandemic to boot.

Hart Energy Unveils 2022 Oil and Gas Investor ‘Forty Under 40’ Honorees

Hart Energy announces the next class of Oil and Gas Investor’s “Forty Under 40” recognition program—champions of the next generation of oil and gas professionals.

You Can't Spell Permian Without 'PE'

Private equity sees continuing opportunities in the prolific basin.

Permian Players Pave Energy Transition Pathways

Industry veterans and experts share insight on energy transition trends evolving in the Permian Basin.

Biden, OPEC and the Truth About Consequences

U.S. President Joe Biden’s pledge to penalize Saudi Arabia for massive OPEC oil cuts puts the Biden administration in reactive mode as midterm elections loom.

Investors to Top Permian Producers: Go Get ’Em!

Confident that E&Ps will continue to temper growth and prioritize cash flow generation, investors have enthusiastically returned to the oil and gas fold, providing the industry with index-beating stock performance.

Stakeholder Takes Aim at Reducing the Permian’s Overall Carbon Footprint

After landing landmark approval for a Permian Basin gas plant in Texas, Stakeholder Midstream management shared with Hart Energy how its plans of CO₂ sequestration will help reduce the industry’s carbon footprint.

C-suite Chat with Charif Souki—The LNG Godfather

Charif Souki was the first to new-build a U.S. LNG import plant this century. He followed with the first Lower 48 LNG export plant. His thoughts on this 2022 chapter of the global natural gas story include “misery” and “nervous” and “total nonsense.”

Russian Aggression, LNG Market Expansion

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine tilts the LNG market to favor the U.S., which has drilled and innovated its way to become a key global exporter of LNG—thanks in large part to the persistence of Charif Souki.

Who’s Who in E&P A&D: Stephen DeSalvo, Saba Energy

This month Oil and Gas Investor spotlights Stephen DeSalvo, COO and country manager of Saba Energy where his current work is focused on Belize, in its Who’s Who in E&P A&D.

M&A Overdrive: Ranger Oil CEO Sees Eagle Ford Consolidation as Inevitable

Scale equals relevance and Ranger Oil, doing everything its larger peers do, wants to build its way in the Eagle Ford to higher trading multiples, CEO and President Darrin Henke told Hart Energy in this exclusive interview.

Exclusive Q&A: Vaca Muerta Headwinds with Baker Institute’s Mark P. Jones

The Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Political Science Fellow Mark P. Jones recently spoke to Hart Energy about some of the headwinds confronting oil and gas investors eyeing shale opportunities in Argentina’s massive Vaca Muerta formation.

E&P Executive Compensation: Better Aligned

Analysis of annual incentive plan compensation formulas for 20 of the largest publicly traded U.S. E&P companies revealed just how dramatically executive compensation metrics have evolved in recent years.

A ‘Strange and Broken’ Year For M&A

Sporadic deal flow and the emergence of minerals companies highlight 2022 — a year that started out with swagger before the war in Ukraine upended commodity prices.

Latin America's Abundance of Investment Opportunities

South American countries Brazil and Argentina offer large-scale investment opportunities that focus on electricity, renewables, asset divestments, crude oil and natural gas production and infrastructure build outs and LNG exports.