On the Market Oil and Gas Quicklist (Week of Dec. 16, 2020)

Here’s a quicklist of oil and gas assets on the market including a Vantage Petro Partners operated South Texas asset package plus an Ankor Gulf of Mexico offshore opportunity being marketed by Detring Energy Advisors and Oil & Gas Asset Clearinghouse.

December 16, 2020

Arctic Drilling Foes Seek to Block Seismic Surveys, Lease Sales in Alaska Refuge

Four lawsuits have been filed since August challenging the Trump administration’s plans to auction drilling rights, or lease sales, in the area.

December 16, 2020

On the Market Oil and Gas Quicklist (Week of Dec. 9, 2020)

Here’s a quicklist of oil and gas assets on the market including an Ankor Gulf of Mexico offshore opportunity plus RDV Resources SCOOP producing royalty interests and Barnett Shale legacy assets from The Miles Foundation.

December 9, 2020

BLM Lease Sale in Arctic Refuge to Take Place Before Biden Takes Office

The sale notice for oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will be published on Dec. 7, setting up a sale to be held on Jan. 6 via video livestream, the BLM said in a statement.

December 3, 2020

On the Market Oil and Gas Quicklist (Week of Dec. 2, 2020)

Here’s a quicklist of oil and gas assets on the market including multiple Ascent Resources packages in the core of the Utica Shale in Ohio plus royalty acreage operated by Endeavor Energy Resources in the Permian Basin.

December 2, 2020

E&P Plus: November 2020 US Drilling Activity Highlights

Check out the latest oil and gas drilling activity highlights across the U.S. featured in the November issue of E&P Plus including a Purple Sage Field-Wolfcamp well in New Mexico, a Haynesville Shale producer in Louisiana’s Sabine Parish and an Ascent Resources Utica Shale discovery.

November 25, 2020

US Moves to Loosen Safety Rules for Arctic Ocean Oil Drilling

The proposal would revise a suite of Obama-era rules crafted to improve safety in the extreme conditions of the Arctic after a Shell drilling rig ran aground there in 2012.

November 19, 2020

Trump Administration Pushes to Sell Alaska Oil Leases Pre-Biden Inauguration

The Trump Administration will take key steps to finalize a sale of oil drilling leases in the sensitive Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska just before Democrat Joseph Biden becomes president.

November 13, 2020

Equinor Advances Plans to Develop Arctic Wisting Oil Discovery

Wisting, Norway’s northernmost oil discovery, is estimated to hold about 440 million barrels of oil equivalent.

November 12, 2020

Best of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (Nov. 6, 2020)

Marcellus shale producers recently completed by Chevron and Southwestern Energy plus an offshore oil discovery in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico by LLOG Exploration top this week’s drilling activity highlights from around the world.

November 6, 2020