A Mewbourne Oil well completed in Ochiltree County, Texas, plus a Chesapeake Energy Marcellus Shale discovery as well as additional finds offshore Australia’s Otway Basin and Java Island, Indonesia top this week’s oil and gas drilling activity highlights from around the world.
The projected increase in oil and gas production follows recent reports by the EIA of a sharp decline in the DUC count in all major U.S. shale regions.
Here’s a quicklist of oil and gas assets on the market including EnerVest Utica Shale nonop and ORRI assets plus Sabine Oil & Gas operated East Texas properties and an Eagle Ford mineral position.
Cabot Oil & Gas and Cimarex Energy shareholders are due to convene on Sept. 29 to vote on the potential merger, which was initially announced in May.
The largest week-over-week changes to the U.S. rig count occurred in the Anadarko Basin and the Gulf Coast regions.
Marcellus Shale completions in Pennsylvania by Chesapeake Energy in Bradford County and Southwestern Energy in Wyoming County plus a gas discovery offshore Malaysia top this week’s oil and gas drilling activity highlights from around the world.
EnerVest retained EnergyNet Indigo for the sale of nonoperated working interest and overriding royalty interest within the Utica shale play in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
The number of rigs running in the U.S. rose by six in the past week with the biggest increase in the Anadarko Basin.
Spraberry Field-Wolfcamp A discoveries by Pioneer Natural Resources in the Permian Basin plus Marcellus and Utica well completions in Pennsylvania’s Greene and Washington counties top this week’s oil and gas drilling activity highlights from around the world.
Record-high dry natural gas production in the Appalachian Basin was mainly due to the growth in pipeline takeaway capacity, according to the EIA.