US Shale Surge Boosts Industry Finances, Puts Deals In Spotlight
U.S. shale firms are more profitable than ever after a strong third quarter and the change is evidence shale firms have moved to "harvest mode" and turned toward deal making.
Staff Shortage Confronts Gas Processors
Panelists at DUG Midcontinent’s midstream forum describe the recruiting challenge of overcoming the perception of oil and gas as a ‘dirty business.’
DUG Midcontinent: More Fractures For Less Money
Spacing matters in the Stack play and early projects were spaced too tightly, Wade Hutchings, senior vice president of E&P at Devon Energy, told conference attendees at DUG Midcontinent. (Story updated at 4:35 p.m. CST Nov. 14)
Afternoon Keynote - Learning From Experience: Wade Hutchings, Devon Energy (2018)
With a development strategy to optimize infill spacing, this leading and longtime Midcontinent operator Devon Energy is targeting multiple intervals per unit as it accelerates activity. Hear the latest on Devon's findings and results from the company's senior vice president of E&P, Wade Hutchings.
Minerals Roundtable - Anticipating Drilling: Will Cullen, LongPoint Minerals; Blake Harris, Case Energy; Shak Ahmed, RS Energy Group (2018)
Minerals buyers develop intense internal modeling of where producers will seek to land laterals next. Here are insights provided by experts from LongPoint Minerals, Case Energy Partners and RS Energy Group on what’s hot, what’s cold and what’s warming up, along with play-by-play analysis of why some are getting hotter, some colder.
Opening Keynote - Anadarko Stack: Earl Reynolds, Chaparral Energy (2018)
This pure-play Stack operator, Chaparral Energy, has grown production in the original Anadarko Basin play to more than 13,000 boe /d from wells in the Meramec and Osage with IRRs ranging from 55% to 100%. Here’s how it’s growing from its CEO, Earl Reynolds.
Panel - Private Operators: Maurice Storm, Tecolote Energy; Luke Essman, Canyon Creek Energy; Will Ulrich, Presidio Petroleum (2018)
From the western Anadarko to the Arkoma Basin, these E&Ps—Tecolote Energy, Canyon Creek Energy and Presidio Petroleum—are drilling and delineating. Hear their results and plans.
Corporate Oil And Gas M&A Gains Altitude After $13 Billion Week
Analysts predict the massive deals week comprised of three separate transactions by Chesapeake Energy, Encana and Denbury is just the “tip of the M&A iceberg that will emerge in 2019.”
SandRidge Energy Exits Permian Basin Central Basin Platform
SandRidge Energy’s exit from the Permian’s Central Basin Platform was a part of two recently closed transactions worth a total of roughly $40 million.
Gulfport Energy Appoints Donnie Moore Interim CEO As Michael G. Moore Steps Down
Gulfport Energy said Michael G. Moore stepped down as president and CEO of the Oklahoma City-based oil and gas company and will be replaced on an interim basis by COO Donnie Moore.