Diversified to Acquire Maverick, Enter Permian Basin in $1.3B Deal

Diversified Energy will acquire EIG’s Maverick Natural Resources, adding acreage that offsets Diversified’s core Western Anadarko position and Permian Basin assets in the northern Delaware.

January 27, 2025

Shale Outlook Permian: The Once and Future King Keeps Delivering

The Permian Basin’s core is in full-scale manufacturing mode, with smaller intrepid operators pushing the basin’s boundaries further and deeper.

January 10, 2025

Exclusive: Early Findings Show Untapped Potential in Barnett Exploration

Steven Jolley, Halliburton’s Permian Basin technology manager, gives insight into potential for new drilling opportunities around Andrews County and efficiencies operators are seeing within the Permian, in this Hart Energy Exclusive interview.

December 3, 2024

Classic Rock, New Wells: Permian Conventional Zones Gain Momentum

Spurned or simply ignored by the big publics, the Permian Basin’s conventional zones—the Central Basin Platform, Northwest Shelf and Eastern Shelf—remain playgrounds for independent producers.

December 2, 2024

Exclusive: Permian’s Relevance in US Oil Production Expected to Increase

Jefferies’ Pete Bowden, the global head of industrial, energy and infrastructure investing, discussed the trajectory of the Permian Basin’s production and the future of M&A in the increasingly consolidated region, in this Hart Energy Exclusive interview.

November 26, 2024

Exclusive: Ring Focused on Drilling Tech to Boost Central Basin Economics

Ring Energy CEO Paul McKinney delves into the company’s ongoing efforts to grow its Central Basin Platform portfolio through acquisitions and betting on drilling and completions technology, in this Hart Energy Exclusive interview.

October 31, 2024

'A Renewed Look': Central Basin Platform's Old Rock Gains New Interest

As majors prune their portfolios to sell non-core assets, M&A activity is heating up on the Permian’s Central Basin Platform and Northwest Shelf—and Ring Energy hopes to be a buyer.

October 29, 2024

Utica Oil Riches’ Biggest Challenge: Moving the Crude

Leslie Armentrout, the president and co-founder of Silver Cross Energy Partners discusses the opportunities of the Central Basin Platform and Utica—and the challenges.

October 28, 2024

APA Divests $950 Million in Non-core Permian Basin Assets

APA Corp. said it would sell assets in the Central Basin Platform, Texas and New Mexico Shelf and Northwest Shelf that average 21,000 boe/d, 57% oil.

September 13, 2024

Permian Prowl: Exploratory Drilling, Permitting Up for Permian Barnett Wells

In the never-ending hunt for Permian drilling locations, a growing number of operators are testing wells in less-developed formations and the basin’s extensional fringes.

July 24, 2024