Bowman Consulting to Manage, Monitor Delaware Basin Wells

Bowman Consulting Group’s scope of work includes conducting detailed field surveys of above-ground infrastructure assets across well sites of up to to 8 acres.

October 14, 2024

Post Oak Backs New Permian Team, But PE Faces Uphill Fundraising Battle

As private equity begins the process of recycling inventory, likely to be divested from large-scale mergers, executives acknowledged that raising funds has become increasingly difficult.

October 11, 2024

Post Oak Capital Backs Permian Team, Invests in Haynesville

Frost Cochran, managing partner at Post Oak Energy Capital, said the private equity firm will continue to focus on the Permian Basin while making opportunistic deals as it recently did in the Haynesville Shale.

October 11, 2024

‘Worried’ E&Ps Keep Merging as Shale Ages, Costs Rise—Kimmeridge

With just half as many public E&Ps around today as there were in 2017, Kimmeridge and Managing Partner Ben Dell think the E&P space still has—and needs—plenty more M&A.

October 11, 2024

Atlas Commissions 42-mile Dune Express Conveyor, Lowers 3Q Guidance

Atlas Energy Solutions said its Dune Express proppant conveyor remains on time and on budget, but the company expects lower revenue and EBITDA for the third quarter.

October 10, 2024

After M&A, Some ‘Stingy’ E&Ps Plan to Hold Operated Shale Inventory

After a whirlwind run of upstream consolidation, experts anticipated a wave of portfolio rationalization and divestitures. But with high-quality drilling locations already scarce, E&Ps may cling to operated inventory.

October 10, 2024

Election-proof? Shale Likely Unaffected by Presidential Outcome

Under a Trump or Harris administration, shale producer’s focus on shareholder returns and market forces will likely influence E&Ps more than politics, Rystad Energy analysts say.

October 9, 2024

Despite Low Prices, Thrifty, Efficient E&Ps Keep Distributions Flowing

Even with lower commodity prices, producers have maintained healthy shareholder returns through dividends and buybacks thanks to M&A, drilling efficiencies and capital discipline.

October 8, 2024

Sheffield: E&Ps’ Capital Starvation Not All Bad, But M&A Needs Work

Bryan Sheffield, managing partner of Formentera Partners and founder of Parsley Energy, discussed E&P capital, M&A barriers and how longer laterals could spur a “growth mode” at Hart Energy’s Energy Capital Conference.

October 4, 2024

Exclusive: Sheffield Clears the Air, Formentera is Not Just a PDP Buyer

Formentera Founder and Partner Bryan Sheffield delves into the company's drilling operations including the unique history of how Formentera took up assets in Australia's Beetaloo, in this Hart Energy Exclusive interview. 

October 3, 2024