Brigham Exploration Grows Permian Footprint in Non-Op Assets Deal
Brigham Exploration is significantly adding to its Permian Basin non-operated portfolio with an acquisition of 7,000 acres from Great Western Drilling.
Freehold Closes $182MM Acquisition of Midland Basin Interests
Freehold Royalties’ acquisition from a private seller includes around 1,300 boe/d of net production and 244,000 gross drilling acres largely operated by Exxon Mobil and Diamondback Energy.
Wildcatting is Back: The New Lower 48 Oil Plays
Operators wanting to grow oil inventory organically are finding promising potential as modern drilling and completion costs have dropped while adding inventory via M&A is increasingly costly.
Delek to Buy Permian's Gravity Water Midstream for $285MM
Delek Logistics' purchase of Permian-focused Gravity Water Midstream adds more than 200 miles of permanent pipeline and 46 saltwater disposal facilities.
Exclusive Occidental, CrownRock Merge Into Team of Overachievers
Thaimar Ramirez, president and general manager for Occidental Petroleum’s Midland Basin Business Unit, said 100 days after closing the CrownRock acquisition production guidance keeps going higher.
Surge Energy Balancing M&A Hunt with Testing Midland’s Shallow Zones
Surge Energy’s Travis Guidry discusses the potential for $1.3 billion in Permian Basin M&A and the company’s quest to grow inventory organically.
Utica Play Economics Are Middleweight, Enverus Says
Returns in America’s modest, middleweight oil play, are above the Bakken and Eagle Ford, but rank below the Midland, Delaware and Denver-Julesburg basins, Enverus reported.
The Midland—Oxy’s Second Growth Engine—Already Purring
From 18,000-ft laterals to new exploration in the Emma Barnett, Thaimar Ramirez, president and general manager of Oxy’s Midland Basin Business Unit, detailed the integration of its $12 billion CrownRock takeover.
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.
Adkins: Saudi Cuts to Stay, EVs are Overrated and China Matters Less
Marshall Adkins, head of energy at Raymond James, isn’t buying the prevailing wisdom that weakening Chinese oil demand, EV encroachment and a potential OPEC supply increase are legitimate threats to the oil market.