Shale Producer PDC Energy Gets Activist Challenge From Investor Kimmeridge
Kimmeridge wants PDC Energy to link executive pay to stock performance, as well as consider strategic moves to bolster its positions in the Denver-Julesburg and Permian basins.
Scott Sheffield To Return As Pioneer Natural Resources CEO
Pioneer Natural Resources founder Scott Sheffield returns to his former role as the Permian Basin oil and gas producer’s CEO following the retirement of Tim Dove, effective immediately.
Marketed: Bone Spring Resources Delaware Basin Leasehold
Bone Spring Resources retained EnergyNet for the sale of a Delaware Basin opportunity in Lea County, N.M., through a sealed-bid offering.
The ‘Shale On It’ Game
Stratas Advisors conducts a game of trivia on 2018 unconventional resources dealing with production, drilling and field activity in U.S. shale.
Getting Value From Oilfield Produced Water Improves Efficiency
Optimized chemistries help leverage produced water to fracturing fluid.
USGS Report Expands Permian’s Wolfcamp, Bone Spring Potential Bounty
The USGS says it has identified the Permian Basin’s Wolfcamp Shale and overlying Bone Spring Formation in the Delaware as its ‘largest continuous oil and gas resource ever assessed.’
Researchers Release Study Results For Characterizing Unconventional Play Reservoirs
The field studies project, now in phase 17, seeks to advance geophysical research to explore new methods and technologies for better reservoir performance.
Midcontinent Activity Highlights: November 2018
Here’s some recent action in Midcontinent oil and gas plays including Western Anadarko and Fayetteville producers, extended-lateral Arkoma Woodford wells and a Wolfcamp discovery in the Permian Basin.
Spotlight - Minding The Mid-Cush Margin: Reed Olmstead, IHS Markit (2018)
Cushing has improved to more than $70/bbl, but WTI Midland has been fetching as much as $10/bbl less. Many Permian producers are using basis hedges to ride out the new-takeaway drought. Some have firm transport directly to export markets. How are Permian producers minding the gap? Listen in as Reed Olmstead, an expert from IHS Markit, provides further insight.
Optimizing Well Productivity Through Numerical Modeling
Cloud-based reservoir modeling and simulations enabled an operator in the Wolfcamp Shale to improve well completion design.