Colorado Initiative To Ban Drilling Costing Producers Billions

Colorado voters will decide on Nov. 6 whether to extend the state’s oil and gas setback requirement by approving Proposition 112, which an analyst described as ‘a widow-maker for the D-J Basin.’

September 14, 2018

QEP Resources On Permian Pure-Play Path With Uinta Sale

Middle Forks, a privately-held E&P backed by Quantum Energy Partners, agreed to buy QEP’s Uinta Basin assets located in eastern Utah.

July 10, 2018

The Rockies: Re-Emerging As A Real Contender

Stratas expects capital outlays for unconventional oil in the Rockies to top $12 billion in 2018 as the industry’s views of the Bakken, Wattenberg and Powder River Basin change.

June 15, 2018

Stratas: US Oil Production To Grow By More Than 1 Million Barrels Daily In 2018

Stratas Advisors predicts growth for North American shale plays including expectations for ‘bigger and badder’ wells becoming the norm this year.

June 7, 2018

Ultra Petroleum Taps Jay Stratton For COO Position

Jay Stratton has more than 30 years of experience in operations for both domestic and international oil and gas companies, most recently serving as COO at Jagged Peak Energy.

May 31, 2018

Foothills To Grow Rockies Position With Piceance Purchase

Executive Chairman Kevin Sylla added that the location of the Piceance assets to the proposed Jordan Cove LNG facility and marine terminal has positive long-term implications for Foothills as well.

May 2, 2018

Rockies Activity Highlights: April 2018

Larry Prado, Hart Energy’s activity editor, summarizes recent action in Rockies shale plays including Bakken/Three Forks completions and XRL wells in the Niobrara.

April 27, 2018

Rockies Oil Plays - Activity, Results & Costs: Trisha Curtis, PetroNerds; Stephen Beck, Stratas Advisors (2018)

These experts from PetroNerds and Stratas Advisors discuss how the economics and potential of the Bakken, Niobrara and other Rockies oil plays stack up against each other and against shale plays in other basins.

April 25, 2018

Closing Keynote - A Global/Geopolitical Perspective On Rockies Petroleum Resources: Tom Petrie, Petrie Partners (2018)

The world's hydrocarbon industry began right here in the U.S. and by U.S. independents, who've lent their expertise to operators and nations around the globe. Quickly, it is the U.S. independent that is once again leading the world-this time in next-era drilling and completion techniques in resources previously uneconomic. Hear from Tom Petrie on how America sits atop the 21st century of energy.

April 25, 2018

Technical Roundtable - Big Data In The Rockies: Paul Favret, Resource Energy; David Gadzhimirzaev, BHGE; David Gonzales, Bison Oil & Gas; Samuel Rogers, Schlumberger (2018)

Producers and service providers including Resource Energy Partners, Baker Hughes, Bison Oil & Gas and Schlumberger discuss how big data can deliver insights into reservoir behavior and inform successful well completions

April 25, 2018