Novel EOR Process Could Save Shale from a Dry Future

Shale Ingenuity’s SuperEOR, which has been field tested with positive results, looks to remedy the problem of production declines.

December 17, 2024

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.

December 15, 2024

CEO: Berry Gears Up for Horizontal Drilling in Uinta Stacked Pay

Berry Corp.’s legacy roots are in California’s Central Valley—but its growth engine is in Utah’s emerging Uinta Basin, CEO Fernando Araujo told Hart Energy.

December 13, 2024

J. Douglas Schick Succeeds PEDEVCO Majority Owner Simon Kukes as CEO

Simon G. Kukes, who took over PEDEVCO in 2018, said the company has since worked toward entering joint development agreements in the Permian and Denver-Julesburg basins.

December 12, 2024

Hirs: The High Cost of Overreaching Regulation, Secrecy

Energy regulators have withheld critical information that’s resulted in damage to  markets and competition.

December 12, 2024

Uinta’s Scout Energy Likely Not for Sale as Takeaway to Gulf Rises

Despite the Uinta Basin’s recent flurry of M&A activity, Scout Energy Partners isn’t looking to sell anytime soon, said the company’s executive vice president, Juan Nevarez, at Hart Energy’s Executive Oil Conference.

December 11, 2024

Anschutz Explores Utah Mancos Shale Near Red-Hot Uinta Basin

Outside of the Uinta Basin’s core oil play, private E&P Anschutz Exploration is wildcatting in Utah’s deeper, liquids-rich Mancos shale bench, according to a Hart Energy analysis.

December 10, 2024

Devon CEO Muncrief to Retire, COO Gaspar to Take Top Job in March

Devon Energy President and CEO Rick Muncrief, who has led Devon during past four years, will retire March 1. The board named COO Clay Gaspar as his successor.

December 9, 2024

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.

December 4, 2024

Scout Taps Trades, Farm-Outs, M&A for Uinta Basin Growth

With M&A activity all around its Utah asset, private producer Scout Energy Partners aims to grow larger in the emerging Uinta horizontal play.

November 29, 2024