Top US Natural Gas Producer Chesapeake Energy Cuts Jobs

This week's layoffs follow its divestment of its Eagle Ford assets, not the company's pending merger with Southwestern Energy, Chesapeake said.

 

May 21, 2024

WildFire Energy I Buys Apache’s Eagle Ford, Austin Chalk Assets

Private producer WildFire Energy I, backed by Warburg Pincus and Kayne Anderson, scooped up Apache’s portfolio in the eastern Eagle Ford and Austin Chalk plays.

May 21, 2024

APA Corp. Sells $700MM in Non-core Permian, Eagle Ford Assets

APA Corp. and subsidiary Apache are selling more than $700 million in non-core assets in the Permian Basin and Eagle Ford Shale—part of a plan to reduce debt after a $4.5 billion acquisition of Callon Petroleum.

May 20, 2024

ADNOC Buys 11.7% Stake in NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG Project

The United Arab Emirates’ ADNOC will acquire a 11.7% equity stake in Phase 1 of NextDecade Corp.’s Rio Grande LNG (RGLNG) project from Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), while also entering an offtake agreement for 1.9 mtpa from the Texas export facility.

May 20, 2024

Could Crescent, SilverBow Buy More in South Texas After $2.1B Deal?

The combination of Crescent Energy and SilverBow Resources will yield one of the Eagle Ford’s top producers—and the pro forma E&P could look to gobble up more acreage in South Texas after closing.

May 17, 2024

Crescent Energy to Buy Eagle Ford’s SilverBow for $2.1 Billion

Crescent Energy’s acquisition of SilverBow Resources will create the second largest Eagle Ford Shale E&P with production of about 250,000 boe/d, the companies said.

May 16, 2024

ConocoPhillips: Permian Basin a ‘Growth Engine’ for Lower 48

ConocoPhillips views the Permian Basin as a “growth engine” within its Lower 48 portfolio, the company’s Midland Basin Vice President Nick McKenna said during Hart Energy’s SUPER DUG event in Fort Worth.

May 15, 2024

BP CEO: Final Permian Processing Facility to Come Online by Mid-year

BPX Energy, BP’s Houston-based subsidiary, plans to bring on its fourth and last Permian Basin processing facility in mid-year 2025, CEO Murray Auchincloss said.

May 14, 2024

U.S. Shale-catters to IPO Australian Shale Explorer on NYSE

Tamboran Resources Corp. is majority owned by Permian wildcatter Bryan Sheffield and chaired by Haynesville and Eagle Ford discovery co-leader Dick Stoneburner.

May 4, 2024

Exxon Shale Exec Details Plans for Pioneer’s Acreage, 4-mile Laterals

Exxon Mobil plans to drill longer, more capital efficient wells in the Midland Basin after a major boost from the $60 billion Pioneer Natural Resources acquisition. Data shows that Exxon is a leading operator drilling 4-mile laterals in the Permian’s Delaware Basin.

May 3, 2024