More Top Stories in Shale Plays

Formation Minerals Acquires Haynesville Shale Interests

Formation Minerals purchased Haynesville Shale interests on acreage operated by Aethon Energy Management.

July 1, 2024

Permian’s LandBridge Prices IPO Below Range at $17/Share, Raising $247MM

Houston-based LandBridge, which manages some 220,000 surface acres in the Permian Basin, kicked off trading at $19 per share, more than 10% above its listing price.

June 30, 2024

LandBridge Chair: In-basin Data Centers Coming for Permian NatGas

Newly public Delaware Basin surface-owner LandBridge Co. has a 100-year lease agreement with one developer that could result in ground-breaking in two years and 1 GW in demand.

June 28, 2024

US Energy Production Hits All-time High, Far Outpacing Consumption -EIA

The Permian Basin’s natural gas growth leads to record surge in U.S. energy supplies.

June 27, 2024

Scott Sheffield Among Investors in Australian Shale Gas IPO

The operator who sold Pioneer Natural Resources Co. to Exxon Mobil in May for $59.5 billion joins his son Bryan Sheffield in shale gas investment Down Under.

June 27, 2024

SM Stock Dives Over 10% as Investors Weigh $2B Uinta Basin Deal

Shares for SM Energy were trading down after announcing a multibillion-dollar entry into Utah’s Uinta Basin, an unusual move that nonetheless adds scale to the company’s Eagle Ford Shale and Permian Basin operations.

June 27, 2024

SM Energy to Buy XCL Resources in $2.55B Entry into Uinta Basin

SM Energy has entered into a joint acquisition with Northern Oil and Gas to buy XCL Resources’ oil-heavy Uinta Basin assets in a core area that SM says competes with the Midland Basin.

June 27, 2024

‘Too Many’ Players: Oilfield Services Feel Permian M&A Crunch—Dallas Fed

After a historic run of E&P consolidation, oilfield services and equipment providers in the Permian are competing to woo a dwindling number of upstream customers, according to the second-quarter Dallas Fed Energy Survey.

June 27, 2024

Gas Producers Increasingly Dominating in New Shale Top Operators List

As more private oil producers are gobbled up by giant publics, the gas players are moving up the ranks of the top operators, according to a compiled list by Enverus in an exclusive partnership with Oil and Gas Investor.

June 26, 2024

Marketed: Anschutz Three-well Opportunity in Powder River Basin

Anschutz Exploration Corp. has retained EnergyNet for the sale of three wells in the Powder River Basin.  

June 25, 2024