More Top Stories in Shale Plays
LM Energy to Expand Gas Gathering System in the Delaware
LM Energy is building new compressor stations and adding 70 miles of pipeline in the Delaware Basin.
Permian M&A: Oxy Shops Delaware Assets, Family Oil Cos. Stand Out
As operators scour the Permian Basin for M&A opportunities, they’re keeping an eye on a tepid divestiture market. Family-owned oil companies also stand out among the pack of private inventory holders remaining in the Permian, according to Enverus Intelligence Research.
Chord Juggles Closing $4B Enerplus Deal, Plans to Drill 4-mile Laterals
Chord Energy expects to close its Enerplus acquisition by the end of May but, for now, is focused on three-mile and, eventually, four-mile laterals in the Williston Basin.
Crescent Energy: Bigger Uinta Frac Now Making 60% More Boe
Crescent Energy also reported companywide growth in D&C speeds, while well costs have declined 10%.
New Permian Math: Vital Energy and 42 Horseshoe Wells
Vital Energy anticipates making 42 double-long, horseshoe-shaped wells where straight lines would have made 84 wells. The estimated savings: $140 million.
EOG: Utica Oil Can ‘Compete with the Best Plays in America’
Oil per lateral foot in the Utica is as good as top Permian wells, EOG Resources told analysts May 3 as the company is taking the play to three-mile laterals and longer.
Magnolia Bolts-on 27,000 Acres in South Texas’ Giddings Field
Magnolia Oil & Gas said it paid $125 million to a private operator to acquire the acreage, which has minimal production.
Kinetik Launches Delaware Basin M&A Valued at $1.3B
Kinetik Holdings will buy Durango Permian infrastructure for $765 million, excluding contingency payments, and sell its interests in the Gulf Coast Express pipeline to AcrLight Capital Partners for $540 million.
SM Energy Targets Prolific Dean in New Northern Midland Play
KeyBanc Capital Markets reports SM Energy’s wells “measure up well to anything being drilled in the Midland Basin by anybody today.”
Sitio Closes D-J Basin Deal, Looks to Defragment Minerals Space
Sitio Royalties closed its acquisition of 13,062 net royalty acres. CEO Chris Conoscenti has a strong pipeline of minerals acquisition opportunities.