Shale Outlook Permian: The Once and Future King Keeps Delivering
The Permian Basin’s core is in full-scale manufacturing mode, with smaller intrepid operators pushing the basin’s boundaries further and deeper.
Shale Outlook Uinta: Horizontal Boom to Continue in 2025
After two large-scale transactions by SM Energy and Ovintiv, the Uinta Basin is ready for development—and stacked pay exploration.
Shale Outlook: E&Ps Making More U-Turn Laterals, Problem-Free
Of the more than 70 horseshoe wells drilled to date, half came in the first nine months of 2024 as operators found 2-mile, single-section laterals more economic than a pair of 1-mile straight holes.
Shale Outlook Appalachia: Natural Gas Poised to Pay
Increasing gas demand is expected to rally prices and boost midstream planning as a new Trump administration pledges to loosen permitting—setting the stage for M&A in the Appalachian Basin.
DOE Awards Pioneer Energy $27MM for Emissions Reduction Projects
Pioneer Energy said it will allocate most of the funds toward advancing its Emission Control Treater, a near zero emissions well pad production technology, as it implements projects in the Eagle Ford, Cotton Valley and Colorado.
PRB’s Sage Butte Ready for M&A Across Lower 48, Maybe Canada Too
Private E&P Sage Butte Energy, which operates in the Powder River Basin, is less interested in the Permian Basin, citing the cost of entry.
Shale Outlook Eagle Ford: Sustaining the Long Plateau in South Texas
The Eagle Ford lacks the growth profile of the Permian Basin, but thoughtful M&A and refrac projects are extending operator inventories.
Kimbell Royalty Partners Adds to Permian Portfolio with $231MM Deal
Kimbell Royalty Partners is acquiring oil and natural gas mineral and royalty interests in the Midland Basin in a cash-and-equity acquisition worth $231 million.
Artificial Lift Firm Flowco Seeks ~$2B Valuation with IPO
U.S. artificial lift services provider Flowco Holdings is planning an IPO that could value the company at about $2 billion, according to regulatory filings.
Analysis: Middle Three Forks Bench Holds Vast Untapped Oil Potential
Williston Basin operators have mostly landed laterals in the shallower upper Three Forks bench. But the deeper middle Three Forks contains hundreds of millions of barrels of oil yet to be recovered, North Dakota state researchers report.