Enverus: M&A Set to Cool with Smaller Deals, Higher Breakevens
With fewer acquisition targets, Enverus Intelligence Research said the quality of acquired inventory is declining, with breakevens averaging $50/bbl in 2024 versus $45/bbl in 2022 and 2023.
Major Interest: Chevron, Shell Join Vaca Muerta Crude Pipe Project
Oil producers are pumping record levels from Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale. Chevron and Shell have backed a new crude pipeline project that aims to boost takeaway capacity—and exports—of Vaca Muerta oil.
AI-Shale Synergy: Experts Detail Transformational Ops Improvements
An abundance of data enables automation that saves time, cuts waste, speeds decision-making and sweetens the bottom line. Of course, there are challenges.
TXO Announces 3 Tcfe NatGas Potential in San Juan Basin
TXO Partners plans to exploit a 3,520-acre play as Phase 1 development in the Mancos Shale.
Bernstein Expects $5/Mcf Through 2026 in ‘Coming US Gas Super-Cycle’
Bernstein Research’s team expects U.S. gas demand will grow from some 120 Bcf/d currently to 150 Bcf/d into 2030 as new AI data centers and LNG export trains come online.
Report: Will Civitas Sell D-J Basin, Buy Permian’s Double Eagle?
Civitas Resources could potentially sell its legacy Colorado position and buy more assets in the Permian Basin— possibly Double Eagle’s much-coveted position, according to analysts and media reports.
Permian to Drive Output Growth as Other Basins Flatten, Decline–EIA
Lower 48 oil production from outside the Permian Basin—namely, the Bakken and Eagle Ford shales—is expected to flatten and decline in coming years, per new EIA forecasts.
Pickering Prognosticates 2025 Political Winds and Shale M&A
For oil and gas, big M&A deals will probably encounter less resistance, tariffs could be a threat and the industry will likely shrug off “drill, baby, drill” entreaties.
Pioneer Energy’s Tech Offers More Pad Throughput, Fewer Emissions
Pioneer Energy’s Emission Control Treater technology reduces emissions and can boost a well’s crude yield by 5% to10%, executives say.
Langford Enters Midland Basin with Murchison Oil and Gas Deal
Langford Energy Partners closed on an acquisition of 8,000 acres in the Midland Basin from Murchison Oil and Gas LLC.