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Coterra Takes Harkey Sand ‘Row’ Show on the Road

With success to date in Harkey sandstone overlying the Wolfcamp, the company aims to make mega-DSUs in New Mexico with the 49,000-net-acre bolt-on of adjacent sections.

Expand Foresees Drilling U-Turns in Appalachia

As Expand Energy leans into its newly combined Chesapeake-Southwestern acreage, Tim Beard, the company’s vice president of drilling, would be “surprised” if Expand did not drill U-turn wells in the Appalachian Basin.

E&P Highlights: Nov. 18, 2024

Here’s a roundup of the latest E&P headlines, including new discoveries in the North Sea and governmental appointments.

Empire Raises $10M in Equity Offering to Ease Doubts, Reports $3.6M Loss

Empire Petroleum received a waiver from its lender after falling out of compliance with a credit agreement.

Range Resources Counters M&A Peer Pressure with Drilling Efficiencies

Range Resources doesn’t feel the need to give into M&A peer pressure as it focuses on the efficient development of its current asset base, President and CEO Dennis Degner tells Hart Energy.

2024 E&P Meritorious Engineering Awards for Innovation

Hart Energy’s MEA program highlights new products and technologies demonstrating innovations in concept, design and application.

Interoil Extends Asset Life with Successful Well Intervention in Colombia

Interoil’s intervention brought production at Vikingo well back up to 400 bbl/d of oil.

Fewer Rigs, Bigger Payoff: US Oil Production Continues to Climb Even as Rig Count Drops

Despite a decline in the number of rigs in the U.S., technological advances and improved efficiencies have kept production going, allowing companies to achieve more with fewer resources.

E&P Highlights: Nov. 4, 2024

Here’s a roundup of the latest E&P headlines, including a major development in Brazil coming online and a large contract in Saudi Arabia.

Exxon Plans Longest 20,000-Ft Wells on Pioneer’s Midland Asset

Exxon Mobil has already drilled some of the longest wells in the New Mexico Delaware Basin. Now, the Texas-based supermajor looks to go longer on Pioneer’s Midland Basin asset.