Matador Resources, coming off a $1.8 billion Delaware Basin acquisition, still has an appetite for more M&A focused on undeveloped acreage.

Water management strategies from innovative companies address challenges that include operational efficiency, seismicity and water scarcity to take advantage of the reuse of produced water.

Despite a potential flattening of crude production, the natural gas pipeline network in the Permian Basin will keep filling up, according to executives from Kinetik Midstream, Brazos Midstream and Kinder Morgan.

Texas legislation from three bills has put renewable energy in the crosshairs, despite opposition from the Texas Oil and Gas Association, among others.

Liberty Energy CEO Ron Gusek said that volatility will lead to some reductions in activity and companies can prepare now, but 2026 is murkier: “We’ll have to be ready.”