EIA: Permian, Bakken Associated Gas Growth Pressures NatGas Producers
Near-record associated gas volumes from U.S. oil basins continue to put pressure on dry gas producers, which are curtailing output and cutting rigs.
April 17, 2024
Benchmark Closes Anadarko Deal, Hunts for More M&A
Benchmark Energy II closed a $145 million acquisition of western Anadarko Basin assets—and the company is hunting for more low-decline, mature assets to acquire.
April 17, 2024
RBC: Minerals, E&P Stocks Wooing Back Generalist Investors
Public mineral and royalty companies have performed well in the markets, and investors are taking notice. But experts say mineral and royalties stocks still have a long way to go to compete for generalist investor capital.
April 16, 2024
CEO: Continental Adds Midland Basin Acreage, Explores Woodford, Barnett
Continental Resources is adding leases in Midland and Ector counties, Texas, as the private E&P hunts for drilling locations to explore. Continental is also testing deeper Barnett and Woodford intervals across its Permian footprint, CEO Doug Lawler said in an exclusive interview.
April 11, 2024
Ohio Oil, Appalachia Gas Plays Ripe for Consolidation
With buyers “starved” for top-tier natural gas assets, Appalachia could become a dealmaking hotspot in the coming years. Operators, analysts and investors are also closely watching what comes out of the ground in the Ohio Utica oil fairway.
April 9, 2024
Mighty Midland Still Beckons Dealmakers
The Midland Basin is the center of U.S. oil drilling activity. But only those with the biggest balance sheets can afford to buy in the basin's core, following a historic consolidation trend.
April 5, 2024
Mesa III Reloads in Haynesville with Mineral, Royalty Acquisition
After Mesa II sold its Haynesville Shale portfolio to Franco-Nevada for $125 million late last year, Mesa Royalties III is jumping back into Louisiana and East Texas, as well as the Permian Basin.
April 3, 2024
Life on the Edge: Surge of Activity Ignites the Northern Midland Basin
Once a company with low outside expectations, Surge Energy is now a premier private producer in one of the world’s top shale plays.
April 3, 2024
APA Closes $4.5B Callon Deal, Deepening Permian Roots
About two-thirds of Apache’s daily production will come from the Permian Basin after APA Corp. completed its $4.5 billion takeout of Callon Petroleum.
April 1, 2024
Aethon Cuts Rigs but Wants More Western Haynesville Acreage
Private gas E&P Aethon Energy has drilled some screamers in its far western Haynesville Shale play—and the company wants to do more in the area.
March 31, 2024