From oil prices to bottlenecks and ballot battles to trade uncertainty, these news stories most defined the direction of oil and gas this year.
Allen Gilmer, who recently spoke at Hart Energy's Executive Oil Conference, provides an update on sequencing between laterals, sand volumes and company spacings.
Extending the Permian Basin’s powerhouse status may benefit as much from collaboration as competition, the incoming president of Shell Oil said.
With the proper tools and knowledge, producers gain the edge, say panelists at Hart Energy's Executive Oil Conference in Midland, Texas.
Leaseholders are trading parcels, coring up their sections. Meanwhile, acquisitions are anticipated to be few while the Mid-Cush remains wide. These deal making experts from Colgate Energy, Tall City Exploration II and EnergyNet discuss what producers are most advantaged to be consolidators rather than consolidate as well as with what transaction currency.
Here’s how acreage valuations broke down by area in the record BLM lease sale in New Mexico, along with insight into valuations in the Midland vs. Delaware basins and the Permian vs. the rest of the Lower 48 from EnergyNet's Chris Atherton.
Allen Gilmer, a leading drilling and completions analyst who co-founded Drillinginfo, discusses challenges and achievements in producers’ overall advancements in landing laterals and best-in-class completions.
From the Delaware Basin this spring, Anadarko Petroleum reached 62,000 bbl/d of oil production, nearly twice that of Spring 2017, and has 12 extra-long laterals at its Silvertip-A pad in multiple Wolfcamp A intervals. Here are its findings and plans Chad McAllaster , vice president of the company's Delaware Basin development.
Immediate concern developed with the advancement of southern Delaware Basin oil activity on water resources—but also on the McDonald Observatory’s need for continued dark skies for its world-class research. Producers and astronomers gathered in the Dark Skies Initiative. Here’s how it’s been a win/win.
Shell Oil is leading the Permian Basin with world-class reserves and millions of effective acres. What is driving costs lower and EURs higher? And how does the Permian continue to outperform some OPEC members? Hear from Gretchen Watkins, who will take over as head of Shell’s U.S. business at the end of the year, for an update on the company's operations in the Permian Basin.
