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Chevron Sees Tech Improvements Expanding its Portfolio

Chevron Corp.’s startup at Ballymore, offshore Louisiana, was its third major project to come online in the past year.

E&P Highlights: April 28, 2025

Here’s a roundup of the latest E&P headlines, including field redevelopment in Iraq and an estimate of gas resources in Namibia.

Prairie Updates Bayswater’s DUC Completions Program in D-J Basin

Prairie Operating Co. started completion of the nine DUC wells that were part of an acquisition from Bayswater Exploration & Production in the Denver-Julesburg Basin.

E&P Highlights: April 21, 2025

Here’s a roundup of the latest E&P headlines, from new LNG production offshore Africa to new seismic maps offshore Mauritania.

Monumental Aims to Restart New Zealand Wells by May 30

Monumental Energy Corp. says rig contractor RIVAL is scheduled to begin the workovers on wells Copper Moki 1&2, located in the Taranaki Basin, in May.

E&P Highlights: April 14, 2025

Here’s a roundup of the latest E&P headlines, from CNOOC’s latest production startup to an exploration well in Australia.

E&Ps Posting Big Dean Wells at Midland’s Martin-Howard Border

Diamondback Energy, SM Energy and Occidental Petroleum are adding Dean laterals to multi-well developments south of the Dean play’s hotspot in southern Dawson County, according to Texas Railroad Commission data.

Bernstein: Wells with IPs of 1,000 boe/d the ‘New Norm’

The share of 1,000 boe/d producers in the overall population of wells drilled in 2024 rose to 46% year-over-year; 2025 could be the year a majority of wells hit the “thousand club” threshold, Bernstein reports.

IOG, Elevation Resources to Jointly Develop Permian Wells

IOG Resources and Elevation Resources’ partnership will focus on drilling 10 horizontal Barnett wells in the Permian’s Andrews County, Texas.

Inside Prairie’s 11-Well Program in the D-J

Prairie Operating Co.’s 11-well program in the Denver-Julesburg Basin is drilling horizontal 2-milers with a Precision Drilling rig.