Haynesville 2020
Kicked out of the club in 2012, the Haynesville was resurrected beginning in 2017 to take on the mighty Marcellus in metrics, aided by a proximity-to-market kicker. Now, it’s taking on oil basins at the IRR weigh-in.
August 4, 2020
Business, Private Equity, Exploration & Production, Shale Plays, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Trends
Private Reserves: An Outlook from Private Oil Producers
Zero- and lightly levered private operators throughout U.S. oil basins are on the lookout to buy—and not just where they operate currently. These five producers—in Wyoming, Oklahoma, Colorado and South Texas—share their plans.
July 6, 2020
To the Mattresses: On the OFS Front
Several oilfield service shops have cash and no or little debt. They plan to expand.
June 23, 2020
Buddy Clark Executive Q&A: Chapter 2020
Energy banking in a pandemic that has diminished global oil and gas demand by at least 25%? A 38-year energy finance attorney and author of a history of oil and gas finance describes what the space looks like today.
June 1, 2020
Born in the Bakken
U.S. tight rock oil production exceeded 9 million barrels per day in March, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The story began 20 years ago in Richland County, Mont., with a prospector, two wildcatters, Halliburton and a bold venture: land a lateral in the middle Bakken—and frac it.
May 22, 2020
Executive Q&A: The Masked Oilman
We’re taking a departure from the normal here. But what’s ‘normal’ right now anyway? And what will be normal next quarter? So, we asked.
May 15, 2020
Getting the Deal Done: E&P M&A’ing with Cross Punches
Increasingly, E&P mergers are drawing shareholder pushback—unless for a low or no premium.
April 23, 2020
Independent In The Midland
Smaller Midland Basin operators discuss longer laterals, parent-child, lowering per-foot costs, evaluating additional targets and field operations efficiencies.
February 4, 2020
East Texas Chalk: It’s The Matrix
Another century, another sequel to the indomitable Austin Chalk where it all began: East Texas. This rock still has a lot of oil and gas.
January 24, 2020
Midcontinent E&P Asset Buyers Sticking To Shopping Lists
“If the square peg does not fit exactly within those parameters, it’s not a buy for them,” BOK Financial Securities’ Jason Reimbold said of the E&P A&D market in the Midcontinent.
January 7, 2020