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In Ohio’s Utica Shale, Oil Wildcatters Are at Home
The state was a fast-follower in launching the U.S. and world oil industry, and millions of barrels of economic oil are still being found there today.
Romito: Beware the Environmental NGO ‘Emissions Police’
Non-governmental organizations are effectively functioning as an unchecked extension of the executive branch.
Paisie: Geopolitics, Economic News Rattle Oil Markets
Demand is expected to outstrip supply in third-quarter 2024, with prices in the $80s.
Belcher: How Overturning the Chevron Deference Will Impact Energy Regs
The decision will enable the industry to challenge an array of federal regulatory actions.
Pitts: LNG Sector, Beware! Aramco is Coming
Loaded with cash, Saudi oil powerhouse Aramco has embarked on a net-zero quest.
Mexico Energy Forum: Election Impacts on US-Mexico Energy Trade
Mexico Energy Forum President Roberto Salinas León shared his thoughts with Oil and Gas Investor on a number of themes related to recent elections in Mexico.
Permian Consolidation Piques Interest in Drill-to-earn Opportunities
Drill-to-earn arrangements have been utilized in the Permian for years in the forms of joint ventures, farm-outs and other customizable agreements.
Hirs: Peak Oil Demand—Where Upstream Diverges from Downstream
The impact of peak oil demand is the same regardless of the sliding timelines published by the experts.
New Mexican President, Same Reliance on Permian Gas
While Sheinbaum leans toward a stronger Pemex, U.S. producers are likely to maintain their relevance in Mexico.
Wilson: NGLs are America’s Other Energy Export Boom
Robust outlook, interested buyers, willing investors—what’s not to like as NGLs have become America's hottest export product?
The Nuclear Option: E&Ps See Promising Yield from Mobile Reactors
In the Permian Basin and elsewhere, energy players consider adding small modular reactors and microreactors to their energy supply mix as electricity demand grows.
From Failed Post-Civil War Railroad to Permian Basin Royalties Giant
The Texas Pacific Land Corp. has a storied history, setting it up to thrive in Permian royalties, water, easements and more.
Kissler: US Must Protect the Petrodollar to Defend the Dollar
Rumblings that the petrodollar is dead are likely overstated, but the demise of the long-time practice would have far-reaching implications for the U.S.
Big Barrels: Meet Ohio’s New Utica Oil Play
After a false start in the early 2010s that went underwater with overwhelmingly low oil and associated-gas prices, a new group of Ohio drillers is going after the Utica’s volatile oil window. They’re talking now. Here’s what they’re up to.
Segrist: Gassed Up, Waiting to Go: Producers Aim to Remedy Gas Prices
The countdown clock for a surge in natural gas demand is ticking. Is the U.S. finally at the turning point?
Major CCS Pipelines Inch Closer to Reality
Louisiana hands proponents a major victory for in-state development, but technical and political challenges remain.
The ABCs of ABS: Financing Technique Shows Flexibility and Promise
As the number of ABS deals has grown, so have investors’ confidence with the asset and the types of deals they are willing to underwrite.
Paisie: Oil Demand to Rise 1.2 MMbbl/d in Second Half
WTI’s price is expected to stay in the low $80s/bbl.
Private Equity Looks for Minerals Exit
Private equity firms have become adroit at finding the best mineral and royalties acreage; the trick is to get public markets to pay more attention.
Investing ‘Generationally’: The Family Office View of Oil and Gas
Key family offices, whose wealth developed from other industries, are filling in oil and gas investment gaps left by the flight of endowment and institutional capital from the space.
Pitts: Oh, What a Tangled Web the Supermajors Weave
Exxon and Chevron and Guyana and Venezuela—‘Let’s Make A Deal’ meets ‘Love, South American Style.’
West Texas Hold ’Em: Permian Plays Pipeline Poker
The consensus is that the Permian Basin needs another major gas pipeline soon. Midstream companies are trying to figure out when … and who will make the move.
Same Game, Fewer Players: Midstream M&A Stands Apart from E&P Sector
The midstream M&A market typically follows the E&P sector by a few months. But some aspects of the market are different this time around.
Paisie: OPEC+ Will Be Able to Manage Prices
Disappointing economic news has contributed to a drop in oil prices.
BPX Expands Its US Shale Game
BPX CEO Kyle Koontz delves into development plans in the Permian, Eagle Ford and Haynesville.
Offshore Guyana: ‘The Place to Spend Money’
Exxon Mobil, Hess and CNOOC are prepared to pump as much as $105 billion into the vast potential of the Stabroek Block.
Chevron, Exxon Among Players Getting to FID, Locking in Hydrogen Offtake
Hydrogen players Chevron Corp., Mitsubishi Power and Exxon Mobil are working to find buyers and pursue incentives to move projects forward.
BPX’s Koontz: The Rise of a Shale Man
CEO Kyle Koontz takes the reins of BPX Energy’s rapid onshore growth amid big changes at BP.
Beetaloo Juice: US Shale Explores Down Under
Tamboran Resources has put together the largest shale-gas leasehold in Australia’s Beetaloo Basin, with plans for a 1.5+ Bcf/d play. Behind its move now to manufacturing mode are American geologists and E&P-builders, a longtime Australian wildcatter, a U.S. shale-rig operator and a U.S. shale pressure-pumper.
Gas Producers Increasingly Dominating in New Shale Top Operators List
As more private oil producers are gobbled up by giant publics, the gas players are moving up the ranks of the top operators, according to a compiled list by Enverus in an exclusive partnership with Oil and Gas Investor.