Arctic
Exploration & Production , Policy & Regulations , Lease Sales
BLM Lease Sale in Arctic Refuge to Take Place Before Biden Takes Office
The sale notice for oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will be published on Dec. 7, setting up a sale to be held on Jan. 6 via video livestream, the BLM said in a statement.
Lease Sales
On the Market Oil and Gas Quicklist (Week of Dec. 2, 2020)
Here’s a quicklist of oil and gas assets on the market including multiple Ascent Resources packages in the core of the Utica Shale in Ohio plus royalty acreage operated by Endeavor Energy Resources in the Permian Basin.
Highlights , Shale Plays
E&P Plus: November 2020 US Drilling Activity Highlights
Check out the latest oil and gas drilling activity highlights across the U.S. featured in the November issue of E&P Plus including a Purple Sage Field-Wolfcamp well in New Mexico, a Haynesville Shale producer in Louisiana’s Sabine Parish and an Ascent Resources Utica Shale discovery.
Exploration & Production , Policy & Regulations
US Moves to Loosen Safety Rules for Arctic Ocean Oil Drilling
The proposal would revise a suite of Obama-era rules crafted to improve safety in the extreme conditions of the Arctic after a Shell drilling rig ran aground there in 2012.
Exploration & Production , Policy & Regulations , Lease Sales
Trump Administration Pushes to Sell Alaska Oil Leases Pre-Biden Inauguration
The Trump Administration will take key steps to finalize a sale of oil drilling leases in the sensitive Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska just before Democrat Joseph Biden becomes president.
Field Development
Equinor Advances Plans to Develop Arctic Wisting Oil Discovery
Wisting, Norway’s northernmost oil discovery, is estimated to hold about 440 million barrels of oil equivalent.
Highlights , Shale Plays
Best of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (Nov. 6, 2020)
Marcellus shale producers recently completed by Chevron and Southwestern Energy plus an offshore oil discovery in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico by LLOG Exploration top this week’s drilling activity highlights from around the world.
Highlights , Shale Plays
Best of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (Oct. 9, 2020)
88 Energy wildcat encounters pay on the Alaska North Slope plus recent Marcellus Shale completions in Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna County by Chesapeake Energy and Cabot Oil & Gas top this week’s drilling activity highlights from around the world.
Exploration & Production , Acquisitions & Divestitures
Lundin Energy Doubles Down on Arctic Oil with Idemitsu Deal
Sweden’s Lundin Energy will buy stakes in several oil discoveries in the Barents Sea from Japan’s Idemitsu in a $125 million deal, Lundin said Oct. 5.
Highlights , Shale Plays
E&P Plus: September 2020 US Drilling Activity Highlights
Check out the latest oil and gas drilling activity highlights across the U.S. featured in the September issue of E&P Plus including Occidental Petroleum Bone Spring discoveries plus Marcellus Shale wells completed by Chevron.