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Shale Plays
ConocoPhillips Sees More Upside with Technology Post Concho Deal
ConocoPhillips continues to find ways to improve through the use of refracs, simul-fracs and other technologies, says Jack Harper, former Concho exec now leading Conoco’s Permian Basin team.
Fighting the Fight: Diamondback Energy Shares Survival Tactics
Public oil and gas producers will be judged on LOE and G&A plus their emissions profile, methane intensity and flaring, according to Diamondback CFO Kaes Van’t Hof.
Private Producers Driving Activity Surge in US Shale
Private producers accounted for nearly half of the nation’s horizontal rig count in May, according to analysis of U.S. shale activity by Rystad Energy.
Southwestern Energy to Buy Haynesville Producer Indigo Natural Resources in $2.7 Billion Deal
U.S. gas producer Southwestern Energy Co. has entered a definitive merger agreement with Haynesville producer Indigo Natural Resources LLC to acquire Indigo for about $2.7 billion, the company said on June 2.
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Lease Sales
Marketed: Gulfport Energy Core Williston Basin Assets
Gulfport Energy retained Eagle River Energy Advisors for the sale of certain ORRI and nonoperated working interest assets and associated lands in the Williston Basin of North Dakota in Dunn, McKenzie, McLean and Mountrail counties.
July 30, 2021
Water Management, System Integrity
Recycling Produced Water in Completed Development Areas
An operator increases produced water recycling and reduces produced water injection via water midstream infrastructure in Midland County.
July 30, 2021
Rig Counts
US Oil, Gas Rig Count Falls for First Week in Eight
Despite this week’s decline, the total rig count was up 237, or 94%, over this time last year, according to Baker Hughes data going back to 1940.
July 30, 2021
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), Trade, International, Midstream, Construction
Poland’s PGNiG Terminates LNG Deal over Delayed Texas Project
PGNiG, Poland’s biggest gas company, signed a 20-year agreement for LNG supples with Sempra in 2018, as part of its bigger plan to cut reliance on gas imports from Russia.
July 30, 2021
Highlights, Shale Plays
Best of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (July 30, 2021)
A new Walker Ridge discovery in the U.S. Gulf by Chevron plus two more Wolfcamp Shale producers from CrownQuest’s Avogadro prospect in the Permian Basin top this week’s oil and gas drilling activity highlights from around the world.
July 30, 2021
Public Capital, Shale Plays, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers
Spartan Delta Set to Become Largest Montney Producer after Latest Deal
The deal marks a major milestone in Spartan's Montney consolidation strategy and brings the company closer to achieving its previously stated objective of production growth to 100,000 boe/d, says Spartan CEO Fotis Kalantzis.
July 30, 2021
Rig Counts, Unconventional
Chart: Midcontinent, Permian Basin Rig Count as of July 30, 2021
Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas Dist. 7B, 7C, 8, 8A, 9, 10
July 30, 2021
Rig Counts, Unconventional
Chart: Eastern Rig Count as of July 30, 2021
Alabama. Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia
July 30, 2021
Rig Counts, Unconventional
Chart: Gulf Coast Rig Count as of July 30, 2021
Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas RRC Dist. 1, 2, 3, 4., 5, 6, inland, offshore
July 30, 2021
Rig Counts, Unconventional
Chart: Western Rig Count as of July 30, 2021
California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Utah and Wyoming
July 30, 2021