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Shale Plays
Laterals, Exports, Price Among Keys to Haynesville Shale Success
Goodrich Petroleum COO shares insight on its operations in the gassy Haynesville Shale as forecasts show natural gas prices and LNG exports rising.
Exxon Mobil, Chevron Take Cautious Approach to US Shale Recovery
The share of drilling activity by Exxon Mobil and Chevron in the Permian Basin oil field in Texas and New Mexico dropped to less than 5% this month from 28% last spring, according to data.
E&P Plus Regional Report: Midland Basin—Many Opportunities Remain
The Midland Basin, located within the eastern region of the Permian Basin, has seen a steady amount of new E&P activity since 2011.
Virtual DUG Recap: How the Haynesville Will Be Won
Natural gas operators in the Haynesville Shale discuss prices, returns, LNG demand and technology during Hart Energy’s DUG Haynesville Virtual Conference.
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Lease Sales
Marketed: Whiting Petroleum Redtail Assets, Weld County, Colorado
Whiting Petroleum retained Meagher Energy Advisors for the sale of its Retail upstream and midstream assets in Colorado’s Weld County including shallow decline, horizontal Niobrara producing properties.
May 10, 2021
Rig Counts, Unconventional, Shale Plays
Hart Energy Unconventional Activity Tracker (Week of May 10, 2021)
The most active operator continues to be Permian Basin-focused Pioneer Natural Resources at 30 rigs, which includes nine more rigs after closing its acquisition of privately held DoublePoint Energy.
May 10, 2021
Public Capital, Shale Plays, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers
Bonanza Creek, Extraction Merger to Create Largest Pure-play D-J Basin Producer
The combined company, to be named Civitas Resources, will be the largest pure-play energy producer in Colorado’s Denver-Julesburg Basin, with an aggregate enterprise value of approximately $2.6 billion.
May 10, 2021
Energy Transition, Shale Plays, Technology
Ørsted Completes Permian Energy Center
The company's first utility-scale solar plus battery storage project of 460MWAC reaches commercial operation, making Ørsted the first developer to operate the full spectrum of new renewable technologies at utility scale in the U.S.
May 10, 2021
Public Capital, Shale Plays
US Shale Producer Penn Virginia Defers $350 Million Debt Offering
Penn Virginia received indications from potential bond investors that the proposed $350 million debt offering “didn’t materially differentiate from our financing in place currently,” says the company’s CEO, Darrin Henke.
May 10, 2021
Public Capital, Shale Plays, Acquisitions & Divestitures
Permian Producer Laredo Petroleum Strikes $715 Million Deal for Sabalo, Partner
In addition to the Sabalo deal, Laredo Petroleum also agreed to a partial sale of operated PDP reserves in gas-weighted legacy assets in Reagan and Glasscock counties, Texas, for $405 million.
May 9, 2021
System Integrity
Colonial Pipeline Latest: US Government to Help Operator after Cyberattack
The attack is one of the most disruptive digital ransom operations reported and has prompted calls from American lawmakers to tighten protections for critical U.S. energy infrastructure against hackers.
May 9, 2021
Highlights, Shale Plays
Best of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (May 7, 2021)
Marcellus and Utica shale discoveries, Diamondback completes a Wolfcamp producer in the Permian Basin plus an offshore prospect in the Gulf of Mexico’s Green Canyon Block top this week’s oil and gas drilling activity highlights from around the world.
May 7, 2021
Lease Sales
Marketed: Midcontinent Nonop, ORRI Package Covering over 2,000 Wells
Black Falcon Energy LLC, as managing company, retained EnergyNet for the sale of a Midcontinent opportunity in Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas through a sealed-bid offering closing June 3.
May 7, 2021
Shale Plays, Completions, Pressure Pumping
Comstock Resources to Deploy BJ Energy's TITAN Frac Tech across Haynesville Assets
A TITAN fleet will be deployed to Comstock's Haynesville operation in early 2022, representing the company's second TITAN fleet in the basin.
May 7, 2021