Marcellus
Highlights , Shale Plays
Best of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (Jan. 15, 2021)
New Gulf of Mexico discovery by LLOG in the Mississippi Canyon Block 503 plus several Appalachian Basin completions including three Marcellus Shale discoveries from Chesapeake Energy top this week’s drilling activity highlights from around the world.
Rig Counts , Unconventional
Chart: Eastern Rig Count as of January 15, 2021
Alabama. Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia
Unconventional , Top IP Wells , Shale Plays
Updated: Top 12 IP Wells in the Marcellus Shale
January 2021: Three Mehoopany Field-Marcellus Shale Completions by Chesapeake Operating
Highlights , Shale Plays
Best of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (Jan. 8, 2021)
Howard County, Texas, completion produces from Spraberry and Wolfcamp, a high-volume Permian Basin discovery by Oxy and four Marcellus wells completed at Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna County top this week’s drilling activity highlights from around the world.
Unconventional , Shale Plays
E&P Plus Special Report: US Shales Scorecard
An in-depth analysis shows what went right and what didn’t in 2020 and the game changer that could push each major North American shale basin into prosperity in 2021.
Lease Sales
On the Market Oil and Gas Quicklist (Week of Jan. 6, 2021)
Here’s a quicklist of oil and gas assets on the market including the sale of a mineral listing totaling 6,299.73 net mineral acres in Wyoming’s Campbell County.
Infrastructure , Construction , Pipelines
Proposed Rules Cloud Startup of Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline
A spokeswoman at Equitrans Midstream, one of the companies building the natural gas pipeline, said the Mountain Valley team was aware of the revised state regulations and are sticking with their late-2021 target in-service date.
Digital Oilfield , Joint Ventures
Global Compression Services Launches as One-Stop Shop for Natural Gas Equipment
H&S Valve, Ignition Systems and Controls (ISC), Global Compressor and Potemkin have combined on Jan. 4 to form a new organization, Global Compression Services, a solutions provider and one-stop shop for natural gas compressor equipment parts and services for operations across the globe.
Business , Shale Plays , Trends , Mergers
E&P Consolidation Trends: Anticipating Gassy M&A
Merger mania is sweeping the oil basins, but what about natural gas? Here’s how one analyst imagines potential E&P consolidation scenarios playing out for gascos.
Highlights , Shale Plays
Year in Review: Best of Drilling Activity Highlights for 2020
Multiple discoveries by Occidental in New Mexico’s Eddy County, EOG Eagle Ford, Permian Basin and Niobrara completions plus Exxon Mobil boosts the resource potential for its development offshore Guyana top drilling activity highlights from around the world in 2020.