Midcontinent
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.
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.
Rig Counts , Unconventional
Chart: Gulf Coast Rig Count as of May 7, 2021
Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas RRC Dist. 1, 2, 3, 4., 5, 6, inland, offshore
Rig Counts , Unconventional
Chart: Midcontinent, Permian Basin Rig Count as of May 7, 2021
Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas Dist. 7B, 7C, 8, 8A, 9, 10
Acquisitions & Divestitures , Trends , Mergers
Energy A&D Transactions from the Week of May 5, 2021
Here’s a snapshot of recent energy deals including a Bakken deal between Oasis Petroleum and Diamondback Energy plus the sale of Hunt Oil’s Permian Basin asset in a transaction believed to be worth over $1 billion.
Lease Sales
On the Market Oil and Gas Quicklist (Week of May 5, 2021)
Here’s a quicklist of oil and gas assets on the market including Fairway Resources Oklahoma properties and Kaiser-Francis Oil well package in Louisiana plus the offer from Centennial Resource Production to acquire or farm in certain operated assets in the Permian Basin of Reeves County, Texas.
Rig Counts , Unconventional , Shale Plays
Hart Energy Unconventional Activity Tracker (Week of May 3, 2021)
The most notable changes to the number of oil and gas rigs operating in the U.S. during the past month occurred in the Midcontinent (up 12), Gulf Coast (up seven) and Ark-La-Tex (up six) regions.
Unconventional , Top IP Wells
Updated: Top 12 I.P. Wells in Granite Wash
February 2012: Linn Energy completion flows 31.42 MMcfe per day
Unconventional , Top IP Wells
Updated: Top 12 IP Wells in Woodford Shale
January 2020 update: Two Woodford Wells Completed in Grady County, Okla., by Gulfport Energy
Highlights , Shale Plays
Best of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (April 30, 2021)
High-volume Bakken completions, Marcellus Shale discoveries from Cabot and Chesapeake plus results of three Woodford Shale wells in Oklahoma’s Grady County by Continental Resources top this week’s oil and gas drilling activity highlights from around the world.