Rockies
Highlights
Best Of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (Aug. 23, 2019)
A Powder River Basin discovery by Chesapeake, LLOG files Gulf of Mexico plan and a triple-lateral horizontal completion in South Texas top this week’s drilling activity highlights from around the world.
Lease Sales
On The Market Quicklist (Week Of Aug. 21, 2019)
Here’s a quicklist of oil and gas assets on the market including a roughly 24,000 net-acre contiguous, operated position in the Olmos trend of South Texas and Wolfcamp nonop assets in the Permian.
Logistics
Crusoe Reduces Natural Gas Flaring Using North Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado Data Centers
Across its existing projects, Crusoe has already eliminated more than 25 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas flaring, significantly reducing air emissions for local communities as well as regulatory challenges faced by oil and gas companies.
Lease Sales
Marketed: QEP Resources New Mexico San Juan Basin Properties
An affiliate of QEP Resources retained EnergyNet for the sale of nearly 300 properties primarily in the San Juan Basin within New Mexico through an auction closing Sept. 4.
Highlights
Best Of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (Aug. 16, 2019)
A Wolfcamp shale discovery in the Permian by Occidental, Chesapeake high-volume Haynesville completions and a California oil discovery top this week’s drilling activity highlights from around the world.
Company Profiles , Unconventional , Shale Plays
E&P Momentum: Let’s Take A Powder
E&Ps established viable economics for Powder River tight sand plays during the past half-decade. In 2019, they plan to do the same for source-rock Niobrara and Mowry shales.
Rig Counts , Unconventional
Chart: Western Rig Count As of August 16, 2019
California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Utah and Wyoming
Trends
A&D Transactions From The Week Of Aug. 14, 2019
Here’s a snapshot of energy deals from the past week including the closing of Occidental’s $55 billion takeover of Anadarko Petroleum and Qatar’s $550 million buy-in of Permian midstream.
Lease Sales
On The Market Quicklist (Week Of Aug. 14, 2019)
Here’s a quicklist of oil and gas assets on the market including EOG Resources Marcellus Shale assets and a Permian Basin minerals position from AE&J Royalties.
Unconventional
US Shale Oil Output To Rise To Record Level In September
The largest change is expected in the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico, where output is seen climbing 75,000 bbl/dd to 4.42 million bbl/d in September, also an all-time high.