Right Risk, High Return: Aethon Jumps on Elevated NatGas Prices

Aethon Energy is navigating an uncertain market with cautious optimism as the company explores riskier opportunities that can help meet power demand growth, says co-President Gordon Huddleston.

June 19, 2025

Lower-Cost Horseshoe Wells Gaining Traction in Tight Leaseholds

Operators such as Matador Resources, Vital Energy and Comstock Resources have drilled more than 60 U-shaped laterals this year.

June 18, 2025

LNG, AI Fervor Raises M&A Interest for US Shale Gas—PwC

Power shift: While E&P dealmaking stalls amid tariffs and price swings, gas-fired assets and utilities are fueling a new M&A surge, PwC finds.

June 18, 2025

Tamboran Beetaloo Flow Test Shows Properties Similar to Marcellus

Tamboran Resources’ sidetrack in the Beetaloo Basin IP’ed an average of 7.2 MMcf/d over 30 days from a roughly 1-mile lateral, an IP rate similar to the average IP-30 of Marcellus dry-gas wells.

June 17, 2025

Some Privates Capitalizing on Low Completion Costs Amidst Volatility

Liberty Energy CEO Ron Gusek says he sees private companies in strong financial positions adding rigs to drill while completion costs are low and then waiting for a strong price signal to move ahead on production.

June 17, 2025

Post Oak Closes $764MM Fund Focused on Permian, Utica, Haynesville

Post Oak has made commitments to five portfolio companies, with capital deployed in the Permian Basin and Utica and Haynesville shales.

June 17, 2025

Reports: Mitsubishi Targeting Haynesville E&P Aethon in $8B Deal

Japan’s Mitsubishi is reportedly in talks to acquire Aethon Energy’s Haynesville assets in a deal that could be worth $8 billion.

June 16, 2025

‘More is to Come’: Matador’s Foran on Upping Crude Production, 2025 Outlook

Matador Resources CEO Joe Foran discusses the driving decision in locking in its hedges earlier this year and the company’s oil and gas growth plans, in this Hart Energy Exclusive interview.

June 9, 2025

Energy Pundits Bullish on Economy, Despite Volatility

Tariff and inflation fears are complicating an energy market with sectors that remain poised to boom, financial managers say.

June 6, 2025

VanLoh: Continued US Oil Growth at $63 is a ‘Dangerous Assumption’

The Bakken and Eagle Ford have three or four years of new-drill well inventory left at $63/bbl WTI while the Permian has between seven and 10 years, Quantum Capital Group’s Wil VanLoh said at Hart Energy’s Energy Capital Conference.

June 5, 2025