Chord’s Longer Laterals Delivering Bigger Returns to Shareholders
Chord Energy shareholders are reaping the benefits from the Bakken E&P’s foray into drilling longer laterals, though a further dip in oil prices could cause the company to hunt for acquisitions at the low point in the cycle.
What's Affecting Oil Prices This Week? (July 7, 2025)
With the uncertainty generated by the tariffs and a higher-than-expected increase in supply from OPEC+, for the upcoming week, Stratas Advisors expect that oil prices will be under pressure – and the price of Brent crude could test $66.
Intensity Partners with Rainbow Energy on Bakken NatGas Pipeline
Intensity Infrastructure Partners’ two-phase pipeline project would move natural gas from the Bakken to eastern North Dakota.
Trending in the Williston: More U-Turn Well Permits
Permitting and drilling activity has remained steady in the Bakken region, showing resilience despite market volatility and geopolitical tensions affecting commodity prices.
Rockies Focused Prairie Pursuing M&A Post Bayswater Bolt-On
Prairie Operating CFO Greg Patton describes the company's shift into the E&P space and its potential M&A plans following Prairie's $600-million D-J acquisition from Bayswater Exploration and Production.
For Best EOR, Add (or Reduce) Salt in Frac Fluid Recipe
Changing the salinity of frac fluid in a reservoir may boost EOR efforts, according to a research paper presented at URTeC.
Volt Lithium to Deploy Mobile DLE Unit in Bakken
The initiative reflects Volt Lithium’s strategy of extracting lithium from streams of produced water associated with oil and gas production.
How Longer Laterals Are Extending Bakken’s Long Life—Chord CEO
Chord Energy is drilling longer 3- and 4-mile laterals in the middle Bakken to extend inventory life—and closely watching new oily zones being tested in the Williston Basin’s stacked pay.
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.
After 25 Years, E&Ps Sustain Bakken Oil’s Long Plateau
The first stimulated horizontal middle Bakken well came online 25 years ago, proving horizontal drilling and fracking could unlock vast oil reserves. What began as a modest experiment in a remote Montana field reshaped the future of U.S. oil production.