Continental Resources added acreage in Oklahoma’s Anadarko Basin, but precisely where else it bought and sold is a little more complicated.
The acquisition of Enerplus by Devon would more than double the company’s third-quarter 2023 Williston Basin production.
Silver Hill Energy Partners LP is getting into the Bakken in North Dakota through the acquisition of Liberty Resources II.
Hess Corp. increased its drilling activity and output from the Bakken play of North Dakota during the fourth quarter, the E&P reported in its latest earnings.
As E&Ps look to bulk up outside of the Permian Basin, EnCap-backed Bakken player Grayson Mill Energy is reportedly exploring a sale valued around $5 billion.
Daily oil and gas output is forecasted to decline from shale basins across the Lower 48 in February—except from the mighty Permian Basin, according to new Energy Information Administration figures.
Phoenix Capital Group acquired about 600,000 net mineral acres across four states from AgWest Farm Credit.
In 2023, majors Chevron and Exxon Mobil took four public names off the board—Pioneer Natural Resources, Denbury, PDC Energy and Hess Corp.— using all-equity takeout mechanisms with scant premiums.
Megadeals between Chevron and Hess and Exxon and Pioneer Natural Resources are under intensified scrutiny but the oil and gas firms say they will cooperate in the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s “second request” for information.
California major Chevron Corp. is setting aside $6.5 billion to develop its U.S. shale portfolio next year, with the bulk of the spend allocated in the Permian Basin.