Deep Potential: Permian Woodford Delivers as Exxon, Mewbourne Join In

Oklahoma’s finest Woodford Shale developers are applying their learnings to the Permian Basin, where exploration of the deep bench is in its earliest innings.

May 22, 2025

North Hudson Fuels Non-Op Strategy with TXO Deal, $344MM PE Raise

Houston-based private equity firm North Hudson eyes non-op deals with new fund as portfolio company LOGOS Resources ramps up San Juan gas drilling.

May 20, 2025

Breaking the Efficiency Barrier: Permian OFS Firms Race to Improve

Service companies such as NOV and ChampionX, working with operators, are optimizing well designs to boost well productivity and ultimately lower costs as shale production growth slows.

May 20, 2025

Continental Resources Tests More Layers of Williston Basin Oily Rock

Continental Resources is exploring new Williston Basin formations for stimulated, horizontal potential with 2025-minted D&C recipes, but which formations are being tested remains under wraps for now.

May 19, 2025

Occidental Pushes Midland Exploration into Strawn, Wichita-Albany

Occidental Petroleum is venturing beyond the Wolfcamp and Spraberry to explore deeper potential in the Permian Basin’s Strawn, Atoka, Wichita-Albany and Barnett formations.

May 19, 2025

E&P Highlights: May 19, 2025

Here’s a roundup of the latest E&P headlines, from a new oil discovery offshore Brazil to Libya’s latest upstream licensing round.

May 19, 2025

Crescent Energy Appoints Former Pioneer Exec Joey Hall as COO

Crescent Energy has chosen Joey Hall, who most recently served as executive vice president of operations at Pioneer Natural Resources and oversaw the Permian Basin and Eagle Ford Shale, as its new COO.

May 19, 2025

North Dakota Oil E&Ps plan Drop in Rigs on Weak Prices, State Says

Oil producers in the state, home to the Bakken play, have started to slow output and dropped rigs as prices have fallen below $65, the price required to break even.

May 18, 2025

Dividends Declared the Week of May 12

Here is a compilation of dividends declared during the week of May 12 from select upstream, midstream and service and supply companies including Hess Corp, Diversified Energy and South Bow.

May 18, 2025

CEO: Brazos Midstream Passed on Sale of Permian Infrastructure Co.

Brazos Midstream CEO Brad Iles said the time wasn’t right to sell a majority stake in the company.

May 18, 2025