Chris
Mathews
Hart Energy
Classic Rock, New Wells: Permian Conventional Zones Gain Momentum
Spurned or simply ignored by the big publics, the Permian Basin’s conventional zones—the Central Basin Platform, Northwest Shelf and Eastern Shelf—remain playgrounds for independent producers.
Scout Taps Trades, Farm-Outs, M&A for Uinta Basin Growth
With M&A activity all around its Utah asset, private producer Scout Energy Partners aims to grow larger in the emerging Uinta horizontal play.
Oxy CEO Hollub Sees More Consolidation Coming in Permian, Globally
Occidental Petroleum CEO Vicki Hollub names emissions and water management as top challenges for Permian operators and an incentive for growth.
Range Resources Counters M&A Peer Pressure with Drilling Efficiencies
Range Resources doesn’t feel the need to give into M&A peer pressure as it focuses on the efficient development of its current asset base, President and CEO Dennis Degner tells Hart Energy.
Exclusive: ‘Later Innings’ for Energy M&A: Consolidator View Slows Deals
John Fossum, managing director at Petrie Partners, delves into the slowing pace of mergers amid companies vying for consolidator status and approaches companies are taking to generate cash, in this Hart Energy Exclusive interview.
Fewer Rigs, Bigger Payoff: US Oil Production Continues to Climb Even as Rig Count Drops
Despite a decline in the number of rigs in the U.S., technological advances and improved efficiencies have kept production going, allowing companies to achieve more with fewer resources.
EIV Capital: Opportunities Abound for Investors in Midstream Sector
Here are the metrics that midstream financiers look for in a mature industry.
Asia, EU Buyers Warming Up to US Shale M&A Again—Jefferies
Foreign asset buyers are considering U.S. upstream M&A to lower their LNG supply costs and avoid windfall taxes on European operations, Jefferies Managing Director Bill Marko says.
Analyst: Public E&Ps Race to Stay Relevant in a Consolidating Energy Market
A shrinking pool of opportunities is leading to scarcity and driving the rising valuations for crude E&Ps in the current A&D market, said TD Cowen analyst David Deckelbaum at Hart Energy’s A&D Strategies and Opportunities Conference.
Northern’s O’Grady: Most of ‘Best’ Acres ‘Already Been Bought’
Adding new-well inventory going forward will require “exploration or other creative measures,” said Nick O’Grady, whose Northern Oil and Gas holds interests in 10,000 Lower 48 wells.