Pickering: Will Improving Drilling Efficiencies Outrun Inventory-led M&A?
Concerns on remaining inventory are a big driver of M&A activity, but improving drilling efficiencies allow for low rig counts to keep high production, says Dan Pickering, the chief investment officer of Pickering Energy Partners.
As Upstream M&A Settles, Oilfield Services Gear Up for More Deals
Within the first nine months of 2024, oilfield services dealmaking hit $19.7 billion—the highest since 2018, according to Deloitte.
Utica Play Economics Are Middleweight, Enverus Says
Returns in America’s modest, middleweight oil play, are above the Bakken and Eagle Ford, but rank below the Midland, Delaware and Denver-Julesburg basins, Enverus reported.
Matador Resources Credit Facility Upped by 30% to $3.25B
Matador Resources’ 19 lenders unanimously approved a 30% increase to the E&Ps borrowing base to $3.25 billion.
Crescent Upsizes Stock Offering, Offers Debt for Ridgemar Acquisition
Crescent Energy is offering 21.5 million shares of its stock and borrowing additional funds to pay for the cash portion of a $905 million acquisition of Ridgemar Energy.
Exclusive: Early Findings Show Untapped Potential in Barnett Exploration
Steven Jolley, Halliburton’s Permian Basin technology manager, gives insight into potential for new drilling opportunities around Andrews County and efficiencies operators are seeing within the Permian, in this Hart Energy Exclusive interview.
Crescent Energy Bolts On $905MM Central Eagle Ford Acreage
Crescent Energy will purchase Eagle Ford assets from Carnelian Energy Capital Management-backed Ridgemar Energy for $905 million, plus WTI-based contingency payments of up to $170 million.
Q&A: Exxon Mobil Pioneers the Permian and Guyana
Liam Mallon, Exxon Mobil’s upstream president, discusses how XOM liquids production has hit a 40-year high on the 25th anniversary of the Exxon-Mobil merger, and plans for the future.
Jefferies: With Permian Locked Up, E&Ps Hunt for New L48 Runway
With the core of the Permian Basin largely locked up, “intrepid operators” are hunting for runway in more nascent Lower 48 basins and in less developed Permian benches.
Coterra Takes Harkey Sand ‘Row’ Show on the Road
With success to date in Harkey sandstone overlying the Wolfcamp, the company aims to make mega-DSUs in New Mexico with the 49,000-net-acre bolt-on of adjacent sections.