Permian Basin
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April 17, 2024
Canada’s Gibson Energy Inc. is betting that swelling oil production in the Permian basin will fuel continued growth in U.S. crude exports, boosting profit from a major Gulf Coast terminal it bought last year for about $1.1 billion.
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April 11, 2024
Diamondback in February agreed to buy fellow Texas oil-and-gas producer Endeavor in a $26 billion cash-and-stock deal to create the largest operator focused on the prolific Permian basin.
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April 08, 2024
In the five years since its founding, the PSP has nearly doubled in size and exponentially expanded its impact in Southeast New Mexico and West Texas.
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April 01, 2024
The acquisition will bring APA’s daily reported production to approximately 500,000 boe, approximately two-thirds coming from the Permian basin. The acquired assets include approximately 120,000 net acres in the Delaware basin and 25,000 net acres in the Midland Basin.
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U.S. shale drillers to reduce Permian drilling emissions, increase reliability with nuclear reactors
April 01, 2024
Diamondback, the largest independent producer headquartered in the shale-oil region, has signed a nonbinding letter of intent with Oklo Inc. to deploy small reactors for some of its future power needs, according to Diamondback President Kaes Van’t Hof.
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March 27, 2024
Drillers in the Permian basin told the survey they could profitably bore new wells with a crude price of $65 a bbl, well below the $83 actual price during the period in which opinions were gathered. The snag, however, is concern that the Biden administration may impose costly regulatory changes that would gut future profitability, survey respondents said.
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March 13, 2024
Axis' EPIC RIG provides improvements in safety and efficiency, as well as the ability to run on grid power for reduced emissions and increased fuel flexibility.
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February 28, 2024
Approximately 60% of total investments are planned to be allocated to the Permian basin, with the remainder to the DJ basin. Civitas expects to drill and complete 130 to 150 gross wells in the Permian basin and 90 to 110 gross wells in the DJ basin.
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February 14, 2024
Capital investment in shale and exploration will be trimmed by $320 million, and two rigs in the Permian will be idled this year, the Houston-based company said Wednesday. Spending will increase in the Gulf of Mexico, chemicals and the enhanced oil recovery business.
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February 14, 2024
Diamondback Energy Inc.’s blockbuster deal for Endeavor Energy Resources LP makes the company’s shares the best way to invest in the prolific Permian basin in Texas, according to Tortoise Capital Advisors LLC.
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February 13, 2024
The operators, today running a total of 26 rigs in the Permian basin, will see that count whittled down to between 20 and 22 over time, Kaes Van’t Hof, chief financial officer at Diamondback, said Monday on a conference call. They’ll be more efficient, however, meaning production will rise modestly despite the curtailed rig count.
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February 12, 2024
The two companies, headquartered across the street from one another in Midland, the heart of the Permian basin, will have a combined 838,000 net acres and have net production of 816,000 boe, according to the statement.
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February 09, 2024
Production from the basin is set to reach 6.4 MMbpd at the end of this year, up from 6.1 MMbpd at the end of 2023, Plains All American Pipeline LP said in its fourth-quarter earnings presentation. The growth will happen due to drilling efficiencies even as the number of rigs remains stable, Chief Financial Officer Al Swanson said.
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February 06, 2024
The purchase increases Vital Energy’s working interest in 54 producing, low-decline wells in the Permian basin by an average of 67%, increasing the company’s estimated 2024 production by approximately 1,850 boed (51% oil) and estimated 2024 Free Cash Flow by approximately $25 million.
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February 05, 2024
Overall, Permian Resources’ portfolio optimization efforts added approximately 17,000 Permian net acres, 7,300 Permian net royalty acres and over 200 high-quality, gross operated locations in the core of the Delaware basin.
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February 02, 2024
Chevron is targeting 10% growth this year, more than twice the pace of publicly traded independent oil companies, setting it on course to pump 1 MMbpd from the region in 2025. Exxon sees production growth of nearly 7%, but is expected to double its overall output once it completes the $60 billion of Pioneer Natural Resources Co. by mid-year.
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January 23, 2024
Among unconventional oil resource plays in the U.S., the Permian stands well atop the heap for remaining resource, offering both the most high-quality remaining drilling opportunities and the greatest potential for resource expansion from the prolific region’s stacked resource benches.
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January 20, 2024
Production across the U.S. was curtailed by about 10 MMbbl this week, according to market participants who asked not to be named because the information is private.
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January 08, 2024
Most of shale’s private operators in the Permian basin are planning modest growth this year as one of the main engines of U.S. oil expansion downshifts amid volatile commodity prices.
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January 04, 2024
Callon’s assets provide additional scale to APA’s operations across the Permian basin, most notably in the Delaware basin, where Callon has nearly 120,000 acres. On a pro forma basis, total company production exceeds 500,000 boed and enterprise value increases to more than $21 billion.
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January 03, 2024
The deal, which was announced Oct. 2023, adds over 40,000 new-acres in the Permian’s Midland basin, production levels of approximately 62 MMboed, of which 50% is oil, and roughly 400 development locations in the Spraberry and Wolfcamp formations.
