Shale
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November 19, 2023
Drillers in the U.S. shale patch are again trying to rebound from slumping activity, this time expanding the oil rig count by the widest margin in nine months.
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November 16, 2023
(WO) — WhiteHawk Energy LLC has announced the acquisition of additional Marcellus Shale natural gas mineral and royalty assets for a total purchase price of $54 million.
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November 14, 2023
The more bullish forecast for Permian production marks a turnaround from last month’s report, which had originally shown output contracting during every month between August and November from the prolific basin.
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November 07, 2023
The cash-and-stock acquisition will add about 800 drilling locations and an expected 56,000 boed of production in 2024, Calgary-based Crescent Point said Monday.
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November 03, 2023
Average hourly earnings for front-line oil-and-gas workers rose 0.9% in September from the previous month to $43.63, according to a Labor Department report released Friday. Compared with a year ago, oil pay is up 5.7%.
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October 31, 2023
Exxon Mobil Corp. named Bart Cahir as Senior Vice President of its shale division, replacing David Scott, who was arrested in Texas earlier this month and accused of sexual assault.
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October 16, 2023
The A3H well was drilled, cased and cemented to a total measured depth (“TD”) of 3,837 m, including a horizontal section of 1,100 m in the Amungee Member B-shale.
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October 15, 2023
Argentina is home to the world’s second-biggest trove of shale gas in Patagonia’s Vaca Muerta, or Dead Cow, formation. CEO Marcelo Mindlin, 59, who founded Pampa Energia SA in 2005 as the country rebounded from financial and economic implosion, wants to unearth as much of it as possible.
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October 13, 2023
Pure-play shale drillers will be acquired by larger companies within the next five years amid intensifying financial pressures and demand for drilling targets, Pioneer Natural Resources Co. Chief Executive Officer Scott Sheffield said just hours after announcing the $60 billion sale of his company to Exxon Mobil Corp.
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October 12, 2023
The shale sector is a hotbed of consolidation talk as oil companies compete for the best drilling portfolios in the Permian basin, North America’s biggest source of crude.
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October 11, 2023
ExxonMobil officials, including Senior V.P. Neil Chapman, held a media briefing on Wednesday morning (Oct. 11), to further articulate it's acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources. World Oil sat in on that discussion, which included the company’s drilling plans, shale outlook and midstream operations.
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October 09, 2023
Civitas Resources entered into an agreement with Vencer Energy, a Vitol investment, to acquire oil-producing assets in the Midland basin of West Texas for approximately $2.1 billion.
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October 06, 2023
The deal would be Exxon’s biggest acquisition since merging with Mobil Corp. in 1999, and would make the energy giant the top producer in the most prolific U.S. oil basin.
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September 27, 2023
In addition to expressing concerns regarding costs, executives continued to criticize President Joe Biden for his energy policy that many see as intended to run them out of business.
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September 26, 2023
The survey is designed to assist in the evaluation and horizontal development of multiple zones, including the emerging Barnett Shale, Mississippi Lime, and Devonian horizons, which are highly prospective with analogous play concepts having been proven just north of Pontiac in Andrews County.
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September 26, 2023
Shale executives issued calls for the Biden administration to adopt consistent policies that will allow them to drill more. Failure to do so, they warned, will lead to tighter energy supplies and higher prices.
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September 15, 2023
Gas rigs in the Eagle Ford shale play in South Texas more than doubled this week to five, according to data released Friday by Baker Hughes Co.
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September 14, 2023
One in five new wells in the Permian basin of West Texas and New Mexico will rely on subterranean horizontal holes of 3 miles or longer in 2024, double the share this year and up from virtually zero just two years ago, according to research firm Rystad Energy.
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August 31, 2023
Initial evaluation confirms reservoir continuity of the Amungee Member B-shale over 150 kilometers between Amungee NW-2H and Beetaloo W-1 wells. This includes a target development area of approximately 1 million acres where the shale depth exceeds 2,700 meters.
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August 28, 2023
Reinvestment rate surged to 72% in the second quarter, highs not seen since 2020, according to the study focusing on 18 companies that collectively account for about 40% of U.S. shale output.
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August 25, 2023
Rigs targeting both crude and natural gas in the West Texas and southeast New Mexico region declined by 7 to 320 this week, according to data released Friday by Baker Hughes Co.
