Industry News

Wildcatting is Back: The New Lower 48 Oil Plays

Operators wanting to grow oil inventory organically are finding promising potential as modern drilling and completion costs have dropped while adding inventory via M&A is increasingly costly. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.

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China’s CNOOC Sells US Assets to Britain’s INEOS

The Chinese oil and gas major said CNOOC Energy Holdings U.S.A. entered into a sales agreement with a subsidiary of INEOS relating to CNOOC’s upstream oil and gas assets in the U.S. part of the Gulf of Mexico. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.

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Partnership to Deploy Clean Frac Fleets Across Permian Basin

Diamondback Energy, Halliburton Energy Services and VoltaGrid are working together to deploy four advanced electric simul-frac fleets across the Permian in an effort to enhance clean and efficient energy solutions in the region. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.

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PHX Minerals Explores Sale After Rejecting Acquisition Bids

PHX Minerals hired bankers to explore a potential merger or sale of the firm, which manages assets across the Midcontinent and Haynesville Shale play. PHX has rejected multiple unsolicited acquisition bids in the past two years. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.

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Tethys Oil Suspends Kunooz-1 Well in Oman

The decision to suspend its Kunooz-1 exploration well comes after flow testing failed to confirm the presence of commercially-viable hydrocarbons, Tethys said. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.

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28 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Dec 2 – 8

For the week of Dec 2 – 8, permits issued in the Marcellus/Utica bounced back nicely. There were 28 new permits issued last week, more than doubling the 12 issued the week before (and matching the 28 issued three weeks ago). The Keystone State (PA) issued 18 new permits, with eight going to EQT spread…

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Northern Oil and Gas Investing $160M in Marcellus/Utica in 2025

Yesterday, Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (NOG) announced it had entered a Joint Development Program with an unnamed Marcellus/Utica driller to invest $160 million in 2025 for new well drilling. In return, NOG will receive a 15% working interest (i.e., ownership) in the assets. NOG did not identify the driller but called it “one of…

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