Gulfport 3Q – Huge Profit, Focused on Utica, No SCOOP Drilling

Gulfport Energy, the third-largest driller in the Ohio Utica Shale (by the number of wells drilled), emerged from bankruptcy in May 2021 with a new board and top management. In January of this year, the company appointed a new CEO, John Reinhart, the former President and CEO of M-U driller Montage Resources Corporation before Southwestern…

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Gulfport Energy’s Entire M-U Operation Gets “A” on MiQ Report Card

Gulfport Energy, the third-largest driller in the Ohio Utica Shale (by the number of wells drilled), is the latest Marcellus/Utica driller to have its gas certified by MiQ. After a thorough review, MiQ gave Gulfport’s operations and the natural gas it produces its highest grade of “A.” Gulfport, which drills in both the Ohio Utica…

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21 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Sep 18 – 24

New shale permits issued for Sep 18 – 24 in the Marcellus/Utica were roughly the same as the prior week. There were 21 new permits issued last week, down 1 from permits issued two weeks ago. Last week’s permit tally included 11 new permits in Pennsylvania, 4 new permits in Ohio, and 6 new permits…

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Major U.S. Shale Drillers Hedged 2H23 Gas Production Avg. $3.35

According to an analysis by S&P Global Commodity Insights, large U.S. shale gas drillers (namely Marcellus/Utica drillers) have hedged (pre-sold at a specific price) an average of 50% of anticipated shale gas production for the second half of 2023. The average price of the hedges is $3.35/Mcf, far above the average NYMEX Henry Hub price…

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M-U Drilling Profits Hit Two-Year Low, Better Days Ahead?

Investors in shale oil and gas companies suffered for years with little or no returns for the money they invested. Five of eight large Marcellus/Utica drillers saw their share prices decrease by an astonishing 85% or more from 2008 to 2019 (see Former EQT CEO: Shale Revolution a “Disaster” for Investors). Just before the COVID…

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Gulfport Energy Expands Stock Repurchases by 63% to $650 Million

Gulfport Energy, the third-largest driller in the Ohio Utica Shale (by the number of wells drilled), emerged from bankruptcy in May 2021 with a new board and top management. In January of this year, the company appointed a new CEO, John Reinhart, the former President and CEO of M-U driller Montage Resources Corporation before that…

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Gulfport’s 4-Mile Utica Wells Producing 2.5+ Bcfe per 1,000 Ft

Gulfport Energy, the third-largest driller in the Ohio Utica Shale (by the number of wells drilled), emerged from bankruptcy in May 2021 with a new board and top management. In January of this year, the company appointed a new CEO, John Reinhart, the former President and CEO of M-U driller Montage Resources Corporation before that…

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Gulfport Drilling Marcellus (Not Utica) Wells in Belmont Co., OH

Gulfport Energy, the third-largest driller in the Ohio Utica Shale (by the number of wells drilled), emerged from bankruptcy in May 2021 with a new board and top management. In January of this year, the company appointed a new CEO, John Reinhart, the former President and CEO of M-U driller Montage Resources Corporation before that…

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17 New Shale Well Permits Issued for OH-WV (Not PA) Jul 10-16

We’re trying not to sound too PO’d (personally offended) here, but once again, in what seems to be an every month or two occurrence, the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) online oil and gas permitting database is throwing an error. So, we are left with no permit numbers for PA for the week of…

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11 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jun 19-25

New shale permits issued for Jun 19-25 in the Marcellus/Utica took another nosedive. There were 11 new permits issued last week, down from 21 the previous week. There’s just no denying that the trend in permits is generally down. Last week’s permit tally included 6 new permits in Pennsylvania, 2 new permits in Ohio (both…

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Shareholders Selling $123.5M of Gulfport Stock, Co. Buying $25M

Gulfport Energy issued a press release yesterday to announce that several unnamed stockholders, referred to as “certain stockholders,” are offering to sell 1.3 million company shares for $95 per share–for a total value of $123.5 million. If the market supports it, there may be an option to buy an additional 195,000 shares (another $18.5 million)….

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How M-U Drillers Spent Discretionary (Extra) Cash Flow in 1Q23

For individuals, discretionary income is what’s left after you pay your taxes and fixed costs like housing, food, and clothing. For shale drillers, the equivalent to discretionary income is cash flow from operating activities (CFOA), which is the net income a company generates adjusted for non-cash expenses like depreciation and stock-based compensation, and for changes

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Oil Prod. in Northern Utica Comes Alive – Encino Cracks Oil Code

The Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources (ODNR) recently released production numbers for the first quarter of 2023, and wow! What a surprise! Oil production in the northern Utica Shale skyrocketed, led by wells drilled by Encino Energy. According to an analysis by the Youngstown Business Journal, four shale wells drilled by Encino in Columbiana County

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Who Bought and Who Sold the Most Shares of M-U Drillers in 1Q23

It’s possible to track which institutional investors (big investors like BlackRock) are buying or selling shares in various companies by… Continue reading The post Who Bought and Who Sold the Most Shares of M-U Drillers in 1Q23 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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How Did M-U Gas Drillers Spend Their 2022 Record Haul of Cash?

Investors in shale oil and gas companies suffered for years with little or no returns for the money they invested…. Continue reading The post How Did M-U Gas Drillers Spend Their 2022 Record Haul of Cash? first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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