Bakken
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March 07, 2025
Vitesse Energy announced today the completion of its previously announced acquisition of Lucero Energy in an all-stock transaction valued at $222 million. The addition of Lucero’s operations will enable Vitesse to expand its assets across the Bakken shale region.
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December 16, 2024
Vitesse Energy has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Lucero Energy in an all-stock transaction valued at $222 million. The addition of Lucero’s operations will enable Vitesse to expand its assets across the Bakken shale region.
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October 21, 2024
Phoenix Capital Group has announced significant results from its latest wells in the Bakken shale region, with rapid expansion marking them as a top producer.
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October 16, 2024
Exxon Mobil Corp has announced plans to sell a portion of its assets in North Dakota's Bakken shale formation, according to Reuters.
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August 29, 2024
Drillers have extended the horizontal length of their wells since the pandemic to three miles or more to squeeze more output from their sites. The longer so-called laterals are often credited with helping explorers deliver surprise production growth of 1 MMbpd last year.
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August 20, 2024
Williston operators have executed about 15% more refracs than those in the Eagle Ford. While results vary, EIR finds that average refracs in the Williston produce about 50% of new drill estimated ultimate recovery (EUR), outperforming the Eagle Ford’s roughly 25%.
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Hess increases oil and gas production on Guyana, Bakken success amid Chevron, ExxonMobil arbitration
July 31, 2024
Net production was 494,000 boepd in the second quarter of 2024, compared with 387,000 boepd in the second quarter of 2023, primarily due to higher production in Guyana and the Bakken. In the third quarter of 2024, E&P net production is expected to be in the range of 460,000 boepd to 470,000 boepd, primarily reflecting planned downtime in Guyana and Southeast Asia.
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June 25, 2024
Pytheas Energy, Inc announced the addition of three producing oil and gas properties to its growing portfolio: the Andrews Crane asset, the Bakken asset, and the Minerva-Rockdale asset. These represent both working and non-working interests in 620 oil and gas wells, with a combined gross current production of approximately 357 bpd.
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April 25, 2024
Hess’ E&P net income was $997 million in Q1 2024, compared with $405 million in Q1 2023. Net production was 476,000 boed in Q1 2024, compared with 374,000 boed in the Q1 2023, primarily due to higher production in Guyana and the Bakken.
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February 22, 2024
Buying Calgary-based Enerplus will increase Chord’s production to the equivalent of 287,000 boed and give it a total 1.3 million net acres in the Williston basin.
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February 18, 2024
Currently, the two wells are producing at a combined rate over 1,000 bopd. Morgan anticipates further increases as the wells continue flowback for the next few weeks.
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February 11, 2024
Rocky Mountain oil and gas company Zephyr Energy plc provided an update on its project in the Paradox basin, Utah, and its non-operated project in the Williston basin, North Dakota.
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February 01, 2024
Silver Hill Energy Partners will acquire Liberty’s producing assets in North Dakota’s Bakken region, where Libery’s net production in December 2023 was approximately 13,000 boed (76% oil, 86% liquids). Silver Hill will also acquire Liberty’s PDP reserves of approximately 16 MMboe.
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February 01, 2024
Oil and gas proved reserves at Dec.31, 2023 were 1.37 Bboe, compared with 1.26 Bboe at Dec. 31, 2022. Proved reserve additions and net revisions in 2023 totaled 261 MMboe, primarily from Guyana, which included sanctioning of the Uaru development, and from the Bakken.
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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 17, 2024
Currently, there are 441 stable producing, shallow decline wells on the acreage across the mineral interests acquired from AgWest Farm Credit, and there are well over 100 new well locations that can and likely will be drilled in the future across the acquired land.
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January 16, 2024
As much as 650,000 bpd is offline, up from 425,000 bpd on Monday, according to Justin Kringstad, director of the North Dakota Pipeline Authority. The state’s total production reached 1.2 MMbpd in October.
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October 23, 2023
Hess’ Bakken assets add another leading U.S. shale position to Chevron’s DJ and Permian basin operations and further strengthen domestic energy security.
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August 25, 2023
Crescent Point is lowering its 2023 annual average production guidance to a range of 156,000 to 161,000 boed, which represents a reduction of approximately 4,500 boed.
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August 15, 2023
Over the next five years, Hess expects this fully electric Bakken drilling fleet will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its Bakken drilling operations by approximately 50% and energy costs by approximately 70%.
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June 13, 2023
In 2024, Ovintiv expects to deliver total company oil and condensate production of greater than 200 Mbpd with total capital investment of $2.1 billion to $2.5 billion. The company's production profile is expected to normalize by mid-year 2024 with second-half 2024 oil and condensate production stabilizing at 200 Mbpd.
