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June 26, 2025
U.S. shale companies are expected to prioritize hedging strategies over ramping up drilling activity, despite former President Trump’s call to increase output following U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. Analysts say sustained price increases — not short-term volatility — are needed to spur new investment.
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June 25, 2025
Texas Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian announced the launch of the Delivering Oil and Gas Efficiently (DOGE) Task Force today, a new internal initiative focused on improving processes, enhancing communication, and strengthening the Railroad Commission of Texas as a responsive, pro-business agency.
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June 25, 2025
Enverus has released its annual list of the most prolific 100 private oil and gas producers in the U.S. based on gross operated production, well count and rig movements across last year. Continental Resources remains in the top position, with Mewbourne Oil and Aethon Energy taking second and third place, according to Enverus.
News
June 25, 2025
Woodside Energy has completed its sell-down of a 40% interest in Louisiana LNG to global investment firm Stonepeak. Under the transaction, Stonepeak will provide $5.7 billion towards the capital expenditure for the development of Louisiana LNG.
Article
June 2025
Following the initial oil find in Block 30, offshore Mexico, Harbour Energy drilled.
Article
June 2025
Op-Ed: Rigs and equipment matter, but it’s the people who make those operations happen.  Now is not the time to pull back—the industry must double down on training, leadership development, and workforce readiness.  
News
June 24, 2025
Diversified Energy and global investment firm Carlyle have announced a strategic partnership to invest in up to $2 billion in existing proved developed producing (PDP) natural gas and oil assets across the U.S.
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June 24, 2025
BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust is marketing its overriding royalty interest (ORRI) in Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay field—the most prolific conventional oil field in North America—as part of a planned dissolution of the Trust.
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June 20, 2025
Canadian oil producer Strathcona Resources stood by its offer for MEG Energy after having the $4.1-billion takeover bid rejected by MEG’s board. While MEG called the offer “inadequate and opportunistic,” Strathcona continues to try to win over MEG shareholders.
News
June 20, 2025
According to TIPRO’s analysis, direct Texas upstream employment for May totaled 208,200, an increase of 2,200 industry positions from April employment numbers, subject to revisions. This represented an increase of 600 jobs in the services sector and 1,600 jobs in oil and gas extraction. 
News
June 20, 2025
Danos has secured a contract renewal with Eni to provide production labor for its Gulf of America/Gulf of Mexico assets. The agreement includes approximately 50 offshore positions, such as production operators, instrumentation and electrical technicians, mechanics and electricians.
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June 22, 2025
Oil traders are preparing for an oil-price surge when trading reopens, with the focus on whether Tehran’s retaliation to U.S. airstrikes will lead to a disruption in crude flows that have been largely unaffected so far.
News
June 19, 2025
At the 96th Annual Meeting of the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) in Williamsburg, Va., Don Sparks the co-founder and chairman of the board of Discovery Operating, Inc., was presented with the 2025 Chief Roughneck Award.
News
June 19, 2025
Continuing with the success of Phases I and II of its Laconia 3D OBN multi-client seismic program in the U.S. Gulf, Viridien has announced, in collaboration with partner TGS, the start of Laconia Phase III.
News
June 18, 2025
During its June 2025 Commissioners' Conference, the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) assessed over $1.4 million in penalties on oil and gas operators for violations. The RRC is the state agency responsible for regulating the oil and gas industry in Texas, including pipeline safety. 
News
June 18, 2025
U.S. oil inventories dropped 11.5 million barrels in the week through June 13, the steepest slide since late June 2024, according to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
News
June 18, 2025
The provision would allow energy companies subject to a 15% corporate alternative minimum tax to deduct certain drilling costs when calculating their taxable income. Companies including ConocoPhillips, Ovintiv Inc. and Civitas Resources, Inc. lobbied in favor of it.
News
June 17, 2025
Workrise has announced an exclusive licensing agreement to bring Shell’s U-lateral drilling technology to operators across the U.S. The U-lateral technique allows operators to reduce drilling costs and save time while increasing production capacity.
News
June 17, 2025
Angola’s Minister of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas, Diamantino Azevedo, recently met with U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright in Washington, D.C. to advance strategic cooperation and expand U.S. investment across oil, gas, critical minerals and renewable energy.
News
June 17, 2025
The American Petroleum Institute has joined more than 100 other energy trade groups and organizations in urging the Department of the Interior to develop a new five-year offshore leasing program that fully leverages the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.
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