Shale
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August 2021
“Improving fundamentals” aside, production dips below Covid-riddled 2020
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August 17, 2021
The Biden administration is appealing a federal judge’s ruling against its oil leasing moratorium, while promising to resume offering new leases on U.S. lands and waters.
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August 11, 2021
Chesapeake has agreed to acquire Vine, an energy company focused on the development of natural gas properties in the over-pressured stacked Haynesville and Mid-Bossier shale plays in Northwest Louisiana.
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August 10, 2021
America's shale producers are continuing to the line on production, boosting investor returns and are now attracting the lowest bond yields they’ve ever seen. Instead of using cheap credit to boom once again, they’re using it to retire costlier debt.
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August 09, 2021
A coalition of energy companies, along with state and local partners, plans to spend $844 million on roads, education, workforce development, housing, broadband and health care in the region, according to the Permian Strategic Partnership, which assembled the group.
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August 06, 2021
Shale drillers are showing so much financial self-discipline that next year’s oil-production forecasts may be in peril, according to Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.
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August 06, 2021
The natural gas industry should receive tax incentives similar to those provided for renewable energy projects, according to one of Texas’s top oil and gas regulators.
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August 04, 2021
Callon Petroleum Co. failed to win over investors Wednesday after announcing its biggest-ever acquisition to bulk up in America’s most prolific shale patch.
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August 04, 2021
With more consolidation brewing in the largest U.S. oil patch, the boss of one of the largest independent shale producers says he’s not interested, and warned that investors are still skittish about deals.
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August 04, 2021
The high-performing electric frac solution reduced emissions for Chesapeake by 32% and applied over 25 megawatts of lower-carbon power generation by leveraging Chesapeake’s local field gas network.
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August 03, 2021
US tight oil operators have for several months been depleting their inventory of drilled but uncompleted wells (DUCs) and, amid a slower drilling response, the number of ‘live’ DUCs in the country’s major oil regions slumped to 2,381 wells in June 2021, the lowest level since 2013, a Rystad Energy analysis reveals.
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August 03, 2021
The Permian basin, the largest oil producing basin in the US, was the most affected play in the country during the COVID-19 pandemic times. However, production of crude oil and natural gas from this play is likely to exceed the pre-pandemic levels by 2022 amid market recovery from the pandemic, according to a leading analyst.
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August 03, 2021
“One of the negatives of this quarter has been some horrible hedging; guys locked in at $42 a barrel,” Paul Sankey, the veteran oil-industry analyst and founder of Sankey Research LLC.
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August 03, 2021
Benchmark U.S. oil futures have advanced 45% this year and at that pace are on track for the biggest annual increase since 2016. In returning so much cash to shareholders, shale drillers are showing they will pass on gains from higher crude prices rather than use them to increase production.
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August 03, 2021
ConocoPhillips beat estimates as rising commodity prices led America’s biggest independent oil producer to the highest profit in nearly three years.
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July 30, 2021
New Mexico’s oil production surged to a record in May highlighting the Permian basin’s role as the shale industry sees some recovery from the pandemic.
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July 2021
Automation and oil field water management
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July 27, 2021
Halliburton Company introduced ExpressFiber, a single-use fiber optic cable that offers accurate, direct subsurface measurements, including cross-well communication, at a price point that enables fracture monitoring on every well pad.
Article
July 2021
Permian basin oil and gas companies are taking action and driving change—adopting technologies that not only reduce fuel and operational costs, but that also help reduce emissions and protect the planet.
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July 2021
Hydraulic fracturing test sites in the Permian basin and Eagle Ford shale will conduct research to enhance the environment, improve safety and increase production.
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July 2021
HCUs have improved the drill-out metrics in high-pressure and extended-lateral wells since entering the Permian in 2019. With increasing well complexity, operators began using this new HCU technology as a safe, viable way to complete Midland and Delaware basin wells.
