Shale
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October 16, 2023
The A3H well was drilled, cased and cemented to a total measured depth (“TD”) of 3,837 m, including a horizontal section of 1,100 m in the Amungee Member B-shale.
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October 15, 2023
Argentina is home to the world’s second-biggest trove of shale gas in Patagonia’s Vaca Muerta, or Dead Cow, formation. CEO Marcelo Mindlin, 59, who founded Pampa Energia SA in 2005 as the country rebounded from financial and economic implosion, wants to unearth as much of it as possible.
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October 13, 2023
Pure-play shale drillers will be acquired by larger companies within the next five years amid intensifying financial pressures and demand for drilling targets, Pioneer Natural Resources Co. Chief Executive Officer Scott Sheffield said just hours after announcing the $60 billion sale of his company to Exxon Mobil Corp.
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October 12, 2023
The shale sector is a hotbed of consolidation talk as oil companies compete for the best drilling portfolios in the Permian basin, North America’s biggest source of crude.
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October 11, 2023
ExxonMobil officials, including Senior V.P. Neil Chapman, held a media briefing on Wednesday morning (Oct. 11), to further articulate it's acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources. World Oil sat in on that discussion, which included the company’s drilling plans, shale outlook and midstream operations.
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October 09, 2023
Civitas Resources entered into an agreement with Vencer Energy, a Vitol investment, to acquire oil-producing assets in the Midland basin of West Texas for approximately $2.1 billion.
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October 06, 2023
The deal would be Exxon’s biggest acquisition since merging with Mobil Corp. in 1999, and would make the energy giant the top producer in the most prolific U.S. oil basin.
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September 27, 2023
In addition to expressing concerns regarding costs, executives continued to criticize President Joe Biden for his energy policy that many see as intended to run them out of business.
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September 26, 2023
The survey is designed to assist in the evaluation and horizontal development of multiple zones, including the emerging Barnett Shale, Mississippi Lime, and Devonian horizons, which are highly prospective with analogous play concepts having been proven just north of Pontiac in Andrews County.
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September 26, 2023
Shale executives issued calls for the Biden administration to adopt consistent policies that will allow them to drill more. Failure to do so, they warned, will lead to tighter energy supplies and higher prices.
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September 15, 2023
Gas rigs in the Eagle Ford shale play in South Texas more than doubled this week to five, according to data released Friday by Baker Hughes Co.
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September 14, 2023
One in five new wells in the Permian basin of West Texas and New Mexico will rely on subterranean horizontal holes of 3 miles or longer in 2024, double the share this year and up from virtually zero just two years ago, according to research firm Rystad Energy.
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August 31, 2023
Initial evaluation confirms reservoir continuity of the Amungee Member B-shale over 150 kilometers between Amungee NW-2H and Beetaloo W-1 wells. This includes a target development area of approximately 1 million acres where the shale depth exceeds 2,700 meters.
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August 28, 2023
Reinvestment rate surged to 72% in the second quarter, highs not seen since 2020, according to the study focusing on 18 companies that collectively account for about 40% of U.S. shale output.
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August 25, 2023
Rigs targeting both crude and natural gas in the West Texas and southeast New Mexico region declined by 7 to 320 this week, according to data released Friday by Baker Hughes Co.
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August 18, 2023
The number of oil rigs operating in the U.S. dropped by five in the past week to 520, the lowest since March 2022 and about 14% below this time last year, according to data released Friday by Baker Hughes Co.
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August 16, 2023
The firm’s conclusion that there won’t be a surge of American oil production comes after the amount of crude extracted from U.S. shale wells doubled in the past decade.
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August 15, 2023
The drop is led by the Permian basin in West Texas and New Mexico, where output will fall for a third month to 5.8 MMbpd, its lowest level since February.
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August 14, 2023
Whatever broader policy mix is implemented, the next government will continue to back production in shale patch Vaca Muerta. That was the unanimous opinion of top drillers state-run YPF SA and Pampa Energia SA, and TGS SA, which conditions and transports shale gas, on earnings calls last week.
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August 03, 2023
Pioneer Natural Resources Co., Occidental Petroleum Corp. and Diamondback Energy Inc. all raised production guidance in recent days largely due to wells pumping more oil than they expected. Chevron Corp. and Ovintiv Inc. also posted improved well results as productivity emerged as a top focus for shale executives, analysts and investors during second-quarter earning calls.
