Five states produced 73 percent of the record 113.1 billion cubic feet per day of U.S. marketed natural gas production in 2023. Texas accounted for 28 percent of U.S. marketed natural gas production in 2023, according to the latest Natural Gas Monthly from U.S. Energy Information Administration, followed by Pennsylvania (18 percent), Louisiana (10 percent), […]

Dallas-based Energy Transfer said last week it will construct an intrastate natural gas pipeline to provide transportation from Permian Basin to premier markets and trading hubs to serve growing demand.  The company said Dec. 6 the project will “further establish Energy Transfer as the premier option to support power plant and data center growth in […]

Houston-based Kinetik Holdings said this week it will acquire Permian Resources’ natural gas and crude oil gathering systems in Reeves County for $180 million.  Kinetik said Tuesday, “This transaction provides a multi-stream opportunity for natural gas gathering, compression and processing as well as crude gathering services for Kinetik.” The assets include about 60,000 gross operated […]

Clay Gaspar will succeed Rick Muncrief as president and CEO of Devon Energy in 2025.  Devon said Monday that Muncrief, 66, will retire as of March 1, 2025, to be replaced by Gaspar, who currently serves as COO of the Oklahoma City-based company.

Baker Hughes reported additional rigs in Permian Basin and U.S. for the first time in several weeks.  In its weekly report of Dec. 6, the Houston-based services firm said there were 304 rigs in Permian Basin (first gain since Sept. 20) after 10 weeks of flat or reduced counts and 589 rigs in U.S. (first […]

San Ramon-based oil and gas major Chevron said last week it will reduce spending for Permian Basin in 2025.  The company’s announcement said, “The Permian Basin spend ($4.5 to $5 billion for 2025) is lower than the 2024 budget … as production growth is reduced in favor of free cash flow.”  Mike Wirth, chairman and […]

Dallas-based Matador Resources said last week it agreed to sell its wholly owned subsidiary Pronto Midstream to San Mateo Midstream, a joint venture of Matador with private equity firm Five Point Energy.  The deal values Pronto at $600 million; Matador will receive an upfront cash payment of about $220 million.  Joseph Wm. Foran, chairman and […]

The recent deposit of $2.74 billion from oil and gas production tax revenue into the state’s Economic Stabilization Fund was the third largest deposit ever made into the fund.  The deposits comprise the major portion of funds into the state’s “rainy day” fund each fiscal year.  The only larger deposits were $3.64 billion in FY2023 […]