Midland-based Diamondback Energy made its second major acquisition in as many months with the Nov. 16 announcement that it is acquiring all leasehold interest and related assets of Lario Permian, subsidiary of family-owned Lario Oil & Gas. Value of the cash-and-stock transaction is $1.5 billion ($850 million cash). Closing is expected Jan. 31, 2023, for […]
Rallying Point
by Jesse Mullins MIDLAND, TEXAS—A packed house greeted the speakers and panelists at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association on Sept. 29, held here as customary in the Petroleum Club downtown on Wall Street. The all-day activities of Sept. 29 followed an evening icebreaker event held on the 28th at the […]
Mobile sand mines save drillers hundreds of thousands of dollars per well
A recent report in Houston Chronicle said the emerging sand mining industry in west Texas – virtually nonexistent a decade ago – includes seven mobile mines that save companies hundreds of thousands of dollars per well. Research firm Rystad Energy told the Chronicle west Texas now has 24 sand mines, including seven mobile, to take […]
Texas, U.S. reach high counts for active drilling rigs for 2022
Texas and U.S. posted their highest counts of active drilling rigs so far this year in Baker Hughes’ weekly report of Nov. 11. Texas had 373 rigs (up 4 in past week, up 109 in past year), and U.S. had 779 rigs (up 9 in past week, up 223 in past year). (Texas also had […]
Select Energy acquires Permian Basin water recycler Breakwater Energy
Houston-based Select Energy Services said it completed the acquisition on Nov. 1 of Permian Basin water recycler Breakwater Energy Partners in a stock-for-stock transaction (assumed $12.6 million of debt). Breakwater provides water infrastructure, recycling, transfer and disposal to operators in Permian Basin with complementary water logistics in Eagle Ford. Breakwater operates four commercial recycling facilities […]
Stakeholder to install second processing train at Camp Viejo in Yoakum
San Antonio-based Stakeholder Midstream said Nov. 1 it will install a second treating and processing train at its Camp Viejo facility in Yoakum County to serve producers in Permian Basin’s northwest shelf in Yoakum, Lea and surrounding counties. The second train (80 million cubic feet per day) will double the inlet gas capacity to 160 […]
Diamondback Energy revenue up, production down in 2022Q3
Midland-based Diamondback Energy said its revenues grew in 2022Q3 as oil prices increased even though its production declined. Diamondback produced 390,600 boed (224,300 b/d of oil) in 2022Q3 compared to 404,300 boed during 2021Q3. Diamondback drilled 48 gross horizontal wells in Midland Basin and 11 gross horizontal wells in Delaware Basin in 2022Q3, and the […]
The Give and Take of Feedback
Welcome back to the latest installment in our ongoing conversation about safety! I hope this finds you where you want to be regarding safe practices and procedures. This month we are broaching a topic not normally associated with safety. I find this topic is not a hot subject in safety circles, nor in operations, either! […]
Getting into the Swing
By Paul Wiseman The wild swings of pricing in the oil and gas sector have brought turmoil to every part of that business, and equipment leasing is no exception. When drilling slows down, drillers need less equipment. So it goes for equipment companies like Gravity as well as those providing housing, such as Stellar Oilfield […]
Marathon acquires Ensign Natural Resources to double Eagle Ford position
Houston-based Marathon Oil said Nov. 1 it agreed to acquire Eagle Ford assets of Ensign Natural Resources for $3 billion. The transaction, expected to close by yearend 2022, nearly doubles Marathon’s position in Eagle Ford. The acquired assets cover 130,000 net acres (99 percent operated) in Bee, DeWitt, Karnes and Live Oak counties in the […]
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