By Kevin Cannon Last year saw a record number of reverse merger transactions, with 398 reverse mergers valued at nearly $135 billion, according to figures tracked by Bloomberg Law. Although 2021 marked the first time that many of such transactions involved special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), which totaled 246 out of the 398 transactions, it […]
Dance Party Breaks Out As Kids Get Donated Earbuds
Archrock, the leading provider of midstream natural gas compression services in the Permian, heard of an unusual need at a local elementary school. And on Feb. 15 the company made a donation to General Franks Elementary in Midland, Texas, to meet their request. Archrock’s donation to the school consisted of 712 pairs of earbuds, which […]
Why are E&Ps Slow To Respond to Higher Oil Prices?
By Steve Hendrickson Over the last several months (and right up to today) some of the headlines published in various media outlets have addressed the slower-than-expected response of operators to increase drilling activity as oil prices have risen. This appears to be consistent with the expectations of their equity investors and the realities of the tougher underwriting standards […]
Company Expands Water Midstream, Divests Fluids Transportation
Gravity, a Midland-based growth-oriented water and power infrastructure company backed by affiliates of Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., announced Feb. 24 it had completed the divestiture of its fluids transportation business. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Gravity now owns and manages more than 50 active saltwater disposal wells with more than 1.5 million […]
The Right Stuff
Greetings and salutations—and welcome to this month’s installment of Safety. Hopefully everyone has survived the endless variations of the Covid. Another topic for another day! In any line of business, goals must be clear and precise. Safety is no different. When filling positions for safety or operations, a manager must apply sufficient time and detail […]
Rig counts remain flat in Permian, Texas, U.S. last week
Rig count in Permian Basin, Texas and U.S. was flat last week, according to Baker Hughes. As of March 18, there were 316 rigs in Permian (216 year ago), 320 in Texas (202 year ago) and 663 in U.S. (411 year ago). The count in New Mexico declined by 1 last week to 97 (67 […]
DOE authorizes additional LNG exports from Corpus Christi, Sabine Pass
U.S. Department of Energy authorized Houston-based Cheniere Energy to export an additional 720 MMcfd of natural gas from its LNG plants in Corpus Christi and Sabine Pass. Exports were authorized March 16 to any country with which U.S. does not have a free trade agreement, including all of Europe. Oil and Gas Journal said U.S. […]
Hegar warns financial firms they could lose state contracts for divesting
Texas Tribune reported last week that Glenn Hegar, the state’s comptroller, sent letters to 19 financial firms to determine if they are violating a new state law that prohibits companies from boycotting fossil fuel companies. The law in effect since September prohibits the state from contracting with or investing in companies that divest from oil, […]
Ovintiv lowers drilling and completion costs in Permian by 10 percent
Denver-based Ovintiv – with core assets in Permian Basin in Texas, Anadarko in Oklahoma and Montney in Canada – said Feb. 24 in Permian it averaged 118,000 boed in 2021 and 120,000 boed in 2021Q4. Ovintiv said in 2021Q4 in Permian it averaged four gross rigs, drilled 20 net wells and had 16 net wells […]
Battalion begins 2022 capital program in Monument Draw
Houston-based Battalion Oil Corp., independent energy company focused on acquisition, exploration, development and production in Delaware Basin, said March 7 it started its 2022 capital program in December with a three-well pad at Monument Draw in Pecos County. Battalion expects to operate one rig through 2022 and maintain flat production while “driving double-digit growth in […]
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