Dallas-based Producers Midstream recently announced agreements with leading Permian Basin operators to expand its gathering, treating and processing infrastructure in Lea County, N.M.  This Phase II expansion of the company’s Delaware Basin system will increase processing capacity by 50 percent to 90 million cfd and introduce a state-of-the-art acid gas injection well.  This expansion – […]

Denver-based Ovintiv said recently its 2Q production was above guidance on every product with average volumes of 615,000 boed, including 211,000 b/d of oil and condensate.  In its announcement of financial and operating results July 24, Ovintiv also raised full year production guidance to 600,000 boed to 620,000 boed, including oil and condensate of 205,000 […]

Dallas-based Energy Transfer said Wednesday it will expand its Transwestern pipeline to increase the supply of natural gas to markets in New Mexico and Arizona from its asset base in Permian Basin.  Transwestern’s Desert Southwest pipeline expansion “will provide reliable economic supplies of natural gas to support the long-term energy needs for utilities and energy […]

Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners said Wednesday it agreed to acquire a natural gas gathering affiliate of Occidental Petroleum for $580 million.  Enterprise will provide Occidental with natural gas gathering and processing services with a long-term dedication of about 73,000 acres in four counties in Midland Basin.  Assets include about 200 miles of natural gas gathering […]

Midland’s Diamondback Energy this week trimmed another $100 million from its 2025 capital spending plan while raising 2025 total production by about 2 percent to a range of 890,000 boed to 910,000 boed.  Diamondback said 2Q production was 495,700 b/d of oil (919,000 boed) from Delaware and Midland basins.  It completed 116 gross wells (109 […]

The count of active drilling rigs in Texas declined by four in the past week – the most of any major producing state – to 245.  That’s down 29 rigs or 10.6 percent from the count a year ago of 274.  Texas began 2025 with 284 rigs. Houston-based services firm Baker Hughes said as of […]

Oklahoma City-based Continental Resources is expanding operations in the Permian Basin, including drilling and producing in the Barnett Shale of the Midland Basin and Central Basin platform.  Hart Energy said July 29 that Continental has surfaced nearly 2 million barrels from six Barnett wells in Ector County since first barrels came online in October 2022 […]

Halliburton, largest provider of hydraulic fracturing services, reportedly plans to idle or retire some of its oilfield equipment in response to “deteriorating demand among shale companies.”  Jeff Miller, chairman, president and CEO, announced the plans during the company’s second quarter earnings report July 22.  The move “reflects a broader slowdown in the U.S. shale patch […]