San Antonio-based Ironwood Midstream Energy Partners said last week it closed on its acquisition of midstream assets in Dimmit and La Salle counties in south Texas from Houston pipeline and frac sand company Twin Eagle. The assets include Gardendale and Asherton gathering systems of 150 total miles of crude oil gathering pipelines with connections to […]
Baker Hughes, 2 others form partnership to develop AI for energy industry
Houston-based oilfield services company Baker Hughes, tech giant Microsoft and Silicon Valley artificial intelligence company C3:ai last week said they have agreed to partner to bring enterprise artificial intelligence solutions to the energy industry on Microsoft Azure, a leading cloud computing platform. Baker Hughes’ announcement said the alliance “will enable customers to streamline the adoption […]
MDM Permian, FireDream Resources form alliance for Midland Basin wells
Addison-based MDM Permian said Oct. 11 it has formed an alliance with Frisco-based FireDream Resources to jointly develop up to 200 wells in the southern Midland Basin. MDM Permian is the prospect generator and operator for the agreement that begins with four wells in Irion County on the 160-acre Lindley lease from Canyon Sands at […]
Enterprise to expand ATX pipeline from Appalachia to Texas
Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners said Monday it will expand its Appalachia-to-Texas ethane pipeline. The ATX pipeline of 1,200 miles transports ethane from Marcellus-Utica region of Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia to EPP’s natural gas liquids storage complex in Mont Belvieu east of Houston. Current capacity is 145,000 barrels per day, and Enterprise said it is […]
Parsley, Jagged Peak reach merger agreement for Permian assets
Austin-based Parsley Energy and Denver-based Jagged Peak Energy said Monday they have reached a merger agreement calling for Parsley to acquire Jagged Peak in an all-stock transaction valued at $2.27 billion. Parsley will own 77 percent of the combined company after closing in 2020Q1. Parsley will have about 267,000 net acres in Permian Basin, including […]
Concho Resources, Solaris Water form joint venture for produced water
Midland-based Concho Resources and Houston-based Solaris Water Midstream said July 31 they are forming a joint venture for produced water management in northern Delaware Basin. Concho is contributing 13 saltwater disposal wells and 40 miles of produced water gathering pipeline, and Solaris is contributing cash and an equity ownership in its parent company. Solaris will […]
Oxy forms JV with Ecopetrol to develop 97,000 net acres in Midland Basin
Houston-based Occidential Petroleum said last week it is forming a joint venture with Bogota-based Ecopetrol to develop 97,000 net acres of Oxy’s Midland Basin properties in Howard, Martin and Midland counties. Ecopetrol will pay $750 million in cash at closing and $750 million of carried capital in exchange for 49 percent interest in the JV. […]
Concho, Frontier agree to joint venture in northern Midland Basin
Midland-based Concho Resources and Tulsa-based Frontier Midstream Solutions said last week they formed a joint venture, Beta Crude Connector, to build and provide crude oil gathering, transportation and storage in northern Midland Basin. Frontier will be operator with initial flows scheduled mid-2019. The new system will be comprised of 100-mile gathering system, 250,000 barrels of […]
Chevron acquires Anadarko to create Permian’s biggest producer
Chevron’s pending acquisition of The Woodlands-based Anadarko for total transaction value of $50 billion increases Chevron’s Permian Basin output by about 50 percent, according to drillinginfo, and makes it the largest producer in the basin. Anadarko’s Delaware Basin acreage is in the heart of Chevron’s holdings in the basin, creating a 75-mile-wide corridor that allows […]