(BUSINESS WIRE) Swordfish Energy Holdings, LLC, announced the closing of an equity commitment from Dallas-based investment firm, Pearl Energy Investments. Based in Houston, Texas, Swordfish is an exploration and production company focused on acquiring and developing oil and gas assets in the Permian Basin. The Swordfish management team is led by Marcos Briceno and Patrick […]
Mewbourne, Endeavor rank among top 5 of Enverus private operators list
Two companies that operate primarily in Permian Basin are among the top five in Enverus Intelligence Research’s list of the top 100 private oil and gas producers in the U.S. based on gross operated production in 2022. Rockies operator Continental Resources, a newcomer to Enverus’ chart, leads the list at 591,315 boed. Permian operators Mewbourne […]
Texas, NM contribute most growth as U.S. production increases 5.6 percent
U.S. Energy Information Administration said last week Texas and New Mexico contributed the most growth as U.S. crude oil production increased 5.6 percent (0.6 million barrels per day) in 2022 compared to 2021. U.S. averaged 11.9 million b/d in 2022. EIA said attribute the growth to the Permian Basin. Crude oil production grew more in […]
Lending’s Changing Scene
As ESG (environmental, social and governance) and energy-transition-related concerns have caused most large and midsize banks to exit the oil and gas industry, local lenders like Midland’s Community National Bank and Odessa-based Southwest Bank have benefited by seeing some of those customers come their way. On the borrower side, Northern Oil and Gas has funded […]
Banking on the Basin
It’s clear that the Pandemic has loomed over just about everything since 2020, but even before that the oil patch’s financial model had begun to change. Jeremy Bishop, president of Midland’s First Capital Bank of Texas, noted that equity financiers have changed their model from what he called a “build and flip” to an operate-within-cash-flow […]
It Comes at a Premium
For many companies in the Oil Patch—producers or service companies—insurance is one of the top expenses, especially when the reckoning includes health policies—and premiums for that coverage are rising quickly. But the protection from loss and liability provided by insurance is important, and for many service companies it’s required by most Master Service Agreements (MSAs). […]
The Permian in Perspective: A Q&A with Jason Reimbold
An energy lending institution since 1910, BOK Financial (it derives its current name from its earlier name, Bank of Oklahoma) maintains offices in Houston, Denver, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, and Dallas, and invests more of its portfolio in Permian Basin projects than in any other basin. Jason Reimbold, Managing Director of Energy Investment Banking at BOK […]
Key Drivers in 2021
The pandemic of 2020 was undeniably a choke point for investment into the oil and gas industry. Reduced travel, and a general hesitation to invest in anything other than masks and toilet paper, coincided with a rise in ESG concerns to block the door to any significant investment in the sector. But, said Jack Herndon, […]
Changing with the Times
The decade of 2010 opened to a “black gold rush” built upon horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, drawing in a flood of investment money of all kinds. Investors dreamed of funding an unlimited Christmas list for producers and service companies alike, asking only that the list be used to expand the company so it could […]
Where Will Crude Prices Go From Here?
Two competing narratives dominate the talk today where crude oil prospects are concerned. There is the break-your-spirits pessimism parroted by the Covid-crisis crowd, beating their drumbeat of disaster. For them, the lockdowns ought be locked in a year or more at a crack. Then there is the bullishness of the glass-half-full crowd, finding positivity in […]