Corpus Christi-based Sabalo Energy recently brought online a multi-well, co-development project in Howard County that Enverus said was among the top third of completions in the county. The six wells on Vince Everett 13-12 pad target lower Spraberry and Wolfcamp A with laterals averaging 10,247 feet and initial 24-hour rates averaging 1,559 boed (91 percent […]

Occidental Petroleum said June 10 it agreed to sell what it considers non-strategic acreage in southern Delaware Basin in Reeves and Ward counties to an affiliate of Colgate Energy Partners for $508 million. Proceeds from the sale will be used for debt reduction. Vicki Hollub, Oxy president and CEO, said, “This transaction brings our post-Columbia […]

Midland-based Blackbeard Operating reportedly agreed May 21 to deal certain of its upstream assets in Barnett Shale to Birmingham, Ala.-based Diversified Energy for gross purchase price of $180 million. Diversified said May 28 that “the Blackbeard acquisition represents an attractive entry point into the Barnett Shale and an extension of the company’s presence in its […]

Growth in rig count in Permian Basin and Texas has slowed – adding only 3 rigs in Permian Basin and falling by 1 rig in Texas in the last 4 weeks. Baker Hughes said as of June 4 there were 232 rigs in Permian (233 last week, 141 last year), 216 in Texas (218 last […]

Houston-based Surge Energy said June 3 it recently completed a multi-zone project in the Moss Creek field in Howard County using dual fuel completions. The project included a 5-well pad with a compressed natural gas and diesel dual fuel system that yielded greenhouse gas emissions reduction of about 845 metric tons of CO2e emissions. Surge […]

Midland-based Colgate Energy Partners, portfolio company of Natural Gas Partners, said June 1 it agreed to acquire most of the assets of Delaware Basin driller Luxe Energy in an all-stock deal. Colgate acquired 22,000 net acres adjacent to its existing position in Reeves and Ward counties with current average net production of 17,000 boed, about […]

Permian Basin operators Independence Energy of Houston and Contango Oil & Gas of Fort Worth said Tuesday they have agreed to merge in an all-stock transaction to create a diversified, low-leverage independent oil and gas company with low-decline producing properties and low-risk growth opportunities. Value of the new entity is $5.7 billion with net debt […]

Eddy County, N.M., has replaced Lea, N.M., as the Permian Basin’s most active county for oil and gas drilling rigs. Eddy added 2 rigs in the past week for a new total of 37, and Lea was down 3 rigs to 34. Other Permian leaders as of May 28 were Midland with 31 (down 1), […]

Houston-based Callon Petroleum said May 5 it initiated its first completion utilizing an all-electric hydraulic fracturing fleet near the end of 2021Q1 in Midland Basin. The project deployed more than 160 completion stages with 10,000-foot laterals across 3 wells targeting lower Spraberry and Wolfcamp A and B in northwest Howard County. Callon’s announcement said, “The […]