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 […]
NextDecade reaches 20-year LNG agreement with Shell NA
Houston-based NextDecade said April 1 it has entered into a 20-year LNG supply agreement with Shell NA. The agreement with Shell is for two million tonnes per year of liquefied natural gas from NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG export project (27 million tonnes per year) in Brownsville. NextDecade said the agreement is “the first-ever long-term contract […]
Callon Petroleum sells non-core assets in Midland Basin
Houston-based Callon Petroleum said Monday it has reached agreement to sell certain non-core assets in the Midland Basin for an initial price of $260 million. The assets include Callon’s Ranger operating area in the southern Midland Basin of 9,850 net Wolfcamp acres, more than 80 producing horizontal wells, and 70 net delineated locations. Daily production […]
Texas ends 12 weeks of declining rig counts by adding 8 for 499
A 12-week streak of declining rig counts in Texas ended with Baker Hughes’ April 5 report that the state added 8 in the previous week to reach 499 active rigs. Baker Hughes said rigs also were added in Permian Basin, New Mexico and U.S. in the past week. As of April 5 there were 462 […]
Study of water issues by Drillinginfo, B3 Insight to be released
The first volume of a study of water issues in the Permian Basin is expected to be released to subscribers next month by Drillinginfo, an oilfield data company, and B3 Insight, a water data company. A lack of pipeline infrastructure to move crude oil and natural gas to market was previously considered the primary constraint […]
EagleClaw Midstream begins operations at Pecos Bend IV plant
Midland-based EagleClaw Midstream, a portfolio company of Blackstone Energy Partners and I Squared Capital, said last week it started commissioning its fourth cryogenic processing plant, Pecos Bend IV, with full operation scheduled next month. The completion of Pecos Bend IV will increase EagleClaw’s total interconnected processing capacity in the Delaware Basin to 1.3 Bcfd. EagleClaw […]