3Q2023 earnings

Ovintiv Cites ‘Trimul-frac’ Completions as Driving Improved Efficiency in Permian Natural Gas, Oil Production

Ovintiv Cites ‘Trimul-frac’ Completions as Driving Improved Efficiency in Permian Natural Gas, Oil Production

Simultaneous fracturing, aka simul-frac technology, is so last year, according to Denver-based Ovintiv Inc.  Ovintiv’s Permian Basin team has taken the well completions technique “one step further,” according to CEO Brendan McCracken. “We are stockpiling wet sand onsite from our local mines and completing three wells with a single frac spread at the same time,…

November 15, 2023
Excelerate Energy Strengthens LNG Operations in South Asia with Bangladesh SPA

Excelerate Energy Strengthens LNG Operations in South Asia with Bangladesh SPA

Excelerate Energy Inc. has expanded its operations in South Asia after agreeing to supply Bangladesh with more LNG.  Excelerate, headquartered in The Woodlands north of Houston, has one of the world’s largest portfolios of floating liquefaction terminals. It signed a 15-year sales and purchase agreement (SPA) with state-owned Petrobangla to provide up to 1 million…

November 14, 2023
Targa Advancing Permian Projects, Betting on Continued Growth Despite Dip in Delaware Volumes

Targa Advancing Permian Projects, Betting on Continued Growth Despite Dip in Delaware Volumes

In the face of operational issues across its gathering and processing systems in the third quarter, Targa Resources Corp. is progressing projects in the Permian Basin to meet the infrastructure needs of producers anticipating strengthening export demand.  Operations commenced at Houston-based Targa’s Greenwood plant in the Permian’s Midland sub-basin ahead of schedule in October and…

November 7, 2023
Shell’s Global LNG Business Traded Tumult for Opportunity in Volatile Third Quarter

Shell’s Global LNG Business Traded Tumult for Opportunity in Volatile Third Quarter

Shell plc took the topsy-turvy turmoil during the third quarter and turned in a solid performance for the world’s top LNG trader, CEO Wael Sawan said Thursday. The company’s chief shared insight about the overall quarterly performance during a conference call in London with CFO Sinead Gorman. Overall gas and oil production volumes declined from…

November 2, 2023
Chesapeake Prepared to Expand Natural Gas Drilling in 2024 Ahead of LNG Export Growth

Chesapeake Prepared to Expand Natural Gas Drilling in 2024 Ahead of LNG Export Growth

Chesapeake Energy Corp. has turned to another global commodity trader to help expose more of its U.S. natural gas production to international markets, inking a tentative deal with Vitol Inc. to sell up to 1 million metric tons/year (mmty) of LNG. The heads of agreement (HOA) follows one that Chesapeake signed earlier this year with…

November 1, 2023
Comstock Moves to Boost Western Haynesville Exposure to LNG with Midstream Partnership

Comstock Moves to Boost Western Haynesville Exposure to LNG with Midstream Partnership

Comstock Resources Inc. has forged a midstream partnership to boost outflow from its western Haynesville Shale assets as it looks past the current slump of natural gas prices into a future of surging Gulf Coast LNG demand. The Frisco, TX-based independent disclosed it is contributing its Pinnacle gathering system and 145-mile associated pipeline, as well…

November 1, 2023
Enterprise Planning $3.1B in Capital Projects to Facilitate Permian Natural Gas, NGL Growth

Enterprise Planning $3.1B in Capital Projects to Facilitate Permian Natural Gas, NGL Growth

Enterprise Products Partners LP said Tuesday it would spend $3.1 billion on four new projects in the Permian Basin to increase midstream capacity and meet growing demand for natural gas and other fossil fuels. The new projects include two natural gas processing plants in the Delaware and Midland sub-basins, a 550-mile Bahia natural gas liquids…

November 1, 2023
Matador Scores Record Natural Gas, Oil Output – and M&A Always Possible, Says CEO

Matador Scores Record Natural Gas, Oil Output – and M&A Always Possible, Says CEO

Dallas-based Matador Resources Co., which works in the Permian Basin, Haynesville and Eagle Ford shales, achieved record results during the third quarter, with natural gas production up 28% from a year ago and 6% higher sequentially.  The stronger output came in part following the takeover earlier this year of Permian producer Advance Energy Partners Holdings…

October 25, 2023
Wave of U.S. E&P Consolidation ‘Good for Halliburton,’ Says CEO

Wave of U.S. E&P Consolidation ‘Good for Halliburton,’ Says CEO

The mega-mergers by the two largest U.S.-based producers – and rumors of more tie-ups to come – are positive for business and demonstrate the value of natural gas and oil long term, Halliburton Co. CEO Jeff Miller said Tuesday. Miller held a conference call to discuss third quarter results for the Houston-based oilfield services (OFS)…

October 24, 2023