Barnett Shale

BKV Inc., the biggest natural gas producer in the Barnett Shale, is partnering with EnLink Midstream LLC to develop what could be one of the first commercial carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) projects to come online in the United States. The project envisioned could begin in 2023 after the partners clinched a final investment decision…

ExxonMobil on Thursday said goodbye to the Barnett Shale in North Texas after securing $750 million from Denver-based BKV Corp. for the natural gas-rich portfolio in North Texas. The transaction, set to be completed by the end of June, would require additional payments to ExxonMobil contingent on future natural gas prices. The deal includes 160,000…

Appalachia-focused natural gas producer Diversified Energy Co. plc on Friday announced its second transaction in as many months to expand into a different gassy region of the United States. Birmingham, AL-based Diversified said it has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire upstream assets in the Barnett Shale of North Texas from Blackbeard Operating LLC…

Houston-based Evolution Petroleum Corp. is set to enter the Barnett Shale in North Texas with the acquisition of 23,000 net acres from Tokyo Gas Americas Ltd. Evolution said Wednesday it would pay $23.25 million for the nonoperated position, which currently produces about 22 MMcf/d of natural gas and 13,000 b/d of liquids. In percentage terms,…

Producers working Texas oilfields will be required to show why they need permission to flare or vent natural gas under updated rules approved by state regulators Wednesday. However, the three-member Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) stopped short of imposing more stringent requirements to limit emissions.  For months the RRC has weighed how to balance exploration…

Lower 48 stalwart Devon Energy Corp. is working with fewer rigs and completion crews across its four core holdings in the Lower 48, but stronger oil production still is in sight for the year, along with a special dividend payment from former natural gas juggernaut, the Barnett Shale. CEO Dave Hager led a conference call…

Researchers said an analysis of seismic activity within two geologic regions in Texas supports the assertion that a series of earthquakes that has struck the area since 2009 were caused by human activity, with injected wastewater from oil and gas drilling in the Barnett Shale possibly to blame.