Coterra Energy

Coterra Halving Marcellus Spending, but Ready to Pivot for Natural Gas Price Recovery

Coterra Halving Marcellus Spending, but Ready to Pivot for Natural Gas Price Recovery

Coterra Energy Inc. is “throttling back on operations” in the Marcellus Shale to start 2024, but management is “highly optimistic on the 12- to 18-month outlook” for natural gas as LNG facilities come online, CEO Tom Jorden said.  The Houston-based independent plans to decrease capital expenditures (capex) in 2024 by 12% year/year to $1.75-1.95 billion…

February 23, 2024
Chatter Grows about E&P Pullback as Mild Early Winter Weather, Robust Natural Gas Storage Pressure Prices

Chatter Grows about E&P Pullback as Mild Early Winter Weather, Robust Natural Gas Storage Pressure Prices

A growing number of analysts have penciled in lower natural gas prices and more gas and oil production cuts for 2024 to remedy supply-demand imbalance, which worsened late in 2023 amid a mild start to winter and record production levels. The heating season only saw intermittent cold spells in November before December clocked in as…

January 4, 2024
Coterra Eyeing Anadarko Natural Gas as Gulf Coast LNG Supply Source

Coterra Eyeing Anadarko Natural Gas as Gulf Coast LNG Supply Source

Faster cycle times and strong well productivity drove a production beat for multi-basin independent Coterra Energy Inc. during the third quarter, a performance that led the explorer to increase guidance for the year.  The Houston-based exploration and production (E&P) giant, which works in the Anadarko and Permian basins, as well as the Marcellus Shale, expects…

November 13, 2023
Coterra Raises Natural Gas Production Forecast as Marcellus Exceeds Guidance

Coterra Raises Natural Gas Production Forecast as Marcellus Exceeds Guidance

Lower 48 independent Coterra Energy Inc. exceeded production guidance during the second quarter across the board – for natural gas, oil and liquids – lifted by outperformance in well results and a 9% jump in Marcellus Shale natural gas volumes. “This beat was driven by many factors, including optimization of completions design spacing, landing zone…

August 8, 2023
EOG, Coterra Reducing Lower 48 Natural Gas Activity to Await Stronger Commodity Prices

EOG, Coterra Reducing Lower 48 Natural Gas Activity to Await Stronger Commodity Prices

Lower 48 heavyweights EOG Resources Inc. and Coterra Energy Inc. are reducing activity in their natural gas plays to deal with slipping commodity prices. However, the pullback does not dim the long-term bullish outlook, EOG CEO Ezra Yacob said. During the first quarter conference call, Yacob said the Houston-based independent is still “constructive on future…

May 9, 2023

Correction

In the story, “Cabot Successor Pleads No Contest to Water Contamination Charges in Northeast Pennsylvania,” NGI incorrectly stated that Coterra pleaded no contest to all charges related to alleged environmental crimes in Northeast Pennsylvania. The company pleaded no contest to one misdemeanor count of Prohibition Against Discharge of Industrial Wastes. NGI regrets the error.

December 1, 2022
Cabot Successor Pleads No Contest to Water Contamination Charge in Northeast Pennsylvania

Cabot Successor Pleads No Contest to Water Contamination Charge in Northeast Pennsylvania

Coterra Energy Inc. has agreed to pay more than $16 million to build a new public water supply system in Dimock, PA, to resolve charges that its predecessor, Cabot Oil and Gas Corp., contaminated residents’ well water over a decade ago during unconventional natural gas development in the area. Coterra, formed in 2021 after Cabot…

November 30, 2022
Coterra Ready to ‘Accelerate or Decelerate’ Oil, Natural Gas Development Heading into 2023

Coterra Ready to ‘Accelerate or Decelerate’ Oil, Natural Gas Development Heading into 2023

Flexibility is key to all that Coterra Energy Inc. is planning for the Lower 48 in 2023, as inflationary headwinds drive up the price for things across the board, executives said. Coterra, formed last year with the merger of Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. and Cimarex Energy Co., focuses on producing natural gas and oil…

November 9, 2022
Coterra CEO Says Government, Investors Must Do More to Encourage Production Growth

Coterra CEO Says Government, Investors Must Do More to Encourage Production Growth

Coterra Energy Inc.’s CEO Thomas Jorden called for the government and investors to provide the proper signals in response to an energy crisis “unlike anything the world has seen in almost 50 years.” In order for the U.S exploration and production (E&P) sector to “respond with increased U.S. supply, we need well-thought-out regulation and policies…

May 4, 2022