Devon

Devon Energy Corp. is planning to focus a majority of its capital on the Permian Basin’s Delaware sub-basin this year, management said Wednesday. Oklahoma City-based Devon, a leading Lower 48 independent, operates primarily in the Permian Delaware, Anadarko, Williston and Powder River basins, along with the Eagle Ford Shale. Devon has set a 2023 capital…

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) within the U.S. upstream fell to their lowest annual volume in nearly two decades last year, according to new research by Enverus Intelligence Research (EIR). Exploration and production (E&P) firms recorded 160 transactions valued at $58 billion total, the Enverus subsidiary found. This is the lowest number of deals since 2005.…

Oil and natural gas permitting in the Lower 48 slowed down sequentially in October, although the monthly permit count was up on both a year/year basis and when compared to pre-Covid October 2019 numbers, Evercore ISI data show. Operators filed a total of 3,308 permits last month, down 16% from September but up 25% versus…

Three of the largest Lower 48 producers have joined worldwide oil and gas peers in pledging to improve methane emissions reporting and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. ConocoPhillips, Devon Energy Corp. and Pioneer Natural Resources Co. announced Thursday they were becoming members of the Oil and Gas Methane Partnership (OGMP) 2.0 Initiative. The OGMP standard…

A consortium of oil and natural gas firms is moving forward with plans to develop a greenfield 2.5 Bcf/d intrastate natural gas pipeline from the Permian Basin in West Texas to the Katy area, near Houston. The project still needs state approvals. Sanctioning of the Matterhorn Express Pipeline was announced Thursday by partners WhiteWater Midstream…

Oklahoma City-based Devon Energy Corp. reported steady growth in the first quarter, especially from its Permian Basin assets. However, the company is holding firm to its “value over volume” approach, choosing to maintain its production and capital investment levels. Despite heightened global oil and gas prices because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and calls…

U.S. oil and natural gas producers don’t set global commodity prices, nor are they attempting to gouge consumers, executives of the leading domestic explorers told Congress on Wednesday. Top executives of BP America Inc., Chevron Corp., Devon Energy Corp., ExxonMobil, Pioneer Natural Resources Co. and Shell USA Inc. discussed the reasons for sustained high prices…

Lower 48 independent Devon Energy Corp., whose broad portfolio stretches across Texas, and into the Anadarko and Powder River (PRB) basins, has curtailed 10,000 b/d of oil through at least June, with future shut-ins to be made on a month-to-month basis given ongoing price volatility.

Devon Energy Corp. has amended the terms of its Barnett Shale asset sale to Thailand’s Banpu Kalnin Ventures (BKV), with the Oklahoma City-based independent agreeing to divest the North Texas assets for $570 million in cash at closing and contingent payments of up to $260 million.