Ducs

With its takeover of fellow Colorado pure-play HighPoint Resources Corp. now complete, Bonanza Creek Energy Inc. is looking to optimize the combined well completions and midstream gathering needs, according to CEO Eric Greager. Bonanza Creek completed its merger with HighPoint on April 1. The closing allows the Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basin operator to revamp the overall…

The Lower 48’s ample supply of drilled but uncompleted wells, aka DUCs, is coming down at a quick pace and is expected to reach “normal” levels by year’s end, tightening the oil supply according to Raymond James & Associates Inc. In a note to clients, Raymond James analyst John Freeman made the case that the…

Bonanza Creek Energy Inc. expects to know before the end of March whether shareholders approve of the proposed tie-up with HighPoint Resources Corp., which would merge two big Colorado operators. Bonanza in November agreed to merge with Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basin rival HighPoint in a $376 million transaction, combining their Weld County acreage and production. “We’re…

Lower 48 oil and gas producers have drawn down their inventory of drilled but uncompleted (DUC) wells to pre-pandemic levels, reflecting an improved commodity pricing and demand outlook, according to new analysis by Rystad Energy. After reaching a multiyear high of 6,548 wells last June, the DUC count in the country’s major oil regions fell…

North Dakota officials last Friday re-allocated $16 million from federal Covid-19 funds to reduce a growing number of drilled but uncompleted wells (DUC) while creating up to 1,000 temporary jobs in the oil and gas sector. The action by the state Emergency Commission chaired by Gov. Doug Burgum was part of an effort to reassign…

The number of uncompleted oil and natural gas wells is slowly declining across the Lower 48’s major basins, but the current backlog should be enough to turn to sales until drilling increases, according to federal data. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) in its monthly Drilling Productivity Report (DPR) on Tuesday analyzed production trends into November.…

Lower 48 well completion activity is at an all-time high, even as the rig count has fallen, which is leading to a huge disconnect that may not be sustained through 2020, according to an analysis by Raymond James & Associates Inc.

The absolute number of uncompleted wells in the U.S. onshore has increased in the past two years, but the count is “normal” and in line with the swell in overall activity, Raymond James & Associates Inc. said Monday.

A reversal in the backlog of uncompleted U.S. onshore wells could swamp operators when activity resumes early next year as there no longer will be an incentive to defer wells in the largest U.S. play, according to Raymond James & Associates Inc.