Eagle Ford

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…

Houston-based Callon Petroleum Co., whose portfolio stretches across the Permian Basin’s two major formations and across the Eagle Ford Shale, reduced costs and delivered “near-term economic returns” at current strip prices during the third quarter, the CEO said. Net production jumped 170% to 102,000 boe/d year/year, above expectations, while capital spending was $38 million, below…

Despite anticipated increases in productivity per rig across seven key U.S. producing regions, overall oil and gas output from these areas is expected to fall across the board from October to November, according to updated numbers released Tuesday by the Energy Information Administration (EIA). The agency’s latest Drilling Productivity Report (DPR) projects that total natural…

ConocoPhillips’ strategic pivot in 2016 to a value model rather than a growth model provided the Houston-based independent the financial capability to “make rational economic decisions” during the oil market downturn, including curtailing around 400,000 b/d of production. ConocoPhillips Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Matt Fox said the company’s strong balance sheet, which…

A Houston-based midstreamer is looking to squeeze in another oil export project on the Texas coast between the massive Houston and Corpus Christi ports that would move Eagle Ford Shale and Permian Basin supply overseas. Max Midstream announced the ambitious plan designed around the Seahawk Pipeline and Terminal in Port Comfort in Calhoun County. The…

Permian Basin-focused Matador Resources Co. has seen some of the highest initial potential (IP) rates from one of four wells recently completed and turned to sales in the Stateline asset area in Eddy County, NM. The Dallas-based operator said Tuesday the test results from the Boros No. 215H well showed 24-hour IP production of 4,584…

A substantial inventory in the Lower 48 of drilled but uncompleted wells, aka DUCs, could sustain drilling — without adding more wells — long into the coming year, according to a new analysis. “After DUCs run out, however, rig activity in the five key oil regions needs to be in the 280-300 range to maintain…

Houston-based Covenant Testing Technologies LLC said Tuesday it is combining with Stuart Pressure Control to provide well flow and pressure control for operators across the Lower 48. The tie-up is designed to expand services for exploration and production companies in the Permian and Denver-Julesburg basins, as well as the Eagle Ford and Haynesville shales. “In…

Oil and natural gas production from seven key U.S. onshore plays is set to decline in September, continuing a downtrend that began earlier this year, according to the latest Drilling Productivity Report (DPR) published Monday by the Energy Information Administration (EIA). EIA expects oil production from the Anadarko, Appalachian, Denver Julesburg-Niobrara and Permian basins, as…