Exploration

Former Parsley Energy Inc. CEO Bryan Sheffield has acquired a roughly 7.4% stake in Australian natural gas explorer Tamboran Resources Ltd., executives said Tuesday. Founded in 2009, Tamboran styles itself as “a natural gas company that intends to play a  constructive role in the global energy transition towards a lower carbon future.” The producer develops…

Propelled by rising activity in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) amid the recovery from Hurricane Ida-related impacts, the U.S. rig count rose nine units to 521 for the week ended Friday (Sept. 24), according to Baker Hughes Co. (BKR). Ten oil-directed rigs were added in the United States for the week, offsetting a one-rig decline…

U.S. land drillers turned in another week of gains thanks to continued expansion in the oil patch, according to the latest Baker Hughes Co. (BKR) tally, which showed the overall domestic rig count rising five units to 508 as of Friday (Aug. 27). Oil rigs added on land accounted for the entirety of the net…

Natural gas exploration & production (E&P) company Banpu Kalnin Ventures Corp. (BKV) made a splash earlier this month with an announced deal to acquire a natural gas power plant in Temple, TX, for $430 million.  With independent E&Ps largely focused on the upstream, value chain integration has chiefly been the territory of majors and supermajors.…

Rising construction costs are likely to give brownfield liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects an extra advantage over greenfield sites as planned developments move toward sanction, Sempra CEO Jeff Martin said Thursday. “Greenfield projects tend to have a little bit of a higher per-unit cost than brownfield projects, Martin said during the 2Q2021 earnings call. “This…

The U.S. natural gas rig count climbed one unit to finish at 98 for the week ended Friday (June 25), while a small decline in oil rigs left the overall domestic tally flat for the period, according to data from Baker Hughes Co. (BKR). One oil-directed rig exited the patch in the United States during…

Goodrich Petroleum Corp. plans to ramp up natural gas production in the resurgent Haynesville Shale this year, citing strong commodity pricing and high productivity from recently completed wells in northwestern Louisiana. “The core of the Haynesville continues to offer low development and lifting costs, top-tier cash margins and returns on invested capital, as well as…

Click here to listen to a new episode of NGI’s Hub & Flow podcast. NGI’s Christopher Lenton, senior editor for Mexico and Latin America, spoke to Mercuria Energy Co.’s Charles Blanchard in the latest episode. Blanchard, head of North American natural gas research, recently published an exhaustive study on the history of natural gas in…

Unitization talks between a Talos Energy Inc.-led consortium and Mexican national oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) to jointly develop the Zama offshore oil discovery have progressed from the technical phase to more commercial discussions, according to Talos CEO Timothy Duncan. Assuming unitization is completed “on a timely basis,” Talos expects to reach a final investment…