fourth quarter 2022

Alberta Deep Basin pure-play Peyto Exploration & Development Corp. has all but eliminated its exposure to expected weak pricing at the AECO natural gas hub for the upcoming summer, CEO Jean-Paul Lachance said. Lachance hosted a conference call on Thursday (March 9) to discuss the gas-weighted producer’s fourth quarter and full-year 2022 results.  Lachance noted…

Range Resources Corp.’s management team on Tuesday brushed aside questions about whether they’ve discussed the possibility of Pioneer Natural Resources Co. acquiring the company after reports surfaced last week.  CEO Jeff Ventura told analysts during a call to discuss year-end financial results Tuesday that a statement Pioneer issued downplaying the reports was “good news” for…

Equitrans Midstream Corp.’s (EQM) long-delayed Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) may gain some necessary permits within the next few months, “which will allow us then to bring MVP into service in 2023,” said CEO Thomas Karam.  EQM is expecting the biological opinion from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by next Tuesday, “and based on the…

Amid natural gas prices that have slumped below $2.00/MMBtu at a number of pricing hubs across the country, Chesapeake Energy Corp. is lowering its exploration and production activity in the Marcellus and Haynesville shale plays while also looking to complete an exit from the Eagle Ford Shale in 2023. “As we plan our initial capital…

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…

Increased production prices and strong retail fuel demand nearly doubled the quarterly earnings for Canadian oilsands heavyweight Suncor Energy Inc.  The Calgary producer tapped the northern Alberta oilsands for average production of 665,200 b/d, or 90% of 2022 production. That was up from 644,200 b/d in 2021. The company, which reports in Canadian dollars (C$1.00/US…

Lower 48 natural gas-directed rigs are likely to retreat because of weak prices, Patterson-UTI Inc. CEO Andy Hendricks said Thursday. Hendricks held a conference call to share quarterly results and discuss the outlook for contract drilling services, the company’s forté. At the end of January, the company had 130 rigs on average working in the…

French supermajor TotalEnergies SE indicated Wednesday it would double-down on its LNG business, which CEO Patrick Pouyanné said would be a “pillar” of the company’s growth in the years ahead, along with its power generation operations. The two businesses, which have operated within the same segment for years, have been so instrumental to the company’s…

Enterprise Product Partners LP has $3.6 billion of assets scheduled to begin commercial operations this year to expand natural gas, liquids and crude oil systems across the United States, with almost $2 billion more rolling off the boards through 2025, executives said Wednesday. Co-CEOs Jim Teague and Randy Fowler shared a microphone with the executive…