Oil And Gas

The U.S. rig count held essentially flat for the week ended Friday (June 4), dropping one unit overall to fall to 456, including a small net decline in the Permian Basin and a small uptick in the Haynesville Shale, according to data from Baker Hughes Co. (BKR). Oil-directed drilling went unchanged week/week in the United…

After climbing for two consecutive weeks, U.S. petroleum demand declined during the last week of May, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Wednesday. Still, refinery utilization reached a high for the year to date, and analysts anticipate demand to prove strong this summer. EIA said in its Weekly Petroleum Status Report (WPSR) overall petroleum…

A mix of gains and losses in the U.S. onshore, including an uptick in the Permian Basin and a drop in the Marcellus Shale, saw the domestic rig count finish at 457 units as of Friday (May 28), up two week/week, according to Baker Hughes Co. (BKR). The addition of three oil-directed rigs in the…

Cimarex Energy Co. and Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. on Monday agreed to combine in an all-stock merger, tying together their extensive operations in the Marcellus Shale, Permian and Anadarko basins. Denver-based Cimarex controls 560,000 net acres combined in the Permian and Anadarko, while Houston-based Cabot has 173,000 net acres in the Marcellus. Cabot CEO…

Oasis Petroleum Inc. said Thursday it is exiting the Permian Basin to become a Williston Basin pure play. The Houston-based independent is selling its Permian acreage to an undisclosed buyer for total gross consideration of up to $481 million.  Oasis will receive $406 million at closing and up to three $25 million annual contingent payments…

The U.S. natural gas rig count slid one unit to finish at 99 for the week ended Friday (May 21), while another round of additions in the oil patch lifted the overall domestic tally higher for the period, according to data published by Baker Hughes Co. (BKR). Four oil-directed rigs were added in the United…

Mexican national oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) is claiming a majority interest in the Zama oil deposit discovered by a private sector consortium at offshore Block 7 in 2017. The assertion by Pemex, made in its 20-F annual report filed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, appears to contradict a previous assessment…

The U.S. natural gas rig count slid three units to finish the week ended Friday (May 14) at an even 100, while oil drilling lifted the overall domestic drilling total higher for the week, according to data from Baker Hughes Co. (BKR). Offsetting the decline in natural gas drilling, eight oil-directed rigs were added in…

Canadian independent Enerplus Corp. reported lower year/year production for the first quarter but it is poised to resume growing output in the Bakken Shale of North Dakota following a pair of recent acquisitions. Natural gas production for the firm, which also has assets in the Marcellus Shale, dropped to 255.7MMcf/d in the first three months…