Permian Basin

Management for Houston-based ConocoPhillips during a quarterly earnings call highlighted the independent’s progress as it expanded its LNG activities while achieving record production. CEO Ryan Lance told investors “the world is going to need investments in medium- and long-term production in addition to U.S. shale plays.” ConocoPhillips’ portfolio is “well positioned to meet these long-term…

After posting record volumes across its gathering and processing (G&P) systems during the third quarter, Targa Resources Corp. has sanctioned two midstream projects in the Permian Basin. A second natural gas processing plant at the Wildcat facility in the Delaware sub-basin of the Permian would boost processing capacity by 275 MMcf/d. To be called Wildcat…

Enterprise Products Partners LP transported record volumes on its pipeline systems during the third quarter of 2022, buoyed by the natural gas gathering and processing business it acquired from Navitas Midstream Partners LP earlier this year. However, management acknowledged that pipeline capacity in the Permian Basin is tight, and more negative gas pricing may be…

Matador Resources Co. is seeing better than expected results from recently completed wells in the Permian Basin’s Delaware sub-basin, according to CEO Joseph Foran.  As a result, Dallas, TX-based Matador is increasing the midpoints of its full-year 2022 production guidance from 21.7 to 21.85 million bbl for oil, and from 95.5 to 97.0 Bcf for…

Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) expects domestic LNG export demand to more than double to 28 Bcf/d by 2030, Executive Chairman Richard Kinder said Wednesday. “Given the situation in Europe today, which will result in more long-term contracts and the continuing usage in Asia, this hyper-growth scenario actually seems pretty reasonable to me,” Kinder told analysts…

Oil and natural gas permitting climbed in September from August by 26% and rose nearly 60% from a year ago, ending the third quarter on a positive note, according to Evercore ISI. Analysts said there were 809 more requests to drill in September month/month (m/m). The Permian Basin led the way, rebounding by 47% from…

Researchers in a peer-reviewed study conducted over three years have discovered that more methane is being emitted from Permian Basin natural gas gathering lines than previous federal estimates.  In a peer-reviewed study published by the American Chemical Society, aerial data was used to measure emissions from thousands of miles of gathering pipeline in West Texas…

Northern Oil and Gas Inc. (NOG) has agreed to acquire stakes in Permian Basin properties spanning about 2,800 acres in New Mexico and Texas from Alpha Energy Partners for $157.5 million. NOG reported that Mewbourne Oil Co. is the primary operator of the assets, which span about 2,800 acres in the Permian’s Delaware sub-basin in…

Natural gas prices at the Waha pricing point in West Texas continue to offer an attractive long-term option for offtakers, according to an analysis from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Since late 2021, the difference “has been widening” between the natural gas price at Waha and the Henry Hub benchmark in Louisiana, researchers said.…