Permian Basin

Houston-based Targa Resources Corp. has clinched an agreement to buy Lucid Energy Group’s Permian Basin Delaware natural gas processing business, which would add 1,050 miles of pipeline and 1.4 Bcf/d of capacity.The all-cash deal for Lucid Energy Delaware LLC, valued at $3.55 billion, was reached with sponsors Riverstone Holdings LLC and Goldman Sachs Asset Management.…

Private equity-backed Canes Midstream LLC said Wednesday it has closed on its acquisition of Permian Basin midstream firm Cogent Midstream LLC. Located in the southern portion of the Permian’s Midland sub-basin, the Cogent assets include 520 MMcf/d of natural gas processing capacity, over 800 miles of pipelines, 42 compressor stations, a crude oil gathering system,…

U.S. oil and gas producers that weren’t prepared to get down to business as prices rose may be out of luck, Occidental Petroleum Corp. CEO Vicki Hollub said Wednesday. Hollub helmed a first quarter conference call, joined by CFO Robert Peterson and Richard Jackson, president of U.S. Onshore Resources and Carbon Management. They shared with…

The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) reported that it issued 38% more original drilling permits year/year across the Lone Star State in February. The natural gas and oil industry regulator granted 836 drilling permits in February, compared to 606 during the same month last year. Texas, particularly the Permian Basin, has been leading “the U.S.…

Targa Resources Corp. said Thursday it has signed agreements to acquire Southcross Energy Operating LLC and its subsidiaries in South Texas for $200 million in a deal that will consolidate Targa’s natural gas gathering and processing footprint. The Southcross assets include a currently idle 200 MMcf/d natural gas processing plant, Houston-based Targa said. Through the…

Led by incremental growth in the Appalachian Basin, major Lower 48 drilling regions are set to raise natural gas output by more than 500,000 MMcf/d in April, according to updated modeling from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Total natural gas production from seven key U.S. regions will grow by 594 MMcf/d month/month to reach an…

Houston-based Apache Corp. is expanding its partnership with LongPath Technologies Inc. to build its continuous methane emissions monitoring in the Permian Basin. The APA Corp. subsidiary first partnered with LongPath last fall to use its monitoring systems at dozens of Apache drilling sites. Now, the Houston-based independent plans to employ LongPath’s monitoring systems for about…

PDC Energy Inc. said Monday it agreed to buy Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basin operator Great Western Petroleum LLC in a $1.3 billion cash-and-stock deal that would “materially” boost its holdings in Colorado’s Wattenberg field. The Denver-based PDC said the deal, which includes $500 million in net debt, would be financed by issuing about four million shares…

Diamondback Energy Inc. is aiming to keep oil production flat in the Permian Basin this year, part of a larger trend among Lower 48 exploration and production (E&P) firms to ensure healthy shareholder returns amid a bullish price cycle. “We are at the beginning of an incredible period of value creation for the industry, and…