Permian Basin

Texas’ oil and natural gas industry paid $15.8 billion in state and local taxes and state royalties in Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, with school districts and counties in the Permian Basin and Eagle Ford Shale the top beneficiaries, according to the Texas Oil and Gas Association (TXOGA). “Despite an incredibly difficult two years, the Texas…

Natural gas futures on Monday closed above $4.00 for the first time this year as European calls for U.S. exports remain robust and forecasts point to continued strong domestic weather-driven demand. The February Nymex gas futures contract settled at $4.079/MMBtu, up 16.3 cents day/day. March rose 10.8 cents to $3.834. NGI’s Spot Gas National Avg.…

Privately held explorer FireBird Energy LLC on Thursday said it bolted on 21,000 acres in the Permian Basin of West Texas in a deal with Chevron Corp. Financial details were not disclosed. The Midland sub-basin properties, 99% operated, are in Ector, Midland, Crane and Upton counties. They were acquired from Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and Chevron…

Higher-than-expected oil and natural gas production, as well as stronger prices, are giving New Mexico’s coffers a boost, the state’s Legislative Finance Committee (LFC) recently reported. The committee also anticipates Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 oil output of 408 million bbl, or 1.12 million b/d — a 10.8% year/year increase. “Global consumption and demand for oil…

TC Energy Corp. expects North American natural gas demand to grow 25% by 2030, a top pipeline executive told investors earlier this month. Demand would mainly be driven by coal-to-gas switching in the power sector and global demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG), TC’s Tracy Robinson, president of the Canada natural gas pipelines unit, said…

Spending by Lower 48 oil and natural gas producers is set to rise by 19.4% next year to $83.4 billion from an expected $69.8 billion in 2021, according to new analysis by Rystad Energy.  Service price inflation is expected to account for $9.2 billion of the spending growth, with increased activity contributing $8.6 billion, said…

Northern Oil and Gas Inc. has agreed to acquire “substantially all” the nonoperated Permian Basin assets owned by affiliates of Veritas Energy LLC, including 6,000 oil-weighted net acres. The transaction for $406.5 million was announced earlier this month. “This transaction completes the strategic transformation of our business that began in 2018,” CEO Nick O’Grady said.…

After seeing better-than-expected growth in gathering volumes in the Permian Basin, Targa Resources Corp. is planning for another processing plant in the Midland sub-basin. The Houston-based midstreamer reported that system inlet volumes rose 7% sequentially in the third quarter, with total Permian inlet volumes reaching a record 2,952 MMcf/d. Management now expects volumes this year…

The Permian Basin was the focal point of U.S. onshore drilling activity during the week ended Friday (Nov. 19), spurring a seven-rig increase in the combined domestic count, which finished at 563, according to the latest numbers from Baker Hughes Co. (BKR). All of the net gains for the week in the United States occurred…