Permian Basin

LM Energy Holdings LLC is aiming to sell parts of its crude oil gathering business in the New Mexico portion of the Permian Basin to help fuel a focus shift to natural gas. The Dallas-based midstreamer disclosed it has entered into agreements to sell assets and subsidiaries of its Touchdown crude oil gathering system in…

Natural gas futures snapped a two-day rally with a sharp drop on Wednesday as markets shifted focus to mild weather and persistently strong production. The October Nymex gas futures contract settled at $2.733/MMBtu, down 11.5 cents day/day. November fell 10.5 cents to $2.921. At A Glance: 60s Bcf injection projected Weather demand fades Output holds…

Permits to develop natural gas and oil in the Lower 48 slumped in August, with the biggest operating area, the Permian Basin, off by double-digits from July and 12% year-to-date.  “Permian permitting continues to slow,” down by 407 or 37% month/month (m/m), with year-to-date permits declining by 820, according to Evercore ISI analysts led by…

Viper Energy Partners LP has entered a deal to substantially expand its Lower 48 mineral and royalty interest footprint through an acquisition from two private equity firms. The Diamondback Energy Inc. subsidiary agreed to acquire about 7,300 net royalty acres from Warwick Capital Partners and GRP Energy Capital for roughly 9.02 million Viper common units…

Record natural gas production and strong oil output in the New Mexico portion of the Permian Basin played a primary role in boosting expectations for revenue in the years to come, according to the state’s Legislative Finance Committee (LFC).  In fiscal year (FY) 2023, which ended June 30, the state produced 2.95 Tcf of natural…

Employment and wages in Texas’ natural gas and oil industry continued to surge upward in the first quarter, according to new analysis by the Texas Oil and Gas Association (TXOGA). Direct employment in the industry rose 8.1% year/year to 482,557 jobs, according to the TXOGA report based on U.S. Census Bureau and Texas Workforce Commission…

Permian Basin pure-play Kinetik Holdings Inc., whose midstream operations transport natural gas to Gulf Coast markets and beyond, set a processing record in the second quarter, even as high temperatures stalled some exploration and production (E&P) customer operations. The Midland, TX-based operator was created last year in an all-stock transaction between EagleClaw Midstream and Altus…

Targa Resources Corp. said it is building two cryogenic natural gas processing plants in the Permian Basin to meet the infrastructure needs of producers that have maintained record levels of activity in anticipation of strengthening export demand. Houston-based Targa, in conjunction with its second quarter earnings release earlier this month, announced the construction of a…

Enterprise Product Partners LP has begun service at its Poseidon cryogenic natural gas processing plant in Glasscock County in West Texas. The company’s sixth plant in the Midland sub-basin has a nameplate capacity of 300 MMcf/d and can extract more than 40,000 b/d of natural gas liquids (NGL). Enterprise now is able to process 1.3…