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The world’s largest publicly operated oil and natural gas company is continuing to remake itself as it stacks up more resources to develop and looks beyond traditional energy to prepare for the future, ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods said Friday. Woods discussed the third quarter results during an hour-long call with energy analysts, whose questions centered…

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 floundered at first on Monday, hindered by autumn-like weather. As the session wore on, though, traders shifted attention to production that remains below recent highs as well as predictions for another lean storage increase. At A Glance: Production off recent highs Heat endures in the South NGI models 63 Bcf injection Coming…

Permian Basin pure-play Vital Energy Inc. is snapping up a bevy of assets concentrated in West Texas through a transformational deal worth an estimated $1.67 billion. The Tulsa-based independent clinched the cash-and-equity deals with affiliates of Henry Energy LP and Henry Resources LLC, as well as Tall City Property Holdings III LLC and Maple Energy…

Investment firm Peak 10 Energy Holdings LP made its inaugural acquisition of assets in the Permian Basin’s Eastern Shelf, expanding its position as it snaps up and works with operators to develop Lower 48 oil and natural gas assets. The private equity (PE)-backed company made its inaugural purchase of acreage in Fisher and Scurry counties,…

ConocoPhillips agreed last week to buy 2.2 million metric tons/year (mmty) of LNG from Mexico Pacific Ltd.’s (MPL) Saguaro Energia export terminal planned for the country’s west coast, pushing the project closer to a final investment decision (FID). MPL CEO Ivan Van der Walt said ConocoPhillips’s commitment pushed the company’s sales volumes for trains one…

Natural gas and oil permitting dipped sharply in April from a month earlier, with double-digit losses nearly across the board, according to Evercore ISI. The energy analysts at Evercore, led by James West, every month compile permit data from state and federal officials to determine the direction of U.S. drilling. Once an onshore permit is…

As Waha natural gas prices languish below $1/MMBtu, attention is increasingly turning to Mexico as a possible outlet for incremental gas volumes from the Permian Basin. With more than 6 Bcf/d of LNG export projects in varying stages of development, Mexico presents an interesting opportunity to move West Texas gas to the global LNG market,…

Natural gas futures fell Monday, kicking off the new month much in the way 2023 has gone so far – under pressure from strong production, modest weather-driven demand and stout storage supplies. At A Glance: Prompt month sheds 11.9 cents Production, supplies robust Weakening weather outlook The May Nymex gas futures contract settled at $2.097/MMBtu,…