Range Resources

Range Resources Corp., whose fortunes are tied to the Marcellus Shale, faced headwinds during the second quarter on weaker natural gas prices, but longer-term fundamentals are stronger as global demand grows, CEO Dennis Degner said Tuesday. The Fort Worth, TX-based Appalachian pure-play, a leading U.S. natural gas producer, expects natural gas and natural gas liquids…

Range Resources Corp.’s outgoing CEO Jeff Ventura was upbeat about the long-term prospects of the company and the Marcellus Shale in his final quarterly earnings call with the firm on Tuesday (April 25). Ventura and his management team highlighted Range’s liquids-rich, low-cost Appalachian Basin pure-play portfolio, as well as the importance of natural gas to…

Range Resources Corp.’s management team on Tuesday brushed aside questions about whether they’ve discussed the possibility of Pioneer Natural Resources Co. acquiring the company after reports surfaced last week.  CEO Jeff Ventura told analysts during a call to discuss year-end financial results Tuesday that a statement Pioneer issued downplaying the reports was “good news” for…

Supply chain issues, midstream constraints and adverse weather combined to curb EQT Corp.’s third quarter natural gas output and are likely to impact the company’s operations through the middle of next year, management said last week. “These third-party constraints, along with water restrictions due to drought conditions in parts of the [Appalachian] basin, negatively impacted…

The top executive of Range Resources Corp., one of the largest natural gas producers in the United States, said again on Tuesday that not enough is being done by the country to ease the global energy crisis.  “Energy policy will need to be rooted in market realities,” said CEO Jeff Ventura. “If infrastructure projects, mainly…

Two of the top natural gas producers in the Lower 48, Southwestern Energy Co. and Range Resources Corp., are expanding their efforts to certify supply in separate agreements with Project Canary.  In one agreement, Range Resources entered into an ongoing deal with Houston-based Engie Energy Marketing to market its supply under Project Canary’s responsibly sourced…

Appalachian pure-play Range Resources Corp. reported the highest natural gas liquids (NGL) premium to the Mont Belvieu, TX, benchmark in its history during the second quarter and recorded its best NGL price since 2014 as demand for fuels like ethane and propane has soared this year.  Range’s unhedged realized NGL price for the quarter was…

Range Resources Corp. got a boost from improved commodity pricing in 1Q2021, including a 44% rise in natural gas prices and a 77% increase in natural gas liquids (NGL) prices. The Appalachian Basin pure-play on Tuesday reported an average realized natural gas price of $2.58/Mcf compared to $1.74/Mcf a year ago.  Range also reported an…

Shale play sweet spots won’t stay sweet forever; base production decline is a fact of life, and with projected domestic demand growth, $3 natural gas won’t cut it, Range Resources Corp. CEO Jeff Ventura told a Houston audience Thursday.