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Even if oil prices continue to improve in 2022, Marathon Oil Corp. is planning to keep production growth flat in order to ensure market-beating returns for investors, executives said.  During a conference call to discuss fourth quarter and full-year 2021 results, CFO Dane Whitehead said the Houston-based independent has a mandate to return at least…

Privately held exploration and production firm BCE-Mach LLC said it has purchase and sale agreements for two Midcontinent acquisitions totaling $66.5 million, both of which are slated to close in the first quarter of 2022.  In the first deal, BCE-Mach will acquire additional working interest across 61 wells it operates in Kingfisher County, OK. The…

Continental Resources Inc. reported better-than-expected natural gas production from its home base of Oklahoma for the third quarter of 2021. The Oklahoma City-based independent plans to maintain an emphasis on natural gas projects in the Sooner State amid the higher price environment. “We have elected to continue focusing on natural gas developments in Oklahoma based…

Oklahoma City, OK-based Continental Resources Inc. turned in a third quarter earnings report that beat expectations across the board, but results in Oklahoma demonstrated the company’s dominance as one of the only producers to continuously outperform in a play that has sent multiple operators running.

Oklahoma water infrastructure company Bison said Wednesday is buying Tapstone Energy LLC’s produced water infrastructure in the Anadarko Basin for an undisclosed amount.

Encana Corp. has paused a well completion operation in the heart of Oklahoma’s stacked oil and gas formations following two earthquakes that measured 3.2- and 3.9-magnitude.

Recent corporate developments among Oklahoma oil and gas producers have called into question the solidity of returns on investment in the state, but producers and some analysts see value persisting in the prolific Anadarko Basin.

Chaparral Energy Inc. said it’s finished drilling a spacing test in Oklahoma’s Sooner Trend of the Anadarko Basin mostly in Canadian and Kingfisher counties (STACK) during the first quarter and has several additional tests planned for 2019.

Oklahoma City-based Chaparral Energy Inc., which works the STACK, aka the Sooner Trend of the Anadarko Basin, mostly in Canadian and Kingfisher counties, expects to increase production by 45-59% this year using fewer rigs and less capital.