West Texas

U.S. natural gas markets failed to sustain much momentum across the forward curve during the June 8-14 trading period, with July prices averaging 2.0 cents lower as widespread heat has yet to materialize, according to NGI’s Forward Look. With plump production figures still coming out and storage inventories sitting above average levels, similarly small price…

Still on a sugar high from too many Cadbury eggs over the Easter holiday weekend, natural gas futures prices soared as weather data showed cool weather returning to the Lower 48 in about a week’s time. With some short-covering likely aiding the rally, the May Nymex natural gas contract settled Monday’s regular session at $2.172/MMBtu,…

The decline in U.S. natural gas prices, combined with elevated costs to drill a well, are forecast to slow down drilling and completions (D&C) activity in the gassy basins of the Lower 48. Rystad Energy Vice President Serik Omarov in a note said the gas price decline has created uncertainty for exploration and production (E&P)…

A powerful earthquake in the Permian Basin of West Texas – the second in a month – shook the region last Friday, and regulators were inspecting injection well sites for clues. The 5.4 magnitude seismic event struck an area about 12 miles north of Midland in Martin County. The region is in the Gardendale Seismic…

Although Gulf Coast LNG exports are expected to drive the bulk of U.S. natural gas demand growth in the coming years, Mexico and Arizona could play vital roles in easing natural gas takeaway constraints out of the Permian Basin, according to NGI’s Patrick Rau, director of strategy and research. As evidenced by Waha spot prices…

Occidental Corp. and subsidiary 1PointFive on Thursday officially launched construction of its first large-scale direct air capture (DAC) plant, which could be sucking up carbon emissions from the Permian Basin in West Texas by late 2024. Houston-based Oxy, as it is known, had begun the first phase of front-end engineering design (FEED) at a site…

U.S. natural gas exports to Mexico via West Texas are once again heading upward this year, according to analysis by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Exports from West Texas “have grown steadily in recent years, doubling from 0.6 Bcf/d in 2019 to 1.2 Bcf/d in 2021 as more connecting pipelines in Central and Southwest…

Permian Basin pure-play Earthstone Energy Inc. is on an acquisition tear,  announcing Monday it is scooping up West Texas-focused private Bighorn Permian Resources LLC for around $860 million. Earthstone, headquartered in The Woodlands north of Houston, agreed to pay $770 million cash and trade 6.8 million shares valued at $90 million for the Permian Midland…

Denver-based independent SM Energy Co. has clinched agreements to sell its remaining Williston Basin assets and some properties in West Texas for a combined $292.3 million.