SilverBow Resources Inc.’s board plans to “carefully review and consider” a proposal from activist investor Kimmeridge Energy Management LLC to merge its natural gas production subsidiary in a tie-up that could become the largest South Texas exploration and production company. In a letter to shareholders, Kimmeridge proposed to merge Kimmeridge Texas Gas LLC (KTG) into…
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Golden Pass, Delfin Take Final Capacity for Kinder Morgan’s Texas-Louisiana Expansion Project
Kinder Morgan Inc.’s (KMI) Texas-Louisiana Expansion project, aimed at bringing additional natural gas supply to the Gulf Coast, is now fully subscribed after two LNG exporters signed on as customers. Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America LLC (NGPL), a KMI subsidiary, told FERC in a recent filing it has inked agreements to supply the Golden…
SilverBow Cutting Natural Gas Output in Eagle Ford to Preserve ‘Valuable Inventory’
SilverBow Resources Inc. management said the Eagle Ford Shale operator is pulling back natural gas activity and investments by almost 15% in response to weak prices, but plans to ramp up activity around 2025 for Gulf Coast demand. “No doubt that 2023 and now 2024 have seen a challenging natural gas market,” said CEO Sean…
Matador Skirting Permian Natural Gas Constraints and Raising Output
Dallas-based independent Matador Resources Co., which works in the Permian Basin, Haynesville and Eagle Ford shales, reported record natural gas production for 2023, and it is not planning to reduce output this year, even with low prices. The independent “exceeded production expectations” for gas and oil. Output increased 38% year/year during 4Q2023, driven by the…
Permian to Partly Offset Natural Gas Production Declines from Gassy Plays in Early 2024, EIA Says
Shrinking volumes from gassy plays will overshadow higher associated output from the Permian Basin to drive a modest decline in natural gas production from key Lower 48 regions in early 2024, according to the latest modeling from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). In its updated Drilling Productivity Report (DPR), EIA projected 98.889 Bcf/d of…
Texas Natural Gas, Oil Drilling Activity Show Mixed Results in December, Down Overall from 2022
Texas regulators issued about 1,500 fewer oil and natural gas drilling permits in 2023 than in 2022, with December permitting continuing the downward trend across most of the state. The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) issued a total of 669 drilling permits last month, up by about 30 from November’s count, but down by 200…
LNG, Mexico Exports Driving South Texas Natural Gas Demand Growth
LNG and Mexico exports are expected to underpin U.S. natural gas demand growth over the coming years, with the Agua Dulce hub in South Texas playing a critical supply role. In turn, both markets are building out infrastructure to ensure access to molecules and capacity in an increasingly competitive and globalized gas market. “Feed gas…
KMI Cements Eagle Ford Natural Gas Midstream Deal with NextEra
Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) has finalized the $1.8 billion acquisition of NextEra Energy Partners LP’s South Texas Midstream LLC, securing natural gas pipeline and storage assets serving Mexico and the Gulf Coast. “These assets integrate well with our existing South Texas footprint and extend our direct connectivity in the lean area of the Eagle Ford…
Kodiak, CSI Merger to Create Natural Gas Compression Giant, with Permian, Eagle Ford Prowess
The blitz of tie-ups in the U.S. oil and gas industry is continuing, with Kodiak Gas Services Inc. offering to buy CSI Compressco LP in a deal that would become the largest contract compression fleet in the industry with an estimated 4.3 million hp. The all-equity acquisition, valued at $854 million including debt, would deepen…
Lower 48 Oil, Natural Gas Permitting Tumbles in November, Led by 18% Dip in Permian
Oil and natural gas permitting in the Lower 48 fell by double-digits in November from a month earlier, driven by losses in the Permian Basin, according to Evercore ISI. The analyst firm, which each month tracks state and federal permitting, said a total of 2,565 permits were issued in November, down by 11% month/month (m/m). …