Eagle Ford Shale

Activist investor Kimmeridge Energy Management Co. LLC has withdrawn its proposal to merge its natural gas-focused subsidiary with Eagle Ford Shale producer SilverBow Resources Inc.  The New York-based investment firm, which holds a 12.9% stake in SilverBow, in March proposed a tie-up between Kimmeridge Texas Gas LLC (KTG) and the Eagle Ford producer along with…

TotalEnergies SE CEO Patrick Pouyanné wasn’t born in Texas but as many who have migrated to the state say, he got there as fast as he could. In transactions over the past month, the French-based major has acquired additional Texas stakes in the Eagle Ford Shale, a carbon capture project in the Gulf of Mexico…

The domestic natural gas rig count held steady at 112 for the week ended Thursday (March 28), while a decline in oil activity lowered the combined domestic drilling tally by three to 621, the latest Baker Hughes Co. (BKR) data show. The combined oil and gas U.S. rig count for the week, which was 621,…

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…

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 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…

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…

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 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…