Bakken Shale

Global oil and natural gas demand is forecast to remain tight in the months ahead, but Devon Energy Corp. is holding the line on its Lower 48 production and instead rewarding shareholders. The Oklahoma City-based independent, whose portfolio is concentrated in some of the richest oil and natural gas basins of the country, plans to…

Global oil and natural gas demand is forecast to remain tight in the months ahead, but Devon Energy Corp. is holding the line on production, instead looking to reward shareholders. The Oklahoma City-based independent, whose portfolio is concentrated in some of the richest oil and natural gas basins of the country, plans to maintain production…

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…

U.S. onshore oil and natural gas production is set to rise from October to November, propelled by supply growth in the Permian Basin and Haynesville Shale, according to updated projections Monday from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Natural gas production from seven key U.S. producing regions — the Anadarko, Appalachia and Permian basins, along…

Dakota Access LLC, operator of the eponymous crude oil conduit ensnared in a legal battle over its right to stay in operation after a federal judge vacated a critical easement, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on its case. The questions presented by counsel representing the 1,172-mile Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) could…

Oil and natural gas production in North Dakota, home to the Bakken Shale, declined slightly in July from June, even as the rig count inched higher. Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) director Lynn Helms issued the monthly Director’s Cut on Friday, which provides information about all of the wells capable of producing, as well as…

Calgary-based Enerplus Corp. is selling off a small bundle of oil and natural gas interests in Montana and North Dakota for $115 million, but the Williston Basin remains a priority, the CEO said.   Stakes are being sold in Montana’s Sleeping Giant field and North Dakota’s Russian Creek area of the Williston, home to the Bakken…

Houston-based private equity (PE) firm Andros Capital Partners LLC said Wednesday (Aug. 25) it has closed a $150 million development drilling joint venture in the Permian Basin’s Spraberry and Wolfcamp formations in Midland County, TX. Andros affiliate Andros Permian LLC is to fund the drilling program in a joint venture partnership with exploration and production…

New data has shown that oil and natural gas production in North Dakota’s Bakken Shale fell in June from May, as Department of Mineral Resources director Lynn Helms said output was struggling following last year’s pandemic. “The Covid-19 pandemic sort of put the industry to sleep, and it is struggling somewhat to wake up,” Helms…