Bakken Shale

San Antonio-based Ecoark Holdings Inc. plans to begin beta testing a cryptocurrency mining approach in May that would be powered by natural gas that is constrained by a lack of infrastructure. The diversified holdings company established a strategic initiatives team in February to analyze ways to deploy capital for the test project. Led by CFO…

Well completions in North America have nearly recovered to pre-pandemic levels, with hydraulic fracturing jobs reaching a 12-month high in March, according to Rystad Energy. Nowhere are completions climbing faster than in the Permian Basin, analysts said. The data is borne out by the rising rig count in West Texas and southeastern New Mexico. The…

Hess Corp. is selling off some of its Bakken Shale acreage in North Dakota to Calgary-based Enerplus Corp. for $312 million. The deal, set to be completed in May, includes the Little Knife and Murphy Creek acreage. The Hess assets are spread across 78,700 acres in the southernmost portion of its Bakken position. Total net…

Another round of healthy gains in the oil patch pushed the U.S. rig count six units higher to 417 for the week ended Friday (March 26), according to data from oilfield services provider Baker Hughes Co. (BKR). After adding nine rigs in the previous week, the domestic oil patch picked up an additional six rigs…

Oasis Petroleum Inc. and Oasis Midstream Partners LP (OMP) on Monday announced a simplification agreement through which OMP is acquiring the producer’s remaining interests in two development companies or “DevCos” that own midstream infrastructure assets in the Bakken Shale and Permian Basin. The agreement follows Oasis’ restructuring and emergence from bankruptcy last November. OMP is…

As the Biden administration further examines the ramifications of its pause on oil and natural gas leases on federal lands, it will find North Dakota’s Bakken Shale has a “unique story to tell,” according to Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) Director Lynn Helms. Most of the federal lands in North Dakota are split estates, where…

Natural gas production from seven key U.S. regions is set to fall by 316 MMcf/d from March to April, extending a downward trajectory in projected output from the domestic plays that goes back to early last year, according to new data published Monday by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Combined output from the Anadarko,…

Natural gas production from seven key U.S. regions is set to fall by 316 MMcf/d from March to April, extending a downward trajectory in projected output from the domestic plays that goes back to early last year, according to new data published Monday by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Combined output from the Anadarko,…

Oil prices have streaked upward in North Dakota’s Bakken Shale as production has hit a winter lull, according to the state’s Department of Mineral Resources (DMR). DMR Director Lynn Helms in the monthly production report for January, which was issued on Thursday, said oil production was down about 4% month/month (m/m) to 35.5 million bbl…