Eagle Ford Shale

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…

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). …

Demand is surging for natural gas pipeline and storage capacity in North America, and as a purveyor of both, that’s good news for Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI), CEO Kim Dang said Thursday. Dang, a KMI veteran who took over the top job this year, said there are “a lot of fantastic tailwinds” for the company…

Eagle Ford Shale operator SilverBow Resources Inc. is targeting capital expenditures of $550-$580 million to support a three-rig drilling program in 2024, management said Thursday. The Houston-based operator said it has closed its $700 million acquisition of Chesapeake Energy Corp.’s South Texas oil and gas assets, clearing the way to advance natural gas-weighted development in…

Multi-basin exploration and production firm EOG Resources Inc. in the third quarter made steady progress toward completing a natural gas pipeline that would transport Eagle Ford Shale supply to Gulf Coast markets. EOG completed construction on a natural gas treatment facility, as well as the first phase of a 36-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline from the…

Texas production of natural gas and oil reached all-time highs for the second month in a row in September, according to the latest monthly analysis by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA). Marketed natural gas production totaled 34.6 Bcf for the month, while oil production was 5.9 million bbl, according to the report prepared by…

Kimmeridge Energy Management Co. LLC is expanding its presence in the Eagle Ford Shale of South Texas, with an upstream natural gas-weighted acquisition and a multi-year transport agreement aimed at the LNG export market. Kimmeridge, an alternative asset manager focused on the energy sector, said affiliate Kimmeridge Texas Gas (KTG) signed a deal to acquire…

Natural gas basis price differentials at the Waha and Houston Ship Channel (HSC) hubs in Texas narrowed substantially in the first half of this year versus the second half of 2022, according to an Energy Information Administration (EIA) analysis citing NGI data. The return to service of both Freeport LNG and the El Paso Natural…

SilverBow Resources Inc. agreed Monday to acquire Chesapeake Energy Corp.’s natural gas and oil assets in South Texas, a deal that would create the largest publicly held Eagle Ford Shale pure-play. Chesapeake would receive $700 million for the assets, including $650 million at closing and a $50 million deferred payment one year after the transaction…