Earnings

Energy infrastructure holding company Sempra Energy wants its California and Texas utilities to achieve net-zero emissions by 2045, but they need some help from technology innovations and regulators, executives said. A key for California utilities, including Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas), is developing renewable natural gas (RNG) as a decarbonizing tool, CEO Jeff Martin said…

Goodrich Petroleum Corp. plans to ramp up natural gas production in the resurgent Haynesville Shale this year, citing strong commodity pricing and high productivity from recently completed wells in northwestern Louisiana. “The core of the Haynesville continues to offer low development and lifting costs, top-tier cash margins and returns on invested capital, as well as…

Calgary production giant Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (CNRL) scored a comeback in the first three months of 2021, reversing losses inflicted a year earlier by Covid-19 and the slump in oil and gas prices. “As the global vaccine distribution increases and crude oil demand recovers, especially in the United States, we are seeing improved commodity…

Executives at Appalachian pure-play Antero Resources Corp., the nation’s second largest natural gas liquids (NGL) producer, are warning that without an adequate build in propane inventories through the fall, the world would be undersupplied this winter.  “U.S. domestic propane buyers will need to outbid export markets this summer to build sufficient inventories for this upcoming…

With two big transactions completed in a matter of months, Pioneer Natural Resources Co. has become the largest producer in the Permian Basin and should produce up to 700,000 boe/d-plus in 2022, CEO Scott Sheffield said Wednesday. The Dallas-based independent this week completed a $6.4 billion purchase of privately held West Texas competitor DoublePoint Energy…

After fetching $4.61/Mcf for its Permian Basin natural gas in the first quarter, APA Corp. is stepping up its activity in some prospects and extending its exploration in Texas, executives said Thursday. The gassy Alpine High development in the Permian Delaware sub-basin of West Texas had been the Houston-based explorer’s No. 1 global play. As…

Haynesville Shale giant Comstock Resources Inc. should see “moderate” production growth this year as market conditions improve, executives said Wednesday during a first quarter earnings call. The Frisco, TX-based independent has 323,000 net acres in the Haynesville/Bossier formations across East Texas and North Louisiana, one of the gassiest regions of the country. Production this year…

EQT Corp. agreed Thursday to acquire Alta Resources Development LLC in a $2.9 billion deal that would add another 300,000 net Marcellus Shale acres and give it entry into Northeast Pennsylvania.  The nation’s largest natural gas producer said the acquisition would push its volumes to 5.6 Bcfe/d from 4.6 Bcfe/d. Once completed, the company would…

Tapping liquids-rich Canadian unconventional natural gas and a continent-wide marketing program paid off for Tourmaline Oil Corp. in the first three months of this year. As the top natural gas producer drilling only in Canada, the Calgary explorer scored a 30% gain to 1.91 Bcf/d in the quarter from 1.47 Bcf/d a year earlier. Liquids…