Haynesville Shale

Posting its smallest weekly decline in months, the U.S. rig count dropped one unit to finish at 265 for the week ending Friday (June 26), suggesting that upstream activity could finally be stabilizing after a prolonged period of Covid-induced retrenchment. According to the latest Baker Hughes Co. (BKR) data, total U.S. natural gas-directed rigs finished…

Houston-based Black Stone Minerals LP has clinched an incentive agreement with ExxonMobil’s XTO Energy Inc. to turn some wells online within a section of the Haynesville Shale in East Texas.

For what would be a third straight month, oil and natural gas production from seven of the nation’s most prolific onshore unconventional plays will be down in July compared to June, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Monday.

The steep downward slope in U.S. drilling activity the past three months showed signs of leveling off during the week ended Friday (June 12) as the domestic count dropped a relatively modest five rigs, according to the latest numbers from Baker Hughes Co. (BKR).

Protracted low West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil prices may lead exploration and production operators to look beyond the Permian Basin to make up for a shortfall in associated gas to service domestic demand and export needs, giving other Lower 48 areas a needed boost, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Wednesday.

The Permian Basin in May reported the largest monthly decline in oil and gas permits ever, down 47% from April, as applications by large-cap operators fell to their lowest levels in history, off by almost three-quarters, Evercore ISI said Tuesday.

Hydraulic fracturing expert BJ Services said Thursday it is ready to deploy a next-generation pump in the Permian Basin and Eagle Ford Shale after completing a 1,000-hour field trial in the Haynesville Shale fueled by natural gas.

Black Stone Minerals LP said Thursday it has two agreements to sell certain mineral and royalty interests in the Permian Basin for about $155 million.

Chesapeake Energy Corp. has agreed to settle claims with thousands of landowners in Oklahoma that it failed to pay interest on overdue royalty payments.