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Heard on the Call: Encana – Eagle Ford Margin Beats Permian

Heard on the Call: Encana – Eagle Ford Margin Beats Permian

Encana (NYSE: ECA) reported Q2 earnings and hosted its conference call, including comments about improved differentials of the Eagle Ford in comparison to the Permian. Excerpts from Encana’s Q2 earnings call are below:

Q: You mentioned that at today’s …

ConocoPhillips Parts with Barnett Shale for $230 million

ConocoPhillips Parts with Barnett Shale for $230 million

ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) announced it has entered into an agreement to sell its interests in the Barnett shale play to Lime Rock Resources for approximately $230 million.

Production associated with the Barnett assets for the first half of 2018 averaged …

Weekly Gas Storage: Slow Build

Weekly Gas Storage: Slow Build

The EIA released its weekly Natural Gas Storage Report today, outlining how national natural gas stocks have changed in the last week.

In total, the EIA reports natural gas stocks rose by 35 Bcf last week, increasing to 2,308 Bcf …

Encana Doubles Cash from Operating Activities YOY

Encana Doubles Cash from Operating Activities YOY

Permian now producing 90 MBOEPD

Encana (NYSE: ECA) reported its Q2 results and more than doubled its cash from operating activities YOY and is on track to grow annual production by more than 30%. The company expects to generate free …

Courtesy of Chesapeake

Chesapeake: PRB is the New Growth Engine

Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) reported financial and operational results for the 2018 second quarter.

Highlights

  • Net loss available to common stockholders of $40 million, or $(0.04) per diluted share
  • Adjusted net income attributable to Chesapeake of $139 million, or $0.15
Anadarko Q2 DJ Production Averaged 261 MBOEPD

Anadarko Q2 DJ Production Averaged 261 MBOEPD

Delaware Basin jumps 88% to 62 MBOEPD

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) announced 2018 Q2 results, reporting net income of $29 million, or $0.05 per share (diluted). Net cash provided by operating activities in Q2 2018 was $1.23 billion.

Highlights

Weekly Oil Storage: Small Build

Weekly Oil Storage: Small Build

The EIA released its weekly Petroleum Status Report today, outlining how national oil and refined product stocks have changed in the last week.

Crude oil stocks rose by 3,803 MBBL last week to 408,740 MBBL from 404,937 MBBL. This is …

Window Closing on Colorado Initiative 97: Voter Signature Collection Period Ends this Weekend

Window Closing on Colorado Initiative 97: Voter Signature Collection Period Ends this Weekend

Initiative 97 imposes a mandatory statewide minimum 2,500-foot drilling setback, also cedes power to local governments to increase setbacks

This is the final week for environmental activist groups 350.org and Colorado Rising to gather signatures for Colorado ballot initiative 97. …

Natural Gas Production Shows Highest One-Year Increase Since 1973

Natural Gas Production Shows Highest One-Year Increase Since 1973

May power generation deliveries rose more than 20% 

U.S. net exporter of NatGas: 3 billion cubic feet per day of LNG shipped to 15 countries in May

May 2018 marked a noticeable increase in dry natural gas production in the …

Courtesy of EQT

Chesapeake Looks West, Selling Utica While Boosting Powder River Basin

Utica sale values assets at 4.4x EBITDA

Chesapeake Energy (ticker: CHK) announced a major divestiture last week, selling its Utica assets in a $2 billion transaction.

Chesapeake will sell all of its acreage in Ohio to privately-backed Encino Acquisition Partners …

Cabot Oil & Gas Expands Share Repurchase Program

Cabot Oil & Gas Expands Share Repurchase Program

Cabot Oil & Gas (NYSE: COG) announced Q2 results, showing net income of $42.4 million, or $0.09 per share.

Highlights

  • Daily equivalent production of 1,895 MMcfe/d
  • Adjusted net income of $57.9 million
  • Net cash provided by operating activities of $273.9
Williams: Out of Four Corners and into the DJ

Williams: Out of Four Corners and into the DJ

Williams (NYSE: WMB) has announced its midstream entry into Colorado’s DJ Basin and the exit of Williams Partners L.P. (NYSE: WPZ) from the Four Corners Area in New Mexico and Colorado.

Into the DJ

Williams and KKR & Co. (NYSE: …

Rig Count Up Slightly

Rig Count Up Slightly

Permian adds four rigs

Drilling activity increased slightly in the U.S. this week, as activity continues to shift mildly, according to the latest edition of Baker Hughes’ Weekly Rig Count. A net two rigs began drilling in the country, meaning …

BP Buys BHP’s U.S. Shale Position in $10.5 Billion Deal

BP Buys BHP’s U.S. Shale Position in $10.5 Billion Deal

Largest upstream M&A since March 2017

BHP (ticker: BHP) has finally found a buyer for its U.S. shale assets, as the company today announced BP (ticker: BP) will purchase most onshore U.S. properties. BP will pay $10.5 billion for BHP’s …

Critical Global Oil Chokepoints Becoming Hazardous

Critical Global Oil Chokepoints Becoming Hazardous

Middle Eastern tensions endanger oil highways

Some of the most important routes for global oil trading are becoming uncertain, as tensions flare and security becomes shaky.

While pipelines are a major component of oil transportation within a country, they often …

QEP Holds Out for Better Price in Bakken

QEP Holds Out for Better Price in Bakken

Current bids too low, will keep marketing

QEP Resources (ticker: QEP) reported second quarter results today, showing a net loss of $336 million, or ($1.42) per share. This loss is due to a $404 million impairment QEP recorded on the …

Core Labs Plans Industry Project Evaluating SCOOP/STACK

Core Labs Plans Industry Project Evaluating SCOOP/STACK

Core Laboratories (NYSE: CLB) announced its Q2 earnings, which saw an 11% YOY increase in revenue and 22% YOY increase in operating income bringing earnings per diluted share to $0.57.

Core Labs saw operating margins up 190 basis points YOY …

EQT Corporation Streamlines Midstream Through Q2

EQT Corporation Streamlines Midstream Through Q2

EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT) announced its Q2 earnings, which was highlighted by a massive jump in both net cash provided by operating activities and in adjusted operating cash flow. EQT also recapped major sales of assets made in Q2, along …

Calfrac Activated 17th Frac Fleet, but Eying Permian Differentials

Calfrac Activated 17th Frac Fleet, but Eying Permian Differentials

Calfrac Well Services Ltd. (TSX-CFW) has announced record 2Q revenue and operating income results today, showing $544.6 million and $66.5 million, respectively.

2Q Highlights

  • Revenue: $544 million (67% YOY increase)
  • Operating Income: $66 million (81% YOY increase)
  • 560,000 tons of
Weekly Gas Storage: Summer Build Hits the Brakes

Weekly Gas Storage: Summer Build Hits the Brakes

The EIA released its weekly Natural Gas Storage Report today, outlining how national natural gas stocks have changed in the last week.

In total, the EIA reports natural gas stocks rose by 24 Bcf last week, increasing to 2,273 Bcf …

Hess Announces Liza Development on Schedule

Hess Announces Liza Development on Schedule

Bakken production up, drilling accelerating

Hess (ticker: HES) reported second quarter results today, showing a net loss of $130 million, or $0.48 per share. This result significantly exceeds the $449 million loss Hess took in Q2 2017, primarily due to …

Superior Energy Brings More Frac Fleets Online

Superior Energy Brings More Frac Fleets Online

Superior Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE: SPN) announced a net loss for Q2 2018 of $25.4 million on revenue of $535.5 million, much improved from Q1’s loss of $59.9 million on revenue of $482.3 million.

Superior reports that most of this …

Tailwater Capital Brings Capital Under Management to $2.7 Billion with Third Fund

Tailwater Capital Brings Capital Under Management to $2.7 Billion with Third Fund

Tailwater Capital closes its third energy fund for $1 billion

Dallas-based private equity fund Tailwater Capital announced today that the firm closed its third energy-based fund, the Tailwater Energy Fund III LP, at its hard-cap of $900 million. An additional …

Weekly Oil Storage: Bouncing Draw Continues

Weekly Oil Storage: Bouncing Draw Continues

The EIA released its weekly Petroleum Status Report today, outlining how national oil and refined product stocks have changed in the last week.

Crude oil stocks fell by 6,147 MBBL last week to 404,937 MBBL from 411,084 MBBL. This is …

Gear Energy Acquires Steppe Resources

Gear Energy Acquires Steppe Resources

Gear Energy Ltd. (TSX: GXE) has entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition by Gear of all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Steppe Resources Inc., a private oil and gas company. Steppe’s assets are focused in …

Hi-Crush Partners to Acquire FB Industries, Offers $450 Million of Senior Notes

Hi-Crush Partners to Acquire FB Industries, Offers $450 Million of Senior Notes

Hi-Crush Partners LP (ticker: HCLP) announced it will acquire privately held FB Industries Inc., a manufacturer and marketer of silo-based frac sand management systems. Total initial consideration is approximately $60 million, the company said in a news release. The transaction …

Halliburton Doubles Operating Income

Halliburton Doubles Operating Income

Oilfield service giant Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) reported Q2 income from continuing operations of $511 million, or $0.58 per diluted share.

This compares to reported income from continuing operations for the first quarter of 2018 of $46 million, or $0.05 …

Northern Delaware Basin Operations 

From Concho.com

Concho Resources Becomes Biggest Fish in the Permian Sea

Concho Resources Inc. (NYSE: CXO) announced that it has completed its acquisition of RSP Permian, Inc. (NYSE: RSPP), which now makes Concho the largest unconventional shale producer in the Permian Basin.

Under the terms of the merger, each share of …

Offshore: Guyana Opportunity Could Be Transformative

Offshore: Guyana Opportunity Could Be Transformative

Exxon increases Stabroek discovered recoverable resource estimate to 4 billion BOE; sees 750 MBOEPD from it by 2025

ExxonMobil (ticker: XOM) and Hess Corporation (ticker: HES) announced today in separate news releases a significant increase in the estimate of the …

Baker Hughes 2Q: Orders Rose 15% Sequentially, 9% Annually

Baker Hughes 2Q: Orders Rose 15% Sequentially, 9% Annually

Financial Highlights

  • Orders of $6.0 billion for the quarter, up 15% sequentially and up 9% year-over-year on a combined business basis
  • Revenue of $5.5 billion for the quarter, up 3% sequentially and up 2% year-over-year on a combined business basis