Exploration and Production (E&P)

Pioneer Natural Resources on a Permian Tear: 224 Wells Drilled in 2017, 20 Rigs Operating in 2018

Pioneer Natural Resources on a Permian Tear: 224 Wells Drilled in 2017, 20 Rigs Operating in 2018

250-275 gross wells expected to be on production in the Permian Basin in 2018

$2.6 billion 2018 Permian-focused CapEx

Pioneer Natural Resources (ticker: PXD) placed 64 horizontal wells on production in the fourth quarter of 2017. In the Permian, 43 …

Laredo Petroleum Announces Management Moves

Laredo Petroleum Announces Management Moves

Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (ticker: LPI) announced this week that Patrick J. Curth, senior VP of exploration and land, will transition to a senior advisor role in anticipation of his retirement in March 2019.

VP of Exploration and Geosciences Technology James …

EnerCom Oilfield Tech & Innovation Conference Coming to Dallas, Texas – Feb. 23, 2018

EnerCom Oilfield Tech & Innovation Conference Coming to Dallas, Texas – Feb. 23, 2018

EnerCom Oilfield Tech & Innovation Conference provides innovative companies a unique opportunity to highlight their technologies to oil and gas industry prospects, customers, investors and industry management professionals

EnerCom, Inc. is hosting its winter Oilfield Tech & Innovation Conference in …

Double Eagle III - Areas of Interest

Double Eagle III’s Wingspan Covers $1 Billion

Double Eagle Energy Holdings III announced that inclusive of a recent capital raise, the company has secured equity commitments of more than $1 billion. The equity commitments are anchored through funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC (ticker: …

Jones Energy Spends $248 Million in 2017, Prepares Merge Play CapEx

Jones Energy Spends $248 Million in 2017, Prepares Merge Play CapEx

Jones Energy, Inc. (ticker: JONE) produced 21,207 BOEPD in Q4 2017, 6.5% above the company’s midpoint guidance. Oil volumes made up 29% of total production at 6,217 BOPD and NGL volumes represented 30% of Q4 production.

For the full year …

CNOOC 2018: 470 MMBOE Target, $11 Billion CapEx

CNOOC 2018: 470 MMBOE Target, $11 Billion CapEx

CNOOC Limited (ticker: CEO) plans to target 470-480 MMBOE for its net production goal in 2018. The geographic production areas are split between China (64%) and overseas (36%). The company’s net production for 2017 stood at approximately 469 MMBOE. As …

New Wells Drilled in Pennsylvania Increased in 2017

From Pittsburgh Business Times

The number of new wells drilled in Pennsylvania increased in 2017 over 2016 after falling the two prior years.

And a larger percentage of those wells are being drilled in southwestern Pennsylvania than in the past.…

Stone Energy: Production, Reserves and CapEx Update

Stone Energy: Production, Reserves and CapEx Update

Stone Energy Corporation (ticker: SGY) estimates that its 2018 capital expenditure budget will reach up to $212 million. The budget allocates 36% to exploration, 27% to development and 37% to P&A expenditures.

Interim CEO and President James M. Trimble said, …

Valhall Drilling Platform, Norway

Hess Corporation Replaced 351% of Production for ~$5 F&D per Barrel

Hess Corporation (ticker: HES) reported a net loss of $2.677 billion, ($8.57) per share, in the fourth quarter of 2017. For reference, the company had a net loss of $4.892 billion in the fourth quarter of 2016.

Fourth quarter 2017 …

Silver Run II Adds $1.042 Billion to Complete Merger

Silver Run II Adds $1.042 Billion to Complete Merger

Silver Run Acquisition Corporation II will have approximately $1.042 billion in its trust account to complete the business combination of Silver Run II, Alta Mesa Holdings, LP and Kingfisher Midstream, LLC. The new company will be called Alta Mesa Resources, …

Warburg Pincus Earmarks $300 Million for New Permian E&P

Warburg Pincus Earmarks $300 Million for New Permian E&P

Ridge Runner Resources, LLC is a new E&P focused on the Delaware Basin

The new company has received a line of equity financing of up to $300 million from funds affiliated with Warburg Pincus. The company will be led by …

GeoPark Produced 10.2 MMBOE in 2017, Receives Reserve Report

GeoPark Produced 10.2 MMBOE in 2017, Receives Reserve Report

‘For every barrel produced, we replaced it with almost three proven barrels’ – GeoPark CEO James Park

EnerCom Dallas presenter GeoPark Limited (ticker: GPRK) recently received an independent appraisal of reserves covering 100% of the company’s assets in Colombia, Chile, …

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Blackbird Energy Glides Into 2018

Blackbird Energy Inc. (ticker: BBI) has provided an update regarding its operations. Blackbird’s total corporate January sales production averaged an estimated 1,978 BOEPD (58% liquids) for the 17 days the company was able to produce during the month.

Estimated sales …

Weatherford: Net Loss of $1.94 Billion

Weatherford: Net Loss of $1.94 Billion

Weatherford International plc (ticker: WFT) reported a net loss of $1.94 billion, or a loss of ($1.95) per share for the fourth quarter of 2017. Non-GAAP net loss for the fourth quarter of 2017, excluding charges and credits, was $329 …

ExxonMobil Plans to Ramp Up Drilling in Permian and Bakken

ExxonMobil Plans to Ramp Up Drilling in Permian and Bakken

Exxon Mobil Corporation (ticker: XOM) reported 2017 earnings of $19.7 billion, compared to $7.8 billion in 2016 – this represents a 151% increase. Non-cash asset impairments of $1.5 billion were recorded during the year, mainly due to upstream assets.

Q4 …

Chevron: 155% Reserves Replaced, $9.2 Billion Earned in 2017

Chevron: 155% Reserves Replaced, $9.2 Billion Earned in 2017

Chevron Corporation (ticker: CVX) reported earnings of $3.1 billion for Q4 2017. For reference, in Q4 2016 the company made $415 million. Q4 2017 earnings include non-cash tax benefits of $2.02 billion, related to the U.S. tax reform and a …

Erin Energy Discovers Multiple Stacked Sands at Oyo-NW Well Offshore Nigeria

Erin Energy Discovers Multiple Stacked Sands at Oyo-NW Well Offshore Nigeria

Houston-based Erin Energy Corporation (ticker: ERN) completed the drilling of the Oyo-NW well, concluding it has discovered hydrocarbons in the Miocene formation.

The well is located approximately 9.5 kilometers northwest of the Oyo Central field on the company’s offshore Nigeria …

Sanchez Energy Grows Proved Reserves by 88%, Sets Production Record

Sanchez Energy Grows Proved Reserves by 88%, Sets Production Record

Sanchez Energy Corporation (ticker: SN) released year-end 2017 proved reserves and operating results for the fourth quarter and full year 2017.

Highlights

  • Proved reserves increased by 88% during the year to approximately 363 MMBoe, with a reserve replacement ratio of
ConocoPhillips Announces $5.5 Billion 2018 Spend, $400 Million Alaska Acquisition

ConocoPhillips Announces $5.5 Billion 2018 Spend, $400 Million Alaska Acquisition

200% disposition-adjusted reserve replacement ratio

ConocoPhillips (ticker: APC) announced full year results and reserves today, showing how the world’s largest independent dealt with the past year’s developments.

ConocoPhillips earned $1.6 billion in Q4 2017, or $1.32 per share, but reported …

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Shell Earned $4.3 Billion for Q4, $15.8 Billion for 2017

Royal Dutch Shell (ticker: RDS.A) CEO Ben van Beurden had some things to celebrate in his company’s year-end reporting today.

“We were able to deliver $39 billion of cash flow from operations excluding working capital movements from our upgraded portfolio. …

Eclipse Resources: 2017 Proved Reserves Jumped 211% to 1.46 Tcfe

Eclipse Resources: 2017 Proved Reserves Jumped 211% to 1.46 Tcfe

Eclipse Q4 2017 Production Averaged 311.7 MMcfe/day

The wells to be drilled in 2018 are expected to average over 16,800 feet in lateral length

Preempting the company’s upcoming analyst day, Eclipse Resources Corporation (ticker: ECR) has provided an update on …

Mexico Regulator Seeks to Host First Shale Auction in 2018

Mexico Regulator Seeks to Host First Shale Auction in 2018

From Reuters

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico hopes to hold its first shale oil and gas auction by the end of 2018, the head of the country’s oil regulator told Reuters on Wednesday, potentially opening up one of the world’s …

Shell Sweeps Nine of 19 Blocks Awarded in Mexico Offshore Gulf Oil Auction

Shell Sweeps Nine of 19 Blocks Awarded in Mexico Offshore Gulf Oil Auction

From Reuters

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) snapped up nine of 19 Gulf of Mexico oil and gas blocks awarded in a Mexican auction on Wednesday, as the global oil major raised its big bet …

Lilis Energy Announces 2018 CapEx of ~$100 Million, $70 Million Delaware Basin Acquisition

Lilis Energy Announces 2018 CapEx of ~$100 Million, $70 Million Delaware Basin Acquisition

Lilis Energy, Inc. (ticker: LLEX) capped off the end of January with several notable announcements. The company plans to acquire more than 20,000 net acres in the Delaware Basin while maintaining two drilling rigs, targeting 14 gross (11 net) wells.…

EnerCom Dallas 2018 Presenter: Alta Mesa Resources, Inc.

EnerCom Dallas 2018 Presenter: Alta Mesa Resources, Inc.

Alta Mesa Resources, Inc. is a new company that was announced on August 16, 2017 that will combine Silver Run Acquisition Corporation II, Kingfisher Midstream, LLC and Alta Mesa Holdings, LP. The company has its asset base concentrated in the …

It’s Time for Us to Stomp on the Permian Accelerator: Exxon

It’s Time for Us to Stomp on the Permian Accelerator: Exxon

ExxonMobil says its tight oil production from Delaware and Midland basins will jump 5-fold by 2025

XOM plans to invest more than $2 billion in Permian terminal and transportation expansion

ExxonMobil (ticker: XOM) generally does things on a big scale. …

Parsley Energy Keeps the Green Coming

Parsley Energy Keeps the Green Coming

FY2017 CapEx of $1.2 billion: 40 wells to be placed on production each quarter in 2018

Parsley Energy, Inc. (ticker: PE) has released certain full-year 2017 results and an operational update for its Wolfcamp C delineation program.

Q4 and FY2017

Gulfport Energy’s ~$800 Million CapEx to Fall Within Cash Flow

Gulfport Energy’s ~$800 Million CapEx to Fall Within Cash Flow

Gulfport Energy Corporation (ticker: GPOR) has announced that:

  • 2018 CapEx budget will be funded within cash flow,
  • $100 million outstanding common stock will be repurchased this year,
  • 2018 operational outlook forecasts 1,250 MMcfe/d

2018 CapEx and production guidance

The 2018 …

Evolution Petroleum: Delhi Update

Evolution Petroleum: Delhi Update

EnerCom Dallas presenter Evolution Petroleum Corporation (ticker: EPM) provided updated operating results for its Delhi field. Gross oil production for the quarter ended December 31, 2017 averaged almost 7,400 BOPD, up from approximately 6,900 BOPD in the prior quarter.

Field …

Bonanza Creek Hits High Water Marks

Bonanza Creek Hits High Water Marks

Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. (ticker: BCEI) exceeded the company’s high-end of Q4 2017 estimates by producing 14.8 MBOEPD. The company is expecting Rockies production to grow by 20% in 2018 and in 2019 Bonanza Creek said it expects an increase …