Falling oil prices have helped sell a lot of Rolaids lately, particularly in places like Houston where U.S. E&Ps are trying to plan their future drilling commitments, based on uncertain commodities prices in 2015. On Monday, some NYMEX options traders said they viewed $80 as a bottom, even on the heels of Goldman’s revised bearish oil forecast it released over the
A 30-year oil and gas veteran gives his perspective on the E&P space, oil prices, OPEC, LNG and New York’s shale Oil & Gas 360® had an opportunity to speak with John Gerdes about the oil and gas industry from his perch in Houston as KLR Group’s Managing Director and Head of Research. KLR is a merchant and investment bank,
“We bought one shale and got another one for free.” Continental Resources (ticker: CLR), the nation’s eighth-largest E&P based on market capitalization, held its 2014 Analyst Day today in Oklahoma City, its first since 2012. The Springer Shale is Unveiled At the Analyst Day, Will Parker, Senior Exploration Geologist, said CLR published a list of six stealth plays in 2012.
The Utica is growing. Royal Dutch Shell (ticker: RDS.B) successfully drilled two Utica wells 100 miles northeast of the nearest producer in the play, the company announced in a press release on September 3, 2014. The wells, located in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, not only extend the sweet spot of the play, but are “comparable to the best publically announced thus
Global exploration and production spending is poised to reach $723 billion in 2014, according to a 2014 Global E&P Spending Report by Barclays on December 9, 2013. The record will mark the first time spending has eclipsed the $700 billion mark, and represents an increase of 6.1% in regards to 2013’s total of $682 billion. Barclays estimates the United States
EE3 LLC is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. The company has amassed more than 100,000 net acres in the North Park Basin (Jackson County, Colorado) to prove up a new horizontal Niobrara concept. Damfino #02-06H Produces 20,542 BOEs in 30 Days Today EE3 announced the highest reported 30-day initial production rate of a horizontal
Unit Corporation (ticker: UNT) is a diversified energy company engaged through its subsidiaries in the exploration for and production of oil and natural gas, the acquisition of producing oil and natural gas properties, the contract drilling of onshore oil and natural gas wells, and the gathering and processing of natural gas. The company is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2013.
ERHC Energy Inc. (ticker: ERHE) is a publicly traded American company with oil and gas assets in Sub-Saharan Africa. Over the last two years, ERHC has acquired exploration blocks in Chad and Kenya to complement its existing offshore blocks in the Joint Development Zone offshore São Tome and Principé. On November 22, 2013, Tullow Oil (ticker: TLW) announced the Agete-1
Afren plc (ticker: AFR) is an independent upstream oil and gas exploration and production company listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange. Afren is currently producing from its assets offshore Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire and holds further interests in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Ghana, Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Congo Brazzaville, the Joint Development Zone of Nigeria -São
ERHC Energy Inc. (ticker: ERHE) is a publicly traded American company with oil and gas assets in Sub-Saharan Africa. Over the last two years, ERHC has acquired exploration blocks in Chad and Kenya to complement its existing offshore blocks in the Joint Development Zone offshore São Tome and Principé. In a recent update, ERHC reported preparations were still underway for
Afren Plc (ticker: AFR) and Lekoil (ticker: LEK) jointly announced a major discovery of significant light oil accumulation at the Ogo-1 well located on the OPL 310 license offshore Nigeria. Today’s discovery confirms the extension of the same Cretaceous sandstones that have shown-way for other significant discoveries along the West African Transform Margin. Well Details The Ogo-1 well was drilled
ERHC Energy Inc. (ERHE) is a publicly traded American company with oil and gas assets in Sub-Saharan Africa. Over eighteen months to two years, ERHC has acquired additional exploration blocks in Chad and Kenya to complement its existing offshore blocks in the Joint Development Zone offshore São Tome and Principé. On May 6, 2013, an important announcement was made regarding ERHC’s
