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Oasis Petroleum Doubles Down in the Williston Basin

Oasis Petroleum Doubles Down in the Williston Basin

Oasis Petroleum Inc. (ticker: OAS) reported net income attributable to Oasis of $124.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2017. Fourth quarter 2017 results included a benefit of $171.9 million due to the recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.…

LINN Energy Debt Free, Outlines Plan to Split into Three Companies

LINN Energy Debt Free, Outlines Plan to Split into Three Companies

LINN Energy, Inc. (ticker: LNGG) reported its 2017 results today and provided details on its announced split into three entities.

“Through our successful divestiture program of almost $2.0 billion, we have extinguished all our debt, executed on our share repurchase …

Alta Mesa Produces 21 MBOEPD in 2017, Increases Rigs for 2018

Alta Mesa Produces 21 MBOEPD in 2017, Increases Rigs for 2018

Alta Mesa Resources, Inc. (ticker: AMR) produced 21,000 BOEPD in 2017, a 50% increase over 2016 net production of approximately 13,000 BOEPD. Total production mix for full-year 2017 was 52% oil, 17% natural gas liquids and 31% natural gas.

Fourth …

Congress Renews Crude Oil Excise Tax

Congress Renews Crude Oil Excise Tax

Ryan, LLC, a global tax service and software provider, reported that the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (passed on February 9, 2018) contained a number of tax extenders, including a one-year retroactive extension of the Energy Efficient Commercial Building Deduction.…

Whiting Petroleum: 2018 CapEx of $750 Million, 100-Plus Wells Planned

Whiting Petroleum: 2018 CapEx of $750 Million, 100-Plus Wells Planned

Whiting Petroleum (ticker: WLL) has a 2018 capital budget of $750 million, of which $600 million will be invested in Williston Basin operations. The capital budget forecasts a production growth of 9% from Q4 2017 to Q4 2018, with an …

Unit Corporation Produces 4.3 MMBOE in 2017

Unit Corporation Produces 4.3 MMBOE in 2017

In the fourth quarter of 2017, Unit Corporation (ticker: UNT) recorded a net income of $89.2 million, this compares to a net income of $1.7 million for Q4 2016. $81.3 million of the net income was accounted for as a …

Cabot Oil & Gas Earns $100 Million in 2017, Plans $950 Million 2018 CapEx

Cabot Oil & Gas Earns $100 Million in 2017, Plans $950 Million 2018 CapEx

Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (ticker: COG) produced 685.3 Bcfe in 2017. The production mix consisted of 655.6 Bcf of natural gas, 4,440.9 Mbbls of crude oil and condensate and 512.1 Mbbls of NGLs.

Cabot incurred a total of $757.2 …

Chesapeake Energy Completes 417 Wells in 2017

Chesapeake Energy Completes 417 Wells in 2017

Chesapeake Energy Corporation (ticker: CHK) produced approximately 593,200 BOEPD in Q4 2017. Chesapeake’s average daily production for the 2017 full year was approximately 547,800 BOE, compared to approximately 635,400 BOE in the 2016 full year.

The company’s total capital investments …

WPX Grows Oil Production 47% in Q4, Forecasts $1 Billion 2018 Drilling CapEx

WPX Grows Oil Production 47% in Q4, Forecasts $1 Billion 2018 Drilling CapEx

WPX Energy (ticker: WPX) reported Q4 2017 oil volumes of 75,200 BOPD, which was 68% higher than a year ago, and 16% higher than Q3 2017.

WPX’s first two North Sunday Island wells in the Williston Basin have 120-day cumulative …

Devon Energy Accelerates Production to 195 MBOEPD

Devon Energy Accelerates Production to 195 MBOEPD

Devon’s early ’18 production from Delaware, STACK up 20% over 2017 average

Devon Energy Corp. (ticker: DVN) accelerated production growth in early 2018. The company’s Delaware Basin and STACK assets are producing approximately 195,000 BOEPD. The combined daily production rates …

Concho Resources Produces 70 MMBOE

Concho Resources Produces 70 MMBOE

Concho Resources Inc. (ticker: CXO) produced 19 MMBOE in Q4 2017, an average of 211 MBOEPD. This is 28% more than Q4 2016 and 9% more than Q3 2017. Average daily crude oil production for fourth-quarter 2017 totaled 130 MBOPD, …

Energen Approaches 100 MBOEPD

Energen Approaches 100 MBOEPD

Energen Corporation (ticker: EGN) released financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and calendar year ended December 31, 2017.

“Over the last five years, the board and management have strategically divested non-core assets and transformed Energen into a low-cost …

Cushing, Okla., is one of the United States oil facilities in the Keystone Pipeline System.

TransCanada’s 4,250-kilometre (2,640 mile) Keystone Pipeline System transports approximately 20 per cent of western Canadian crude oil exports to key refineries in the U.S. Midwest and Gulf Coast, where it is converted into fuel and other useful petroleum products.

No Stream Like Midstream

TransCanada, Enbridge and Spectra queue up pipeline projects across all of North America

TransCanada adds Canadian capacity

TransCanada Corporation (ticker: TRP) has a new $2.4 billion NGTL system expansion coming on-line within four years. The NGTL moves gas from the …

Cimarex Energy Earns $5.19 per Share in 2017

Cimarex Energy Earns $5.19 per Share in 2017

  • Fourth quarter 2017 net income of $174.7 million, or $1.83 per share, compared to fourth quarter 2016 net income of $47.8 million, or $0.50 per share
  • For 2017, net income totaled $494.3 million, or $5.19 per share

Cimarex Energy Co. …

Marathon Oil Preps for $2.3 Billion CapEx in 2018, Forecasts ~400 MBOEPD Net Production

Marathon Oil Preps for $2.3 Billion CapEx in 2018, Forecasts ~400 MBOEPD Net Production

Marathon Oil Corporation (ticker: MRO) will have a $2.3 billion capital budget for 2018. The company said the budget is self-funding at $50 average WTI and will generate free cash flow at $60 average WTI. More than 90% will be …

Laredo Petroleum Expects to be Operating within Cash Flow by YE2018

Laredo Petroleum Expects to be Operating within Cash Flow by YE2018

Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (ticker: LPI) has released its Q4 and full-year 2017 results. For the fourth quarter of 2017, the company reported net income attributable to common stockholders of $408.6 million, or $1.70 per diluted share – this included a …

Occidental Petroleum Averaged 621 MBOEPD in Q4

Occidental Petroleum Averaged 621 MBOEPD in Q4

Occidental Petroleum Corporation (ticker: OXY) reported net income of $497 million, or $0.65 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2017, compared with $190 million, or $0.25 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2017.

Core income for …

Antero Resources: Longer, Faster Marcellus Laterals

Antero Resources: Longer, Faster Marcellus Laterals

Antero spent $1.28 billion on drilling and completions in 2017, producing an average of 2,253 MMcfe/d

Antero Resources

Full-year and Q4 2017 spending

Antero Resources (ticker: AR) spent $1.282 billion on drilling and completions in 2017. The company invested $204 million for …

Diamondback Energy Earns $115 Million in Q4, Earmarks $1.3 Billion-$1.5 Billion 2018 Permian Spend

Diamondback Energy Earns $115 Million in Q4, Earmarks $1.3 Billion-$1.5 Billion 2018 Permian Spend

Diamondback Energy, Inc. (ticker: FANG) pulled in a net income of $115 million in the fourth quarter of 2017, or $1.16 per diluted share. Diamondback spent $246 million on drilling, completions, non-operated properties and $61 million on infrastructure in the …

Denbury Resources Plans $300 Million 2018 CapEx

Denbury Resources Plans $300 Million 2018 CapEx

Denbury Resources Inc. (ticker: DNR) released its preliminary year-end 2017 proved reserves, production and capital expenditures, along with its 2018 capital budget and estimated annual production.

Preliminary Q4 2017/annual production

Denbury’s production averaged 61,144 BOEPD (97% oil) during the fourth …

Advantage Oil & Gas Averaged Production of Nearly 40 MBOEPD in 2017

Advantage Oil & Gas Averaged Production of Nearly 40 MBOEPD in 2017

Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. (ticker: AAV) released Q4 2017 and year-end 2017 results today. The company added reserves, increased annual production by 16% and spent $249 million in 2017.

Growing reserves

PDP reserves increased 27% due to the recognition …

PLS Tracks $129.3 Billion in New Oil and Gas Capital in 2017

PLS Tracks $129.3 Billion in New Oil and Gas Capital in 2017

Capitalize, PLS Inc.’s proprietary comprehensive capital markets tracking platform, released a statistical review of the oil and gas industry’s capital markets activity for calendar year 2017.

Key findings:

  • $34 billion in equity raised through offerings in 2017, down 36% from
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Southwestern Energy Aims $1.25 Billion CapEx at Appalachian Basin

Southwestern Energy Company (ticker: SWN) will be going deeper into the Appalachian once again in 2018. The plan includes drilling 100-120 wells, completing 105-125 wells and placing 125-145 wells to sales.

2017 recap

In 2017, SWN had a total net …

Anadarko Petroleum Rakes in $976 Million in Q4

Anadarko Petroleum Rakes in $976 Million in Q4

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (ticker: APC) reported fourth quarter of 2017 net income attributable to common stockholders of $976 million, or $1.80 per share (diluted).

Net cash provided by operating activities in the fourth quarter of 2017 was $1.4 billion.

For …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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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 …

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 …