From The Houston Chronicle After a recovery from the last oil bust, energy bankruptcies are back on the rise in 2019. The number of oil and gas bankruptcy filings through mid-August has nearly equaled the total tally from 2018, and the aggregate debt from 2019 bankruptcy filings of almost $20 billion has already surpassed the roughly $17 billion from a
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Black Bay Energy Capital forms partnership with Total Operations and Production Services Black Bay Energy Capital, a private equity firm focused primarily on the oilfield services and equipment sector, has formed a partnership with, and made an investment in, Total Operations and Production Services (TOPS). TOPS, which operates in the Permian
From Reuters The operators of two new pipelines in West Texas shale fields are offering discounted prices to attract shippers accustomed to high fees to move oil to export hubs, according to the pipeline companies and federal filings. These bargain rates, in one case half the initial published rate, will aid strapped oil producers that once had to sell their
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Qatar Investment Authority acquires significant stake in Oryx Midstream Services from an affiliate of Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), the country’s sovereign wealth fund, will be acquiring a significant interest in Permian crude operator Oryx Midstream Services from an affiliate of Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners, in addition to chipping in
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 SCM Crude LLC to solicit binding commitments for interstate gathering and transportation SCM Crude LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Salt Creek Midstream LLC, will begin to solicit binding commitments for priority crude oil interstate gathering and transportation services as part of an open season for its Delaware Basin midstream infrastructure. The
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Alliance Resource Partners Acquires $145 million worth of Permian mineral interests from Wing Resources Alliance Resource Partners L.P. (stock ticker: ARLP), a diversified natural resource company based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has completed its previously announced acquisition of oil and gas mineral interests in the Permian Basin from Wing Resources LLC and
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Texas Standard Oil LLC Texas Standard Oil LLC is a private Midland, Texas-based oil company focused on acquiring oil and gas leaseholds in the Wolfcamp shale play of the Permian Basin. Co-founded in 2001 by Timothy M. Roberson and Charles A. Sharman, Texas Standard Oil now holds approximately 21,000 net acres
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Occidental Petroleum and Ecopetrol S.A. form joint venture in the Midland Basin Occidental Petroleum Corporation (stock ticker: OXY), the fourth largest public E&P by market capitalization, has formed a joint venture (JV) with Colombia-based Ecopetrol S.A. (stock ticker: EC) to develop 97,000 net acres of Occidental’s Midland Basin properties, subject to
From The Houston Chronicle Occidental Petroleum reported a $635 million quarterly profit that dipped 25 percent from the year prior, but the focus still remains on Oxy’s $38 billion acquisition of Anadarko Petroleum that could close in August. Houston-based Oxy said it plans to close the Anadarko deal next week after the scheduled Aug. 8 vote of Anadarko shareholders to
From Reuters Seven years ago, Diamondback Energy Inc went public with a modest parcel of drillable land in the Permian Basin of West Texas. Like dozens of other Permian startups, the firm then pursued a classic wildcatter’s strategy – borrowing to buy up acreage, acquire competitors and quickly boost output in the booming shale field. Today, Diamondback (FANG.O) is the
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Newly-formed Desert Peak Minerals to be largest pure-play mineral royalty company in Delaware Basin Kimmeridge Energy Management Company, a private equity firm focused on acquiring unconventional oil and gas assets, has entered into a definitive agreement with Desert Royalty Company to combine the two companies’ assets to form Desert Peak Minerals.
Shortages of sand, pipelines, and manpower could jeopardize America’s future as an energy superpower At 10:30 p.m. on an 85F August night in Penwell, in West Texas, a 69-year-old repairman is hammering away at the frame of an 18-wheeler in the forecourt of an abandoned truck stop. The song Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd blares from the radio. “I’m making
