Monday, June 23, 2025

EnerCom Conference Presenter Focus: QEP Resources

QEP Resources will present at EnerCom’s The Oil & Gas Conference® 21 on Aug. 16. QEP resources, Inc. (ticker: QEP) is an independent crude oil and natural gas exploration and production company headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The company’s operations are focused on all three components of hydrocarbon production, oil, natural gas liquids, and dry natural gas. QEP holds acreage in

DUCs Flying Every Which Way

Trends suggest that operators are using their DUCs as a more capital efficient means of tapping production, rather than using them to grow production For the past year, discussions in the oil and gas industry have been focused on asking what role drilled uncompleted wells, or DUCs, will play in the industry’s recovery. Most analysts have predicted a rapid reduction

Oil Prices

Total U.S. Rig Count Holds Steady at 404 Rigs

Count of U.S. Working Oil Rigs Falls 2 Rigs to 316 The total U.S. rig count held steady this week for the first time in 2016 (last week of unchanged rig count was December 18, 2015), bucking the trend of continued decline. Oil rigs continued to decline, down -2 rigs this week, and 220 rigs year to date. Natural gas

Rig Count Down 39% Past Six Months

U.S. rig count falls to 541 The U.S. rig count continued to fall in the week ended February 12, 2016, according to the latest information from Baker Hughes (ticker: BHI, BakerHughes.com). In the last six months, the total number of rig counts has fallen 39% to 541 this week. The number of rigs drilling for oil took the brunt of

WPX Sells Piceance Subsidiary, Focuses on Permian

WPX Energy Inc. (ticker: WPX; WPXEnergy.com) announced on February 9, 2016, that the Company will sell its WPX Energy Rocky Mountain subsidiary business, which focuses on the Piceance Basin of Colorado. The WPX Piceance subsidiary was acquired by Terra Energy Partners LLC for $910 million in cash. The assets consist of 200,000 net acres in the Piceance Basin with recent

Oil and Gas Industry Sees a More Subdued Recovery: Baird Survey

Oil prices expected to stay at or below $50 for the next six months Lower for longer is starting to truly set in with the oil and gas industry as buyside investors and the industry see a more muted outlook for oil and gas prices on the horizon. A survey that polled primarily buyside investors and members of the oil

Encana - Oil & Gas 360

Encana Reports Core Assets Produced 257 MBOEPD in August

Encana reported an increase of 24 MBOEPD from Q2 averages Calgary-based Encana Corp (ticker: ECA) reported today that production from its four main assets increased to 257,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (MBOEPD), up 24 MBOEPD from the average production of 223 MBOEPD in the second quarter of 2015. Operations in the Permian, Eagle Ford, Duvernay and Montney will

Resolute Energy: Lower Costs, Record Production

Staying focused on what is within the company’s control Low oil prices are out the control of individual E&P companies, and every single producer has felt the pain from the 40% commodity price haircut stemming from OPEC’s decision last November to maintain production levels. Resolute Energy (ticker: REN) is focusing on the costs they can control in its oil-weighted asset

Horizontal drilling operations Encana - Oil & Gas 360

Fifth Creek Energy Prepares to Hit the Accelerator with NGP Funding

Private E&P is Evaluating $500 Million to $1.5 Billion Opportunities in the D-J, Permian and Utica Exclusive Interview with Oil & Gas 360 Fifth Creek Energy is a private E&P company, formed by Michael Starzer and Patrick Graham, the founders of Bonanza Creek Energy (ticker: BCEI) and its predecessor companies. Last week, Fifth Creek and Natural Gas Partners (NGP) announced

Oil prices fall on fading storm impact, Chinese economic data - Oil&Gas360

A Point of Light: Diamondback Energy’s Offering of 1.75 Million Shares

Permian Operator Will Use Equity Proceeds to Pay Debt While the oil and gas industry is battening down the hatches, issuing bailing buckets to all hands and looking for a solid toehold as forty-six dollar crude oil sloshes under and around it, North American shale player Diamondback Energy (ticker: FANG) is a point of light. The company zoomed to the market yesterday

Callon Petroleum Marketing Last Remaining Deepwater Asset

Callon Petroleum (ticker: CPE) is engaged in the acquisition, development, exploration and operation of oil and gas properties in Texas, Louisiana and the offshore waters of the Gulf of Mexico. In 2009, Callon began a strategic initiative to diversify its operations from strictly offshore Gulf of Mexico by entering the Permian Basin of West Texas. The company’s move to diversify

Callon Petroleum Poking Holes in West Texas

Callon Petroleum (ticker: CPE) continues to make headway on its drilling initiatives in the Permian Basin while acquiring additional running room and properties in the play. CPE operates all of its Permian acreage and has positions in both the Delaware Basin portion on the western side of the Permian and in the Midland Basin east of the Central Basin Platform.