San Juan Basin

San Juan Basin
San Juan Overview: The San Juan Basin, which is located primarily in Northwest New Mexico and extends into Southwest Colorado, is a hodgepodge of oil and natural gas production from both conventional and unconventional tight sands, coal bed methane (CBM), and shale formations. Read More

San Juan Counties: NM: McKinley, Rio Arriba, San Juan, Sandoval Read More

San Juan Pipelines (natural gas): El Paso, Northwest Pipeline, Southern Trails, TransColorado, Transwestern Read More

ARTICLES

New Mexico County Oil/Gas Ban to Be Short-Lived, Industry Rep Says

More than a year after becoming the only local jurisdiction in New Mexico to ban all oil and natural gas activity, Mora County's three-member elected commission voted last Tuesday against repealing the ban it passed in April 2013. However, an industry representative predicts that the ban will be repealed next year. Read More

BP's Legacy San Juan Properties in New Mexico For Sale

As it streamlines the Lower 48 operations before the business is a standalone, BP plc has put up for sale some of its legacy properties in the San Juan Basin, including interests in about 6,600 natural gas wells and stakes in a treatment plant in northwestern New Mexico. Read More

WPX Putting Muscle into San Juan's Gallup Prospect

WPX Energy Inc. is swapping the rest of its neglected coalbed methane (CBM) property in the Powder River Basin (PRB) for a bigger slice of oily property in the San Juan Basin... Read More

Black Hills Seeing More Red in Oil, Gas Operations

Even with some robust quarter-over-quarter production growth, particularly in crude oil and natural gas liquids (NGL), Rapid City, SD-based Black Hills Corp.'s oil/natural gas operations continued to operate in the red, reporting small losses Wednesday for both the 2Q2014 and first half of the year. Read More

Energen Hits Pay Dirt in Permian, San Juan Basins

Energen Corp. said three of five new exploratory wells it drilled in West Texas targeting the Wolfcamp Shale in the Permian Basin had outstanding results during 2Q2014, and the company believes it may have discovered a viable, horizontal oil play in the San Juan Basin. Read More

Encana Strikes Deal for Eagle Ford Leasehold, Doubles Oil Output

Encana Corp. on Wednesday doubled its current oil production in one swift move by agreeing to pay $3.1 billion for a slice of the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas... Read More

Encana Said Negotiating Sale of Gas-Rich Jonah Stakes

Encana Corp., strapped for cash and ready to deal, is said to be in advanced talks to sell for close to $2 billion its holdings in the Jonah field in Wyoming, a natural gas behemoth whose attraction has dwindled steadily over the past few years. Read More

Encana Onshore Liquids Output Jumps by 82%

A strategy shift by natural gas heavyweight Encana Corp. helped the independent to increase its onshore liquids output in the final period of 2013... Read More

WPX Raises Capex 20% to Boost Onshore Oil Output

WPX Energy Inc.'s remarkable results from natural gas drilling in the Piceance Basin will play second fiddle to oil targets this year as the Tulsa producer attempts to right its financial performance, the CEO said Tuesday. Read More

EnerVest 's $1B/Year Asset Acquisition Strategy Continues in 2013

EnerVest Ltd. reported Monday that it is on target to clear more than $1 billion in oil and natural gas asset acquisitions within the United States for the fourth year in a row. In 2013 the company is adding to its Midcontinent, Barnett Shale and San Juan Basin acreage, in addition to snapping up its first piece of the Uinta Basin in Utah. Read More

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