Uinta Basin

Uinta Basin
Uinta Overview: Much like the Permian basin in West Texas, the Uinta Basin in Northeast Utah, which began producing natural gas and oil in commercial volumes in 1925 and 1949, respectively, has experienced a rebirth in recent years. Read More

Uinta Counties: UT: Carbon, Duchesne, Emery, Grand, Uintah Read More

Uinta Pipelines (natural gas): Kern River, Northwest Pipeline, Questar, WIC Read More

Uinta Net Acreage Table: A table detailing the net acreage owned by various companies in the Uinta play. View Table

ARTICLES

QEP Sells Gas-Rich Midstream Assets to Tesoro for $2.5B

Seeking to improve its financial and competitive positions, Denver-based QEP Resources unit QEP Field Services is selling its natural gas-rich midstream assets to Tesoro Logistic LP (TLLP) in an all-cash transaction valued at $2.5 billion. Read More

Calumet Acquires Specialty Oilfield Solutions for $30M

Calumet Specialty Products LP said it has acquired substantially all of the assets of one of its competitors, privately-held Specialty Oilfield Solutions Ltd. (SOS), in a cash deal valued at $30 million. Read More

Newfield Oil Production Moves Higher, But Long-Held Granite Wash Assets to Be Sold for $588M

Newfield Exploration Co. said its year-over-year (y/y) oil production rose more than 30% during the second quarter of 2014, led by gains in the Anadarko Basin but also due in part to success with wells targeting that Uinta Basin participating in its super extended laterals (SXL) program. Read More

Ultra More Than Doubles Oil, Condensate Production in 1Q2014

Ultra Petroleum Corp. ramped up production of crude oil and condensate during the first quarter, keeping its sights trained on oil targets in Wyoming's Pinedale Anticline and Utah's Uinta Basin while continuing to spin down its activity in the Marcellus Shale. Read More

BLM Initiates New Environmental Review of Already-Leased Thompson Divide in Colorado

Two producers in the Thompson Divide area of western Colorado that could be an onramp to unleashing Mancos Shale supplies Tuesday received a two-year extension on their natural gas leases, to allow time for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to conduct a new and unprecedented post-leasing environmental review of a broader region, according to the Western Energy Alliance (WEA). Read More

Rose Petroleum Enters U.S. Onshore, Acquires Working Interest in Utah

London-based Rose Petroleum plc said Monday that its newly-formed subsidiary, Rose Petroleum Utah LLC, will acquire a 75% working interest... Read More

Ultra Plans to Triple Oil Production, Generate Cash Flow in 2014

Ultra Petroleum Corp. will invest more in Wyoming's Pinedale Anticline and Utah's Uinta Basin in 2014, part of a development plan to triple oil production and leave in the rear-view mirror two years the company would rather forget. 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

Berry Downplays Gas for Uinta, Permian Oil

Denver-based Berry Petroleum Co. said Wednesday it expects to see its natural gas assets in the Piceance in Colorado and East Texas Haynesville/Bossier Shale decline this year... Read More

Bill Barrett Selling West Tavaputs, Cutting Debt

Denver-based Bill Barrett Corp. continued to increase its emphasis on oil over natural gas with an agreement to sell its West Tavaputs gas property in the Uinta Basin in Utah. Read More

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