Permian Basin

Permian Basin
Permian Overview: What a difference higher crude oil prices can make. One of NGI’s analysts remembers an early 1999 business trip he took to the oil focused Permian Basin. Read More

Permian Counties: TX: Andrews, Borden, Cochran, Coke, Concho Read More

Permian Pipelines (natural gas): Atmos, El Paso, Energy Transfer, Enterprise Texas Pipeline, KM Texas, NGPL, Northern Natural, Oneok Westex Transmission, Transwestern, Waha Hub Read More

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

ARTICLES

McClendon's Permian Business Talks Public Launch Within a Year

The Permian Basin unit of American Energy Partners LP could go public within a year depending on market conditions, the Aubrey McClendon-led company said... Read More

Texas Adopts Quake-Minded Injection Well Rules

The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) on Tuesday adopted rule changes that are intended to more closely regulate drilling waste disposal wells in areas of the state where there has been or could be heightened seismic activity. Read More

Oneok Partners Buying Permian Basin-Focused NGL Pipelines

Oneok Partners LP is buying Texas natural gas liquids pipelines and related assets from affiliates of Chevron Corp. for $800 million. Read More

Bakken, Piceance Assets Likely to Be Sold, Oxy CEO Says

Occidental Petroleum Corp. (Oxy), which soon will spin off its California assets into a new company, currently has more of a sales mindset, but if oil prices continue to decline it could quickly switch to a buying mode regarding U.S. domestic assets, particularly in the Permian Basin, CEO Stephen Chazen said Thursday on a 3Q2014 earnings conference call. Read More

Oxy Puts More Emphasis on Permian as California Splits Off

Reporting lower year-over-year 3Q2014 profits tied to lower oil prices and higher costs, Occidental Petroleum Corp. senior executives expressed bullishness Thursday... Read More

Texas Operator Says Oil Price Slump Could Impact Future Drilling Plans

Clayton Williams Energy Inc. (CWEI) is tweaking its Eagle Ford Shale fracking operations and experimenting with downspacing. In the Delaware Basin, three of its recent wells ran into trouble, and the Midland, TX-based independent said it is monitoring the pullback in oil prices as it considers plans for next year. Read More

Rocky E&P Quarterlies Forecast on Oil Price Declines

Talk about natural gas oversupply may not be the big story when the domestic exploration and production sector unveils quarterly earnings reports over the next few weeks. Instead, conversations may center around the impact lower crude oil prices had on the third quarter, and how they may impact drilling plans into 2015, energy analysts said this week. Read More

Eagle Materials Nearly Doubles Frack Sand Capacity on CRS Acquisition

Dallas-based Eagle Materials Inc. has agreed to pay $225 million to buy hydraulic fracturing (fracking) sand producer CRS Proppants LLC to expand market share in the Permian Basin, Eagle Ford Shale and Midcontinent, as well as nearly double its sand capacity and reserves. Read More

Big Seven Plays to Produce 43.28 Bcf/d in November, EIA Says

Production from the seven most prolific U.S. shale and tight oil regions in November is expected to reach 43.28 Bcf/d of natural gas (up 1.4% from October ) and 5.14 million b/d of crude oil... Read More

Gulfport’s 3Q Production Exceeds Guidance

Gulfport Energy Corp. surprised some financial analysts on Wednesday when it announced that third quarter production finished 6% ahead of guidance, setting the stage for a strong year-end finish, as volumes continued trending higher through the first two weeks of October. Read More

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