BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Jul.2025, Words: 366) — The increase in lifting costs recorded in 2024 in Argentina reduces the profitability margins […]
Tag: Shale
Sinopecs 5,300m vertical well sets new well depth record in China
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 14.May.2025, Words: 369) — China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation’s Tiebei 1HF well was drilled to a vertical depth […]
Vista says research on seismic activity in Vaca Muerta inconclusive
BELIZE CITY, BELIZE (Aaron Simonsky, Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Apr.2025, Words: 256) — Mexico City-based Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V. (formerly Vista Oil & Gas, S.A.B. […]
Dissecting Y-P-F: $45/bbl resilience, portfolio management and upstream snapshot
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Apr.2025, Words: 3,550) — Argentina’s state-owned YPF SA aims to add value in the Argentine upstream space […]
Tokyo Gas Focused on Value Enhancement, US Expansion, Growing LNG Trading
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Mar.2025) — Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd., with regard to its current Medium-Term Management Plan (MTMP), reaffirmed its commitment […]
Veren Eyes Average Production of 188,000-196,000 boe/d in 2025
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 27.Feb.2025) — Veren Inc., which has started 2025 strong boasting production of 191,000 boe/d in Jan. 2025, […]
EAI North America NRG Dashboard 4Q:24 [PDF Download]
(Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Dec.2024) — Energy Analytics Institute‘s North America NRG Dashboard 4Q:24 with upstream, downstream, midstream, LNG, renewable, new energies and other updates from […]
The Montney: A Rising Star in North American Energy
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Nov.2024) — The Montney Shale, nestled within Canada’s Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (WCSB), is emerging as a key player in […]
Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale formation: a game-changer in the making
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Nov.2024) — The Vaca Muerta shale formation in Argentina’s Neuquén Basin isn’t just another oil and gas […]
Chevron Reveals $6.5bn Sale of Interests in Canada to CNRL
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Energy Analytics Institute, 7.Oct.2024) — Chevron Canada Limited, an indirect subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, and a related entity entered into a definitive agreement […]
“Shale en Argentina”: Pluspetrol’s Julián Escuder
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Energy Analytics Institute, 12.Sep.2024) — Pluspetrol Country Manager Julián Escuder spoke on 12 Sep. 2024 at the ‘Shale en Argentina’ event in Houston, […]
APA Reveals over $700mn in Asset Sales from Two Transactions
(APA Corp., 20.May.2024) — APA Corporation (Nasdaq: APA) announced the sale of non-core producing properties by Apache Corporation and certain of its subsidiaries in two […]
YPF Reveals 1Q:24 Results
(YPF, 10.May.2024) — YPF SA said it achieved a new quarterly record high in operational efficiencies, delivering positive evolution in shale oil production. YPF also […]
Equinor Swaps Onshore US Assets with EQT
(Equinor, 15.Apr.2024) — Equinor and EQT Corporation agreed to swap Equinor’s operated position in the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in Ohio for a stake […]
Diamondback, Endeavor to Create $50bn Company
(Reuters, 11.Feb.2024) — U.S. shale oil rivals Diamondback Energy and Endeavor Energy Resources are close to finalizing a roughly $25 billion cash-and-stock deal that would […]
TG Natural Resources to Buy Rockcliff Energy for $2.7bn
(Quantum, 15.Dec.2023) — Rockcliff Energy II LLC, a portfolio company of Quantum Energy Partners, announced the entry into a definitive agreement with TG Natural Resources […]
North American Gas Market to Expand by 25% Over Next Decade: WoodMac
(WoodMac, 17.May.2023) — Near-term gas market expansion continues to be driven by global demand for US LNG exports, which will largely be supplied through continued […]
INEOS Makes Major $1.4bn Acquisition of US Onshore Assets
(INEOS, 21.Feb.2023) — INEOS Energy is entering US oil and gas production for the first time with the acquisition of a portion of Chesapeake Energy’s […]
Mexico Plans to be LNG Export Hub with US Gas
(Bloomberg, 15.Aug.2022) — Mexico — which imports nearly all of the natural gas it burns — has laid out a somewhat surprising mission: to become one of the […]
Argentina Signs Deal with Tenaris to Move Gas from Vaca Muerta
(Reuters, 17.Jun.2022) — Argentine state company Energia Argentina signed a contract June 16 with pipeline producer Tenaris, a critical step toward completing a pipeline to transfer natural gas from Argentina’s giant Vaca Muerta shale formation. […]
Driller Stuns Creditors As Argentina’s Dollars Dwindle
(Bloomberg, 19.Jan.2021) — In the 99 years since it was founded to pump the oil fields of Patagonia, Argentine energy driller YPF SA has been whipsawed by […]
Bayón Says Unconventionals Not The Only Option
Ecopetrol’ CEO Felipe Bayón said unconventionals were a very important option for Colombia since they allowed the country to boost its oil and gas reserves-to-production ratios while generating benefits for many regions such as employment, and goods and services. But he added: “In terms energy security, unconventionals are very important but they’re not the only option.”
Quiet Destruction Of Colombia’s Shale Potential
(Oilprice.com, 23.Jul.2020) — Sharply weaker oil prices, falling investment and dwindling oil production are weighing heavily on Colombia’s economic outlook. Last decade, the strife-torn Andean […]
Chesapeake Energy Files For Chapter 11
(WoodMac, 28.Jun.2020) — Speaking after Chesapeake Energy filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today, Alex Beeker, principal analyst on Wood Mackenzie’s corporate upstream team, said: […]
Argentina President Sees Potential In Conventionals
(S&P Global Platts, 13.Jan.2020) — Argentinian President Alberto Fernandez said he plans to encourage the development of conventional oil and natural gas reserves, not just […]
Argentina’s Shale Boom Hits New Milestone
(Oilprice.com, Irina Slav, 10.Dec.2019) — YPF, the Argentine state energy company, has drilled the longest horizontal oil well lateral, at 3,890 meters, or more than […]
Is Big Oil Wasting Its Time in The US Shale Patch?
(Oilprice.com, Nick Cunningham, 19.Nov.2019) — Growth in the U.S. shale industry is dramatically slowing down, with cash-strapped drillers slashing spending and scrapping rigs. At the […]
Ecopetrol and Oxy Finalize Permian Deal
(Ecopetrol, 13.Nov.2019) — Ecopetrol S.A. completed the joint venture transaction announced on 31 Jul. 2019. Through this deal, the company and Occidental Petroleum Corp agreed […]
Mexican Lawsuit Risks Permian Route To Market
(Petroleum Economist, Charles Waine, 2.Aug.2019) — Mexico’s Comisión Federal de Electridad (CFE), the state-owned electricity utility, has started legal proceedings against seven natural gas pipelines. […]
Ecopetrol Call To Discuss Oxy Midland Basin Deal
(Ecopetrol, 31.Jul.2019) — Ecopetrol S.A. announces that on August 1st, Ecopetrol’s senior management will host two conference calls to review the joint venture with Occidental […]
Ecopetrol and Occidental Form Strategic Midland JV
(Ecopetrol, 31.Jul.2019) — Ecopetrol S.A. announced formation of a joint venture with Occidental Petroleum Corporation to develop 97,000 net acres of Occidental’s Midland Basin properties […]
Wintershall Dea And ConocoPhillips Team Up In The Prolific Neuquén Basin
(Wintershall, 25.Jul.2019) — ConocoPhillips is a new partner in the Aguada Federal and Bandurria Norte blocks with Wintershall Dea. The two companies will advance the […]
Vaca Muerta Output Growth Leads To LNG Exports
(EIA, 12.Jul.2019) — Argentina’s domestic natural gas production has been rising steadily in the past three years, largely because of increasing production from the Neuquén […]
Shale Helps Argentina Hit Oil, Natgas Output Record
(Reuters, 2.Jul.2019) — Argentine oil and natural gas output hit a record high in May thanks to increased production from the country’s sprawling Vaca Muerta […]
Argentine Shale Spurs Search For Oil, Gas Giant
(Platts, 11.Jun.2019) — On the vast, desolate plains of southern Patagonia, Compañía General de Negocios is stepping up drilling and exploration where few companies operate, […]
Permian Water Disposal Volumes To Double By 2022: Wood Mac
(Wood Mac, 12.Apr.2019) — Water disposal volumes in the Permian Basin are expected to double within the next two to three years, new analysis from […]
Indigo Natural Resources LLC Provides Operational Update
(Indigo, 4.Apr.2019) — Indigo Natural Resources LLC, a privately-owned natural gas and natural gas liquids company with assets in the Haynesville Shale, the Bossier Shale […]