U.S. crude oil production is on track to reach a record average of 13.8 MMbpd in 2026, driven by continued Permian basin growth and rising output from new projects in the federal Gulf of America, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration‘s latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). The forecast would surpass the previous annual record of 13.7 […]
The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) will gain access to satellite-based ground-motion data across the Permian basin to support its Underground Injection Control (UIC) program under a new partnership between B3 Insight and SatSense.
ONEOK Inc has signed an agreement to buy Brazos Midstream’s natural gas gathering and processing assets in the Permian Basin for $4.425 billion in cash, enabled by a new $9 billion minority equity investment from Apollo Global Management Inc. The Brazos system will more than double ONEOK’s processing capacity in the Permian’s Midland sub-basin to […]
Continental Resources has agreed to acquire FireBird Energy II LLC, adding approximately 32,000 boed of oil-weighted production and expanding the company’s position in the Permian basin. FireBird, a portfolio company of Quantum Capital Group, holds approximately 54,000 net acres in the Midland basin adjacent to Continental’s existing operations. Current production is 69% oil, and the acquired assets include 307 gross […]
Matador Resources has agreed to acquire Permian basin operator Paloma Permian LLC for $1.275 billion in cash while also expanding its position in the emerging Woodford play, where the company reported encouraging results from its first exploratory well in southeast New Mexico.
Northern Oil and Gas (NOG) reaffirmed its 2026 production and capital expenditure guidance Monday after reporting improving production conditions in the Permian basin, continued acquisition activity and the closing of its previously announced Duvernay joint development transaction.
Crescent Energy has closed the sale of its non-operated Permian basin assets to a private buyer for $83 million in cash, the company announced Tuesday. The assets are located in Reeves County, Texas and had projected full-year 2025 production of approximately 3 Mboe/d (~35% oil).
Matador Resources Company has announced a significant acquisition in the Permian basin. A subsidiary of Matador is set to purchase a subsidiary of Ameredev II Parent, LLC, which includes oil and natural gas properties in Lea County, New Mexico, and Loving and Winkler Counties, Texas.
Once oil rivals Diamondback Energy and Endeavor Energy Resources announced Monday (Feb. 12) that they are merging to create a $50 billion oil giant in the Permian Basin. The deal is just the latest in a wave of consolidation in the US energy sector.
The Permian has more oil in place to allow output growth for the next few years, Occidental’s president and CEO Vicki Hollub said this week, commenting on mounting concerns among analysts that well productivity in the top oil-producing U.S. shale basin is dropping off.