Archive // Eagle Ford

Recent E&P Acquisitions Point to Rapidly Declining Acreage Values

November 20, 2019 | Matt Hagerty

Independent E&Ps are being increasingly pressured by investors to live within their means and generate positive free cash flow. However, given the low commodity pricing environment, some operators may not yet be in a position to do so. With...
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Do Shale Base Decline Rates Have Producers on the Ropes?

September 17, 2019 | Kathryn Downey Miller

US shale development has redefined global energy supply. One of the most striking attributes of shale development is the production profile. Detractors love to point out that production from a shale can decline by over 80% in just three...
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South Texas Pricing To Strengthen Before New Pipelines Arrive

June 13, 2019 | Connor McLean

Last week, a joint venture project by MPLX, Whitewater Midstream, Stonepeak, and West Texas Gas announced a final investment decision to move forward with the Whistler Pipeline. The 2.0 Bcf/d pipeline will transport Permian gas to Agua Dulce with...
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Is the Dry Eagle Ford a Sleeping Giant?

May 30, 2019 | Kathryn Downey Miller

While much of the US industry is focused on growing crude production and the constraints, we are beginning to field questions on supply sources likely to be tapped when the second wave of LNG comes to fruition. One often...
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The Permian is Eating its Cake and Having Everyone Else’s Too

March 2, 2018 | Matt Hagerty

Most public E&Ps have released their 2018 capital budgets at this point. Analyzing these plans and how capital allocation has changed over time can shed light on where production is trending in the near term. What does the data...
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Upside to the Eagle Ford?

February 27, 2018 | Kathryn Downey Miller

One of the highlights from BTU Analytics’ What Lies Ahead conference last week was that the Eagle Ford has emerged as one of the few plays where infrastructure constraints wouldn’t limit production upside over the next twelve months. (Yes,...
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Shale Sale – How do BHP’s Assets Stack Up?

September 5, 2017 | BTU Analytics

BHP Billiton recently announced that they plan to sell their US onshore shale assets, which include assets in the Permian, Eagle Ford, Haynesville, and Fayetteville. More than 800,000 acres of unconventional oil and gas is on the table with...
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