Archive // Eagle Ford

Will Eagle Ford Activity Rebound Drive Growth in 2017?

March 1, 2017 | Mason Ender

Despite favorable economics for many pockets of the Eagle Ford, the rebound in Eagle Ford activity remains muted compared to its neighbor, the Permian Basin. Current horizontal rig count is at 65, which is still a mere fraction of the over...
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Acquisition Activity Spreads To Eagle Ford

January 16, 2017 | Corey Boettiger

As operators adjust to a new outlook post-OPEC cuts, M&A activity is rolling again. BTU Analytics recently hit on some of the motivators around a handful of recent Permian acquisitions, and now assets are trading hands in the Eagle...
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Rig Efficiency Gains in US Oil Plays

September 29, 2016 | Marissa Anderson

Continued US oil production during the price downturn has been fueled in part by gains in rig efficiency– producers have been able to do more with less. As the global oil supply and demand picture improves, the question becomes...
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E&P Positioning Report: New Pipelines to Disrupt Supply Stack

August 23, 2016 | Kathryn Downey Miller

Finding and drilling the best rock is only half the battle in the E&P business. Moving product from wellhead to demand market and the costs associated with that transportation dictate whether your shale play is a market changer or...
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Is There Any Love Left for the Eagle Ford?

July 15, 2016 | Erika Coombs

As the oil market has started to re-balance, the WTI futures strip rose in May and June towards the $50/Bbl mark. New highs brought new found confidence to oil producers and a sense of relief that the oil market...
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A Tale of Three Shale Plays – PDP, Rigs and DUCs

June 21, 2016 | Andrew Bradford

The Baker Hughes US Rig Count is now beginning to recover from its constant slide downward that started in September 2014 (rigs peaked at 1,931) bottoming at 404 rigs in late May 2016 before climbing to 424 rigs in the...
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Associated Natural Gas PDP Warrants Close Watching

March 4, 2016 | Andrew Bradford

The longer WTI continues to trade in the low $30 range and the more E&Ps announce further capex and related activity cuts, the more interesting the declines in associated gas production outside of the Marcellus and Utica becomes. The...
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