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Berry Reaffirms FY25 Guidance; Uinta Wells Drive 2H Growth
Berry Corporation delivered a steady second quarter update that reinforced the company’s core message for 2025: production is on plan, guidance is intact, and the hedge book is…
SM Energy Hits Record Output; Driven by Uinta
In Q2 2025, SM Energy (NYSE: SM) delivered a performance that underscored its evolution from a mid-cap E&P into a streamlined, tech-enabled operator executing a multibasin optimization strategy.…
Expand Energy Talks, Wells, Frac Crews, Production For 2H-2025
In the second half of 2025, Expand Energy is not chasing production growth — it's engineering it. Fresh off record-setting drilling performance in Q2, the company is approaching…
Comstock Rides Higher Gas Prices, Operational Momentum in Q2 2025
Comstock Resources delivered a resilient second quarter, capitalizing on higher natural gas prices and solid well results across the Haynesville and Bossier plays. The company reported strong production…
A Quarter of Quiet Strength: CNX’s Patient Ascent in Appalachia
In the heart of Appalachia, CNX Resources continued to methodically execute on a playbook built for resilience and long-term value. Q2 2025 marked the company’s 22nd consecutive quarter…
Mid-Continent News
Why $90 Oil Isn’t Bringing Back the Rigs
Higher oil prices are not translating cleanly into a drilling response across U.S. shale, and company disclosures are starting to show why. The issue is not simply capital…
These Three Companies Will Increase Drilling & Completion Over The Next 3 Year
In the span of fifteen months, three Japanese energy companies committed more than $10.3 billion to U.S. natural gas production assets — a buying spree that has transferred…
Q1 A&D Transactions Jump to $30B , While Deal Flow Was Down 40%
The first quarter of 2026 has officially defined the "Barbell Era" of American oil and gas. While the total number of deals plummeted by 46% YoY (dropping to…
Wright to U.S. Oil Industry: The Price Signal Is Telling You to Drill
Energy Secretary Chris Wright stood in front of the largest gathering of oil executives in the world this morning and delivered a message that was equal parts market…
Apa Corp : Doing More With Less
APA's 2025 narrative was one of operational surprise. The company came in beating production guidance every single quarter while spending below plan, capturing over $300MM in cost savings…
Mid-Continent - Anadarko Basin News
Permian Resources to Grow Production 6% in 2026
Permian Resources exited 2025 as the largest pure-play Delaware Basin operator with ~480,000 net acres and >105,000 net royalty acres. The company averaged 392.6 MBoe/d in 2025, including…
Battalion Oil Closes ~$60M West Quito Draw Asset Sale
Battalion Oil Corporation has closed the sale of its West Quito Draw assets in the Southern Delaware Basin to MCM Delaware Resources LLC, a subsidiary of MCM Energy…
Deal Rumor: ConocoPhillips Exploring $2B Permian Asset Sale
ConocoPhillips is reportedly exploring the potential sale of certain Permian Basin assets in a transaction valued at approximately $2 billion, according to Reuters, citing sources familiar with the…
This Operator Will Chop it's 2026 Rig Count From 34 to 24
ConocoPhillips is setting up 2026 as a lower-intensity, more efficient operating year — with the clearest proof coming from the Lower 48 activity reset following the Marathon integration.…
A Quiet Capital Pattern Is Forming in North American Upstream — and Almost No One Is Talking About It
A handful of recent transactions and capital raises point to a subtle pattern in North American upstream—one that is easy to miss because each event, on its own,…