Permian Basin

Tight oil and gas producers in the US are pulling back faster than expected as oil prices stagnate and produced water management constraints grow.

Texas lawmakers passed a suite of bills that officials said are crucial to combat losses in the state’s largest oil field.

As US shale potentially stares at a production plateau, operators and service providers are turning to smarter tools to extend the life of aging plays.

Secondary and tertiary efforts are critical for sustaining the productive lives of unconventional plays.

Viper Energy is acquiring Sitio Royalties Corp. and its more than 25,000 net acres of royalty interests across major US shale plays.

The Texas Railroad Commission has tightened its guidelines on the permitting of disposal wells in the Permian Basin.

New Mexico is the second-largest oil producer in the US behind Texas. Drawing immense wealth from the Permian Basin, the state relies on a workforce—often Latino men—who are subjected to harrowing conditions that lead to death, injury, disease, and terrible tolls on mental health and family life.

US shale producers have stepped up their use of simultaneous fracturing techniques to cut costs and accelerate well delivery.

New strategies for protecting metal infrastructure emerge as operators fine-tune a corrosion threat screening process and develop a new method for tracking inhibitor effectiveness.

Field examples from the Bakken Shale and Permian Basin illustrate the benefits of deploying polymer-coated and uncoated scale inhibitors in unconventional wells.