Permian Basin

With the Vaca Muerta home to some of the world’s most-productive wells, and the Permian still going strong, if increasingly gassier, Rystad sees shale as resilient.

This study reveals how production-induced depletion and geomechanical stress changes influence child-well performance in the Midland Basin, combining coupled simulations and machine learning to guide optimal well spacing, timing, and placement for infill development.

The planned facility was designed to process 34 MMcf/D of associated gas into fully refined gasoline.

The all-stock transaction will create one of the largest shale producers in the US, anchored by a major Delaware Basin position.

This paper presents an automated workflow deployed for scheduling and validating steady-state production-well tests across more than 2,300 wells in the Permian Basin.

Ongoing seismicity concerns and orphan well risks are pushing operators and regulators to explore alternatives for managing produced water.

Rystad Energy estimates up to 25 Bcf/D of natural gas output may have been temporarily halted as freezing weather swept key producing regions.

The US Energy Information Administration said it expects US crude oil production to stay close to 2025 levels in 2026 before dipping in 2027.

The new assessment also estimates 28.3 Tcf of technically recoverable gas in the Woodford and Barnett shales.

Even as output hits record highs, a growing recognition of the Permian’s maturity is opening the door for new technologies to improve performance.