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There were 93 new horizontal wells spud (drilled) in 1Q25, a decrease of 7 wells (-7%) compared to 1Q24. However, 1Q’s spud number increased by 9 (11%) from the 84.
As a result of the progress to date, ReconAfrica has accelerated the spud date for Prospect I to Q2 2025. “We have made great progress in getting Prospect I ready to drill and, as a result, we are accelerating the spud date into Q2 2025, said Brian Reinsborough, President and CEO of ReconAfrica.
The newly acquired assets are actively being developed by leading operators, including Chevron and Civitas, who collectively account for more than half the wells spud in 2024. The high-quality operator footprint enhances production visibility and long-term value creation. billion in capital since its launch in 2020.
for the supply of their Rig #1 for drilling the proposed lateral well, with spudding expected to start July. for the supply of their Rig #1 for drilling the proposed lateral well, with spudding expected to start July. Image by DanielIngelhart via iStock Lakes Blue Energy NL has secured AUD6.5 in two tranches. Morgans Financial Ltd.
The leases obligated MRC to spud a new well every 180 days after the spud date of the last well during the leases’ secondary terms to avoid having the non-developed portions of the leases terminate. MRC did not notice its error until approximately two weeks after May 21, 2017, at which point it had not yet spudded the new well.
SM Energys Drilling Trends: January 2023 to May 2025 Using public drilling data for SM Energy wells in Texas, we grouped spud activity by month from January 2023 onward. SM Energy has parked two of its most active rigs : Rig Contractor Total Wells Avg Days Between Spuds Last Activity Rig 43 Latshaw 23 wells 16.5 wells by months end.
The first well was spud on April 1, 2025, utilizing Precision E-Drilling Rig 461, as part of the Companys continued strategy to expand production and enhance operational efficiencies in the Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basin. Drilling is expected to be completed by early June, with hydraulic fracturing commencing shortly after. Prairie Operating Co.
Key operators include ExxonMobil, Apache, Diamondback, Occidental, ConocoPhillips and Continental, who have spudded an average of 148 wells a year on the properties since 2021. Dallas-based Elk Range Royalties said recently it acquired Newton Financial Corp., Concord Oil and Mission Oil. Charlie Shufeldt, CEO, said Jan.
We remain on track to spud the well this quarter and are looking forward to unlocking the significant potential of the Damara Fold Belt.” (the “Company” or “ReconAfrica”) (TSXV: RECO) (OTCQX: RECAF) ( Frankfurt : 0XD) (NSX: REC) announces a drilling update on Prospect I.
These include assets being developed by Chevron and Civitas Resources, who collectively account for more than half of the wells spudded in 2024. These include assets being developed by Chevron and Civitas Resources, who collectively account for more than half of the wells spudded in 2024. Elk has deployed more than $1.2
The ACR methodology defines eligible abandoned wells to include: (1) unplugged wells with a spud date prior to 1950, which are eligible because they predate standardized regulations for P&A, and (2) unplugged wells with a spud date of 1950 or later and having no production for six consecutive months. million vehicles per year.
ExxonMobil has reached a major milestone: 1,000 horizontal wells drilled in the New Mexico portion of the Delaware Basin just seven years after the first spud in 2017. Longer Laterals : Successful four-mile laterals at Poker Lake , reducing surface land disturbance and operational footprint.
Turning to the second test, the court noted that the specific work order for the P&A job called for the use of three vessels — a supply barge, a tug, and the spud barge OB 808. After some thirty years of wrestling with the cumbersome six-part test set forth in Davis & Sons, Inc. Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. [3]
Other notable operators include Pacific Canbriam Energy and ARC Resources , which also show significant gaps between licensing and spudding. British Columbias upstream oil and gas sector has seen a surge in well permitting activity over the last few yearsbut drilling activity hasnt kept pace. The result? Whats Driving the Delay?
We have decades of inventory below our $40 per barrel WTI cost of supply threshold this optionality is what separates the inventory haves from the have nots. Ryan Lance, ConocoPhillips Operators are drilling fewer wells, but doing so with purposeon multi-well pads, with simul-frac designs and AI-enhanced execution. Its a factory model.
By Kevin Connolly On an issue of apparent national first impression, the Houston Court of Appeals, in XTO Energy Inc. Smith Production Inc., 14-07-0069-CV, 2009 WL 442003 at *1 (Tex. Houston [14th] 2009, no pet. In XTO Energy, Smith Production Inc. Several months later, Chevron sold its interest in the lease to XTO Energy Inc. (“XTO”).
In these transactions, the Drilling Party pays for or “carries” all or a substantial portion of the Lease Party’s share of the costs of drilling and completing one or more wells on the leases (“Earning Wells”). The Five Lessons 1. Take advantage of the geology.
A well was spud on March 28, 2006. While the long-term fallout from the recent decline in oil prices and the COVID-19 pandemic remains unclear, it is clear that drilling activity has already started to decline. Cannisnia Plantation, LLC v. The well was a dry hole, however, and was therefore plugged and abandoned on April 21, 2006.
In Petro-Chem Operating Co., Flat River Farms, L.L.C. , the Louisiana Second Circuit addressed issues affecting the creation and preservation of mineral servitudes and payment of court costs in a concursus action. [1] Flat River Farms, L.L.C. , 12] In its analysis, the Court first looked to the pertinent language of La.
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