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Top 5 Trends Reshaping Oil & Gas Strategy in 2025

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wells), and applying AI to extract common themes, here are the top five trends transforming oil & gas strategy for the remainder of 2025. shale sector is innovating at every step: Permian Resources cut average cycle time by 16%, reaching just 13 days spud-to-release. Devon Energy improved completions efficiency by 12%.

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SM Energy Slows the Drill Bit in 2025: What the Data Tells Us About Permian Rig Reductions

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This reduction isnt reactionaryits part of a deliberate capital allocation strategy designed to protect margins and preserve flexibility in a potentially volatile oil market. 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.

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Canada BC Oil & Gas: A Growing Backlog of Undrilled Well Permits

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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. and Tourmaline Oil Corp each have over 60 permits from recent years still awaiting activity. But as of now, BCs oil and gas landscape is sitting on a large pool of untapped potential.

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ExxonMobil Hits 1,000 Wells in the Delaware Basin

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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. Oil & Gas Company Directory Saskatchewan Light Oil Operator List Western Canada Heavy Oil Operator List St.

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U.S. Shale’s Superpower Isn’t Geology — It’s Consistency

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Key Metrics Value Implication Permian Base Decline 3040% annually Constant drilling needed Well Productivity Plateauing New wells Stability DUC Inventory Shrinking No cushion left Permian Output (20252029) +67 Bcf/d forecast Midstream banks on it Even modest slowdowns have a compound impact. Darren Woods, ExxonMobil Our U.S.

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