Posted on March 13, 2025
Company Spotlight, Crude Oil, Executive Spotlight, International, Joint Ventures, Natural Gas

For horizontal drilling and fracking pioneer Harold Hamm, turning unconventional oil and gas resources into economic gold has made him both an industry icon and shale rock star. As founder and chairman of Okla. City-based Continental Resources, Hamm was the voice yesterday at CERAWeek warning U.S. oil production is starting to plateau. He’s also the face behind a new international opportunity to apply his company’s Midas touch outside its Anadarko, Bakken, and Permian successes. ...

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Posted on March 6, 2025
Company Spotlight, Electrical Power, Executive Spotlight, Helium, Joint Ventures, Midstream, Natural Gas, Permian

You might say Will Gray II kicked off 2025 on a high note. A really high note. The co-founder and CEO of New Era Helium rang the NASDAQ opening bell on January 2 to all the fanfare that moment generates when you also become one of the first helium-focused companies to land a listing on a major U.S. exchange. ...

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Posted on February 13, 2025
Anadarko Basin, Company Spotlight, Crude Oil, Eagle Ford, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mid-Continent

In what was described as a “surprise move” by Okla. City-based Devon Energy back in 2022, the company made a bolt-on acquisition that further expanded its Eagle Ford position with the purchase of Denver-based Validus Energy. The $1.8 billion deal included 42,000 net acres, 35 MBOED (70% oil), 350 repeatable drilling locations, and 150 refrac candidates. In an epic score, Validus pocketed double the price it paid for those assets just a year before. While it might’ve been a see-you-later-bye to South Texas, the company’s exit there hardly marked the end of Validus....

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Posted on January 16, 2025
Company Spotlight, Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Permian, San Juan Basin, Williston Basin

The San Juan Basin extends 7,500 square miles across northwest N.M., and southwest Colo. Natural gas was first discovered here in 1921. Now a spry age of 104, it remains one of the nation’s oldest producing areas with sedimentary rock dating back to mid-Paleozoic times and a collision of supercontinents. ...

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Posted on January 10, 2025
AI - Data Centers, Company Spotlight, Electrical Power, Geothermal Power, Hydropower, Mergers & Acquisitions, Natural Gas, Nuclear Power, Power Plants

Back in September, the nation’s largest producer of clean, emissions-free energy shared some mighty big news. After purchasing the Pa., Three Mile Island Unit 1 in 1999, then retiring operations there in 2019 due to poor economics, Baltimore-based Constellation Energy landed a whale of a deal with Microsoft that would resuscitate the nuclear reactor to generate carbon-free electricity to power Microsoft’s Northeastern data centers...

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