Let’s pretend you operate in the Middle East. Maybe it’s a profit engine like it is for Exxon, Chevron, Eni, and other big players Then, just when you thought your 2026 oil and gas strategy was analyzed to the nth degree, blessed by the board, and declared launch-ready, along comes an unexpected event. ...
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There’s no easy way to fix the chaos triggered by war. Certainly not in a part of the oil-prolific world that’s been troubled for decades...
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While Bill Gates sets to build an artificial sun to power the world, and a Texas family raffles off untapped mineral rights on its land at $4 per ticket, Reese Energy Consulting is following the latest news from Houston-based ConocoPhillips (COP). The company has hardly been shy about slashing $5 billion in debt after acquiring Marathon Oil in 2024 in an all-stock deal valued at $22.5 billion. ...
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What a year it’s been less than two months into 2026 for oil and gas mergers, asset divestitures, and acquisitions. While buyer demand remains strong for shale opportunities, especially in the luxe-priced Permian, it’s driven more producers to seek out opportunities in other basins, including explorations of new frontiers outside the U.S. ...
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It was already a tough road back in 2018 for Dallas-based Navigator Energy Services and project partner Tulsa-based Magellan Midstream when they launched, then extended, an open season to attract transportation commitments for their proposed Voyager pipeline. Call it bad timing....
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In South Texas—Land of the Eagle Ford and Austin Chalk—high-quality, undrilled inventory is about as scarce as a hare with horns. M&A competition for prime assets here is rubber band tight as producers look outside the Permian for diversity, cost efficiencies, and proximity to Gulf Coast export facilities....
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