Posted on June 2, 2026
Bakken, Company Spotlight, Crude Oil, Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR), Williston Basin

If you missed the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference last month in Bismark, N.D., you might not know that the Day 2 topic, “Bakken 2.0: Crack the Code,” sizzled like bacon in a hot skillet. Crack the Code is a multi-layered, $157 million research effort led by Sen. John Hoeven to double oil recovery in the Bakken and extend the life of coal-fired power plants in N.D., using captured CO2 for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR). ...

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Posted on May 26, 2026
Bakken, Company Spotlight, Crude Oil, Permian, Williston Basin

It goes without saying the soaring price of crude oil and wild price swings have producers rethinking their capital budgets and drilling programs this year. While some operators are focused on capital discipline and shareholder returns amid the Mid-East conflict, others are set to ride the wave of higher prices by expanding operations, boosting production, and adding rigs. ...

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Posted on May 6, 2026
Anadarko Basin, Appalachia, Crude Oil, Executive Spotlight, Marcellus / Utica, Mergers & Acquisitions, Natural Gas, Natural Gas Liquids - NGLs, SCOOP / STACK

It must’ve been a tough pill to swallow for Nick Dell’Osso last February. Three months ago, the CEO of Okla. City-based Expand Energy, who led the company to become the nation’s largest natural gas producer, faced a board decision to relocate headquarter operations and top-level executives to Houston. After 17 years with Expand (previously Chesapeake Energy) and less than six years in the pilot seat where he navigated the merger of Chesapeake and Southwestern Energy, Dell’Osso decided to wave goodbye. ...

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