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 Eagle Ford Shale Top Operators
(Undrilled-Permits)
Company    Last 12 Months
EOG Resources, Inc.    242
ConocoPhillips    154
Marathon Oil Corp    91
   75
   60
   56
   55
   53

   Drilling Permits Trends ( Last 24 Months)


Eagle Ford Shale - Drilling Permits ( February 18, 2024 - March 19, 2024)
Date Approved county Well Name Well type Well Bore Type Field/Zone Well Status
Geosouthern Energy
03-01-2024 Fayette Topaz Unit 1 Oil Horizontal Giddings (austin Chalk-3) Undrilled
Magnolia Oil & Gas
02-28-2024 Washington Razorback Two H 02tr Oil Horizontal Giddings (austin Chalk-3) Undrilled
CML Exploration LLC
02-28-2024 Zavala Beeler 16re Oil & Gas Horizontal Undrilled
02-28-2024 Webb Briscoe B (sa10) 2549h Oil & Gas Horizontal Lorenzo (austin Chalk) Undrilled
02-28-2024 Webb Briscoe B (sa11) 2558h Oil & Gas Horizontal Lorenzo (austin Chalk) Undrilled
02-27-2024 Zavala Stch-johnson 7h Oil & Gas Horizontal Briscoe Ranch (eagleford) Undrilled
02-26-2024 Zavala Stch-johnson 5h Oil & Gas Horizontal Briscoe Ranch (eagleford) Undrilled
02-26-2024 Zavala Stch-johnson 6h Oil & Gas Horizontal Briscoe Ranch (eagleford) Undrilled
02-28-2024 De Witt Hope-bruns Sa1 1h Oil & Gas Horizontal De Witt (eagle Ford Shale) Undrilled
02-28-2024 Live Oak Guajillo-stch Sa2 2h Oil Horizontal Eagleville (eagle Ford-2) Undrilled

 Eagle Ford Shale - Well Completion Trend

Completions By
Company
2024(YTD)
Count
EOG Resources, Inc. 22
Silverbow Resources 8
Grit Oil & Gas II LLC 5
4
Completions By
County
2024(YTD)
Count
Webb 11
La salle 11
Atascosa 7
5
5

 Eagle Ford Shale Map

 Eagle Ford Shale Rig Data : March 19, 2024


Drilling Trends from May 4, 2011 - March 19, 2024

 Eagle Ford Shale Overview



What is the Eagle Ford Shale?

The Eagle Ford Shale is a hydrocarbon producing formation of significant importance. It is capeabe of producing both gas and more oil than other traditional shale plays.  It contains a much higher carbonate shale percentage: upwards of 70% in south Texas. It becomes shallower and the shale content increases as it moves to the northwest.

The high percentage of carbonate makes it more brittle and “fracable”.  The Eagle Ford Shale play trends across Texas from the…

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  Eagle Ford Shale - Mergers & Acquisition

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02/28/2023 Baytex Energy Corp. Ranger Oil Corp. Baytex Acquires Pure Play Eagle Ford Operaor Ranger Oil $2,500
02/21/2023 Ineos Group Chesapeake Energy Corp International Company Enters Eagle Ford; Acquires 170k Acres For $1.5 Billion $1,400
01/18/2023 WildFire Energy Chesapeake Energy Corp Wildfire Acquired More Eagle Ford Assets For $1.42 Billion From Chesapeake $1,425
11/03/2022 Marathon Oil Corp Ensign Natural Resources LLC Marathon Acquires Eagle Ford Asset From Ensign For $3 Billion $3,000
10/03/2022 Silverbow Resources Not Disclosed Silverbow Continues Acquisition Spree, Bolt-on Acreage $87
09/15/2022 Silverbow Resources Arkoma Leasing Operating, LLC SilverBow Acquires Dorado Play/ Webb County Asset $35
08/09/2022 Devon Energy Corp Validus Energy Devon Doubles Down in the Eagle Ford; Inks $1.8B Acquisition $1,800
05/18/2022 Executive Network Partnering Corporation,Granite Ridge Resources Inc. Grey Rock Investment Partners Grey Rock, ENPC Ink $1.3B Business Combination; Form Granite Ridge Resources $1,300
 

  Eagle Ford Shale Transactions By Quarter ($MM)