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Top 20 Bakken E&P By Oil Production (May 2020)
Chart and Table covering the top 20 oil production by company in the Bakken / Williston Basin

Best Well: Operator Well Flows 11,350 Barrels of Oil Per Day (Bopd)
EOG Resources has reported the best well to-date in the entire Permian Basin. The MCGREGOR D UNIT 5H well was completed in Loving County, TX. The well flowed…

Top 10 Most Active Private E&Ps; Drilling & Completions
Here is a look at the top most active Private E&ps drilling wells.
Top Wells : Top Permian Basin Wells Cumulative 30 Day Production;
Back by popular demand. We are looking at our top permian Basin Wells based on Peak 30 Day rates. These were all started production in 2019. The top…

Top 20 Permian Basin Wells Drilled: From 4,000 BO/d to 10,000 BO/d
Today in Charts We are taking a look at the top 20 Permian Basin wells drilled this year. You can click download the excel spreadsheet here.
Rockies News

Why $90 Oil Isn’t Bringing Back the Rigs
Higher oil prices are not translating cleanly into a drilling response across U.S. shale, and company disclosures are starting to show why. The issue is not simply capital…

Q1 A&D Transactions Jump to $30B , While Deal Flow Was Down 40%
The first quarter of 2026 has officially defined the "Barbell Era" of American oil and gas. While the total number of deals plummeted by 46% YoY (dropping to…

Wright to U.S. Oil Industry: The Price Signal Is Telling You to Drill
Energy Secretary Chris Wright stood in front of the largest gathering of oil executives in the world this morning and delivered a message that was equal parts market…

This Operator Will Chop it's 2026 Rig Count From 34 to 24
ConocoPhillips is setting up 2026 as a lower-intensity, more efficient operating year — with the clearest proof coming from the Lower 48 activity reset following the Marathon integration.…

A Quiet Capital Pattern Is Forming in North American Upstream — and Almost No One Is Talking About It
A handful of recent transactions and capital raises point to a subtle pattern in North American upstream—one that is easy to miss because each event, on its own,…