In our Weekend edition of what's news.
From Shale Experts CEO Rons Dixon: A Word of Caution
Since most budgets were originally set using $50 WTI and $2.25 Henry Hub, the fact that crude oil futures are now trading around $43/bbl WTI could pose a problem for E&Ps. If commodity prices follows the forward curve ($43/bbl WTI) then we could see further downward revision of D&C / E&D budgets which would cause spending to fall to the tune of ~25% in 2020 vs 13% currently forecasted. (currently trending down -13% according to data from 51 U.S. E&Ps).
Here is a chart from select U.S. E&Ps showing % change in Capex for 2020.
What This Means for Rigs, Frac Crews: This would translate into oil rig counts in the high 500s (10-15% reduction) and frac spreads at ~270ish.
Hedges May Not Be Enough: Even though operators have hedges in place, it is likely not enough to cover the existing drilling & completion programs for 2020. On average, we noticed most U.S. E&Ps were only 45% hedged. However, several companies including EOG, Continental, Centennial and several others have no oil hedges in place.
Prices as of 3/6/2020
New Startups.
New Houston Based Company Gets Startup Capital from Large PE Firm
San Antonio Midstream Firm Scores $500 Million Startup Capital
People on the move.
Extraction CEO Departs Company; Owen Takes Helm
Bonanza Creek Reports Resignation of Director
Capital Markets (at market close 3/6/2020)
Stock trading under $1.00 : Chesapeake (NYSE:CHK), HighPoint (NYSE:HPR), Extraction (NYSE:XOG, Denbury (NYSE:DNR), Chaparral (NYSE:CHAP), Laredo Petroleum (NYSE:LPI), Oasis Petroleum (NYSE:OAS), Rosehill Resources (NYSE:ROSE) , Lonestar Resources (NYSE:LONE)
Stocks Trading between $1 and $2 : Ring Energy (NYSE:REI), Southwestern Energy (NYSE:SWN), Callon (NYSE:CPE), Antero (NYSE:AR), QEP Resources (NYSE:QEP), Centennial Resource (NYSE:CDEV), Whiting (NYSE:WLL)
EP Energy plan to emerge from bankruptcy in the next few months. The company's $3.3 billion in debt was removed.
A&D Transactions
Deal Close : WPX closed on its acquisition of Felix Energy Holdings
PE-backed Crestone Peak Acquired ConocoPhillips DJ Basin Property for $380 million.
Assets for sale : Oklahoma E&P with assets in the STACK looking for buyer.
Completions/ Frac' Activity
As of March 7, 2020 there were 309 Active Frac fleets/Spreads.
Based on Data compiled from 41 U.S. E&Ps, 2020 completion/frac activity is only planned to be down 7% vs last year. The 41 companies plan to complete 5,770 wells in 2020 vs 6,176 they completed/frac'd in 2019.
The deflation in oilfield service prices is on full display when you look look and see that operators plan to spend (-13%) less capital in 2020.
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