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Q1 A&D Transactions Jump to $30B , While Deal Flow Was Down 40%

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…

A Quiet Capital Pattern Is Forming in North American Upstream — and Almost No One Is Talking About It

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,…

Dallas Fed Energy Survey: What Oil and Gas Executives Are Really Saying

Dallas Fed Energy Survey: What Oil and Gas Executives Are Really Saying

The latest Dallas Fed Energy Survey shows a U.S. oil and gas industry that is not collapsing—but is clearly constrained. Executives are operating in a defensive posture, focused…

Why Surface-Only Inventory Predictions Are a Fool’s Errand

Why Surface-Only Inventory Predictions Are a Fool’s Errand

Introduction The promise is seductive: a map covered in potential drill spots, colored by predicted “rock quality,” with hundreds or thousands of “remaining locations.” Many oil & gas…

From Hedge Funds to Supermajors: Everyone Wants Hub-Linked Gas

From Hedge Funds to Supermajors: Everyone Wants Hub-Linked Gas

TotalEnergies has signed a deal to acquire a 49% non-operated interest in Continental Resources’ Anadarko Basin natural-gas assets in Oklahoma—low-cost, long-plateau rock tied into existing midstream and well…

Comstock to Acquire Assets from Ovation Energy For $62.5 Million

Comstock to Acquire Assets from Ovation Energy For $62.5 Million

Comstock Resources agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets of Ovation Energy, L.P. for $62.5 million, expanding its producing footprint across multiple U.S. natural gas basins. The…

ConocoPhillips to divest Anadarko Basin asset for $1.3B

ConocoPhillips to divest Anadarko Basin asset for $1.3B

ConocoPhillips (“COP”) agreed to sell an Anadarko Basin position for $1.3 billion. The package was part of the Marathon Oil assets COP picked up and is now carving…

Liberty Energy: Navigating the Frac Downturn with Efficiency, Innovation, and Strategic Focus

Liberty Energy: Navigating the Frac Downturn with Efficiency, Innovation, and Strategic Focus

As the U.S. completions market enters a slower second half of 2025, Liberty Energy is writing its own chapter—one of resiliency, technical evolution, and bold repositioning. While many…

Baker Hughes Solid Y/Y Performance Amidst US Frac Market Slowdown

Baker Hughes Solid Y/Y Performance Amidst US Frac Market Slowdown

Baker Hughes reported a strong second quarter for 2025, with total company revenue rising to $7.1 billion, a 13% increase over the $6.3 billion reported in Q2 2024.…

Halliburton Warns of Deepening U.S. Frac Slowdown

Halliburton Warns of Deepening U.S. Frac Slowdown

Halliburton's Q2 earnings call confirmed what we said in our recent Intel-Bits report: the back half of 2025 is shaping up to be significantly weaker than expected, particularly…

Anadarko Basin Top Operators (Undrilled Permits)

Company Last 12 Months
Mewbourne Oil Company 43
Continental Resources, Inc. 27
Devon Energy Corp 17
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Anadarko Basin Rig Data: September 12, 2026

Anadarko Basin Overview

The Anadarko Basin is located in western Oklahoma, southeastern Colorado, western Kansas and the northeastern portion of the Texas Panhandle.

Approximately 70,000 square miles in size Sedimentary column approaches 40,000 feet in thickness in deepest portion of basin Production comes from Cambro Ordovician through Permian strata Estimated cumulative production of more than 125 trillion cubic feet of gas and 5.4 billion barrels of oil.

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Sub Plays: SCOOP STACK Woodford Mississippi Lime Top Operators Encana Corp. Roan Resources Continental Resources Chaparral Energy EOG Resources…

Anadarko Basin Mergers & Acquisitions

Anadarko Basin Transactions By Quarter ($MM)