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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…

BKV Closes $370MM Bedrock Barnett Acquisition

BKV Closes $370MM Bedrock Barnett Acquisition

BKV Corporation (NYSE: BKV) closed its ~$370 million acquisition of Bedrock Production, LLC, acquiring Bedrock Energy Partners’ Barnett Shale assets in a deal that materially expands BKV’s scale…

BKV Acquires More Barnett Shale Assets

Premium content BKV Acquires More Barnett Shale Assets

BKV Corporation closed its acquisition of Bedrock Energy Partners' Barnett Shale assets on September 29, 2025, for approximately $370 million. The deal adds roughly 97,000 net acres directly…

Evolution Petroleum Corporation Fiscal Third Quarter 2023 Results

Evolution Petroleum Corporation Fiscal Third Quarter 2023 Results

Evolution Petroleum Corporation announced fiscal third quarter 2023 results. Highlights Reported sequential growth in revenue of 9% to a record $36.9 million and in net income of 34%…

Here is what To Expect in 2023 US. Drilling Market; From Contractors

Here is what To Expect in 2023 US. Drilling Market; From Contractors

To better understand what to expect in 2023 drilling market. We looked at info from the public drilling contractors. H&P - Modest uplift of +16 rigs in '23…

Evolution Petroleum Taps New President & CEO

Evolution Petroleum Taps New President & CEO

Evolution Petroleum announced that the Board of Directors has selected Kelly Loyd as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Loyd had been serving as Interim CEO since June…

Crestwood Equity Seals Sendero Midstream Merger Deal, Others

Crestwood Equity Seals Sendero Midstream Merger Deal, Others

Crestwood Equity Partners LP has closed the previously announced Delaware Basin acquisitions of Sendero Midstream Partners LP for approximately $600 million in cash and First Reserve’s 50% interest…

Crestwood Equity Sells Barnett Legacy Midstream Assets to EnLink for $275MM

Premium content Crestwood Equity Sells Barnett Legacy Midstream Assets to EnLink for $275MM

Crestwood Equity Partners has struck a deal to divest its legacy, non-core Barnett Shale assets to EnLink Midstream LLC for $275 million in cash. This deal closed on…

Exxon to Sell Barnett Shale Portfolio to BKV for $750 Million

Premium content Exxon to Sell Barnett Shale Portfolio to BKV for $750 Million

BKV Corporation announced that its subsidiaries have closed on the purchase of natural gas upstream and associated midstream infrastructure in the Barnett Shale region of North Texas from…

Evolution Petroleum First Quarter 2022 Results

Evolution Petroleum First Quarter 2022 Results

Evolution Petroleum reported its first quarter 2022 results. On May 4, 2022 Evolution also declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per common share for the fiscal 2022…

Barnett Shale Top Operators (Undrilled Permits)

Company Last 12 Months
Total SA 24
Upp Operating, LLC 4

Barnett Shale Drilling Permits Trends (Last 24 Months)

Barnett Shale Well Completion Trend

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Barnett Shale Rig Data: August 11, 2026

Barnett Shale Overview

The Barnett Shale is a hydrocarbon-producing geological formation of great economic significance to Texas. It consists of sedimentary rocks. The productive part of the formation is estimated to stretch from the city of Dallas west and south, covering 5,000 square miles (13,000 km²) and at least 18 counties.

Some experts say that the Barnett Shale is the largest onshore natural gas field in the United States. The field name for the productive portion of the Barnett Shale formation has been designated as the Newark, East Field by…

Barnett Shale Mergers & Acquisitions

Barnett Shale Transactions By Quarter ($MM)