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 Eagle Ford Shale Top Operators
(Undrilled-Permits)
Company    Last 12 Months
ConocoPhillips    169
EOG Resources, Inc.    140
Marathon Oil Corp    74
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 Eagle Ford Shale Rig Data : July 10, 2025


Drilling Trends from May 4, 2011 - July 10, 2025

 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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05/16/2024 Crescent Energy Company Silverbow Resources Crescent Energy Acquires Natural Gas Player, Silverbow $2,100
08/14/2023 Silverbow Resources Chesapeake Energy Corp Silverbow Increase Eagleford Footprint , Chesapeake Exits $700
05/03/2023 Crescent Energy Company Mesquite Energy Inc. Crescent Energy Acquires Eagle ford Assets For $600 Million $600
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
 

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