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 Niobrara Shale Top Operators
(Undrilled-Permits)
Company    Last 12 Months
Occidental Petroleum Corp    143
PDC Energy, Inc.    122
Chevron Corp    86
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   69
   60
   60
   56

   Drilling Permits Trends ( Last 24 Months)


Niobrara Shale - Drilling Permits ( May 07, 2023 - June 06, 2023)
Date Approved county Well Name Well type Well Bore Type Field/Zone Well Status
Longs Peak Resources LLC
05-17-2023 Laramie Curry Farms 14-64-22-27-34-1nh Oil Horizontal Niobrara Undrilled
05-17-2023 Laramie Curry Farms 14-64-22-15-1nh Oil Horizontal Niobrara Undrilled
05-17-2023 Laramie Curry Farms 14-64-22-15-3ch Oil Horizontal Codell Sand Undrilled
05-17-2023 Laramie Curry Farms 14-64-22-27-34-1ch Oil Horizontal Codell Sand Undrilled
05-17-2023 Laramie Curry Farms 14-64-22-27-34-2ch Oil Horizontal Codell Sand Undrilled
North Silo Resources LLC
05-18-2023 Laramie Hastings 16-64-13-24-25-2ch Oil Horizontal Codell Sand Undrilled
05-17-2023 Laramie Hastings 16-64-13-24-25-3ch Oil Horizontal Codell Sand Undrilled
05-15-2023 Laramie Hastings 16-64-13-12-1-1ch Oil Horizontal Codell Sand Undrilled
Verdad Resources LLC
05-12-2023 Weld Timbro State 3636-09h Oil HORIZONTAL Dj Horizontal Niobrara Undrilled
05-12-2023 Weld Timbro State 3636-10h Oil HORIZONTAL Dj Horizontal Niobrara Undrilled

 Niobrara Shale - Well Completion Trend

Completions By
Company
2023(YTD)
Count
Great Western Petroleum LLC 15
PDC Energy, Inc. 10
EOG Resources, Inc. 8
8
7
Completions By
County
2023(YTD)
Count
Weld 35
Adams 15
Campbell 14
3
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 Niobrara Shale Map

 Niobrara Shale Rig Data : June 6, 2023


Drilling Trends from May 4, 2011 - June 6, 2023

 Niobrara Shale Overview



The Niobrara shale formation is situated in northeastern Colorado and parts of adjacent Wyoming, Nebraska, and Kansas.  Primarily an oil play, it is in the Denver-Julesburg Basin, which has long been a major oil and gas province. Technological advances in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing in the last decade has helped create new opportunities in this U.S. energy play.

Based on the industry’s plans, shale and other “tight rock” fields that now produce about half a million barrels of oil per day, will produce up to three million barrels per day in…

Latest Midstream Projects

Project Name Completion date Capacity (MBOPD)
Liberty Pipeline   - -
Weld County Tri-Midstream System   - -
Pierce Plant & Gathering System   - -
Cheyenne Connector Pipeline   - -
Grasslands Terminal   - -
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  Niobrara Shale - Mergers & Acquisition

Announce Date Buyer Seller Title Value $MM
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02/28/2022 PDC Energy, Inc. Great Western Petroleum LLC PDC Acquires DJ Basin E&P Great Western in $1.3B Deal $1,300
02/01/2022 Civitas Resources Inc. Bison Oil & Gas II LLC Civitas Acquires DJ Basin Operator Bison Oil & Gas II in $300MM Deal $300
11/10/2021 Brigham Minerals Inc. Not Disclosed Brigham to Acquire DJ Basin Royalty Acreage for $44MM in Cash $44
07/21/2021 Not Disclosed Whiting Petroleum Corp. Whiting Exits the DJ Basin; Sells Off Assets for $187MM in Cash $187
06/07/2021 Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.,Civitas Resources Inc. Crestone Peak Resources LLC Civitas Resources to Acquire Crestone Peak in All-Stock Deal Worth $1.06B $1,060
05/10/2021 Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. Extraction Oil and Gas Bonanza Creek, Extraction to Merge; Rebrand as Civitas Resources ---
12/14/2020 Gondola Resources LLC Sandridge Energy, Inc. SandRidge to Sell North Park Niobrara Asset in $47MM Deal $47
11/09/2020 Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. HighPoint Resources Bonanza Creek to Acquire HighPoint Resources in $376MM Merger $376
 

  Niobrara Shale Transactions By Quarter ($MM)