The new entry, second-placed Expand Energy, produced 1.69 million boepd last year, most of which is natural gas and most of this in the eastern U.S. gas shale plays in the Appalachia and Marcellus ...

Upstream merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is expected to slow significantly in 2025 following two years of record-high transactions driven by US shale mergers. The global deal pipeline value ...

North Dakota’s Bakken play, and the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas. Combined, those regions saw just $11 billion in deal value during 2023. With the US liquefied natural gas export business ...

The US oil industry boom looks set to continue, as a majority of shale executives say they plan to increase their spending in the next year, according to a new survey from the Dallas Federal Reserve.

3. 2016-2018: Rapid development of several shale plays through 2018, which was called the year of the fracker. But oil and gas financial returns were less than other industries, investors and ...

US oil and gas production exploded in the past 15 years as drillers found ways to unlock vast deposits locked in shale rocks. Wall Street funded a headlong drilling race that made the US the world ...

The East Texas basin is one of North America's most prolific oil and gas production areas British oil and gas giant BP is buying $10.5bn (£8bn) of US shale assets as the higher oil price makes ...

US shale producers are focused on capital discipline and shareholder returns, limiting the impact of Trump's pro-oil policies. Increased Permian rig activity is unlikely to significantly boost oil ...