Oil production trends shouldn’t be terribly surprising if you are watching the right metrics. In this update we talk about the metrics and quantify them monthly y/y as well as discuss structural changes in shale that are driving tight oil resiliency. There’s a lot more to this story… Login …
Read More »Oxy’s D&C Trends In Focus [Operator Spotlight]
Each week through the end of this month, we are illuminating the activity trend patterns of one large operator in the Lower 48 with hard data from Lium Research. While readers that provide services to these big E&Ps (or pay attention to company disclosures) might know their current rig count …
Read More »Chevron’s D&C Trends In Focus [Operator Spotlight]
Each week through July, we’ll be illuminating the activity trend patterns of one large operator in the Lower 48 with hard data from Lium Research. While readers that provide services to these big E&Ps (or pay attention to company disclosures) might know their current rig count or fleet count, tracking …
Read More »A Study In Discipline [Operator Spotlight]
Each week through July, we’ll be illuminating the activity trend patterns of one large operator in the Lower 48 with hard data from Lium Research. While readers that provide services to these big E&Ps (or pay attention to company disclosures) might know their current rig count or fleet count, tracking …
Read More »Tracking The Most Active Shale Well Completer’s D&C Program [Operator Spotlight]
Each week through July, we’ll be illuminating the activity trend patterns of one large operator in the Lower 48 with hard data from Lium Research. While readers that provide services to these big E&Ps (or pay attention to company disclosures) might know their current rig count or fleet count, tracking …
Read More »Tracking Pioneer Natural Resources’ D&C Program In The Permian [Operator Spotlight]
Each week through July, we’ll be illuminating the activity trend patterns of one large operator in the Lower 48 with hard data from Lium Research. While readers that provide services to these big E&Ps (or pay attention to company disclosures) might know their current rig count or fleet count, tracking …
Read More »Tracking Exxon’s D&C Program In The Permian [Operator Spotlight]
We are kicking off a new weekly data series this week. Each week through July, we’ll be illuminating the activity trend patterns of one large operator in the Lower 48 with hard data. While readers that provide services to these big E&Ps (or pay attention to company disclosures) might know …
Read More »What Would Texas Oil Proration Look Like? A $1,000 Fine Per Barrel For Non-Compliance Is Part Of It…
We have reviewed a draft of the proration order and share it and something that jumps out at us here… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a member. If you are …
Read More »Oilfield Hiring Is Frozen With One Exception… [Chartbook]
As this vicious downturn sends the US oilfield industry into a workforce reduction spiral, it goes without saying that hiring freezes have become the norm. Just how bad is it and are there any bright spots? We quantify the oilfield job market here… There’s a lot more to this story… …
Read More »Seems Impossible, But Things Got Worse Between Black Monday & Friday The Thirteenth [Notes From The Field]
As last week wore on, we had hoped it would get better. It did not. We had also hoped that our initial concern expressed on Tuesday was overstated when we wrote then that the swiftest shale pullback in history could be imminent. It was not. As the week wore on, …
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