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Analysis: Market for U.S. oil acreage booms along with crude price recovery

Reuters A recovery in the price of oil to more than two-year highs is offering a long-awaited opening to companies and private equity firms to shed unloved assets in the U.S. oil patch. Sales of land parcels worth $6.9 billion have been announced in the first five months of 2021, almost eclipsing the $7 billion recorded in all of 2020,

Texas Shale Towns Grapple with Growth as Oil-Bust Fears Fade

From Reuters In west Texas, the center of the U.S. oil boom, about 3,800 students at Permian High School are crammed into a campus designed for 2,500, with 20 portable buildings to help with the overflow. School officials had expected enrollment to fall after the last oil price crash, starting in 2014, but it kept rising – one sign of

U.S. Shale Producers Turn to Jobs Cuts as Investor Pressures Mount

From Reuters Having slashed spending plans and run out of willing buyers for assets, some U.S. shale producers are turning to workforce cuts as investors step up demands for returns. Pioneer Natural Resources Co, one of the largest producers in the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico, and Laredo Petroleum Inc another Permian producer, this week disclosed plans

Laredo Petroleum Expects to be Operating within Cash Flow by YE2018

Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (ticker: LPI) has released its Q4 and full-year 2017 results. For the fourth quarter of 2017, the company reported net income attributable to common stockholders of $408.6 million, or $1.70 per diluted share – this included a $405.9 million gain on the sale of Laredo’s investment in the Medallion-Midland Basin pipeline system. Adjusted net income (non-GAAP), for

Laredo Petroleum Announces Management Moves

Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (ticker: LPI) announced this week that Patrick J. Curth, senior VP of exploration and land, will transition to a senior advisor role in anticipation of his retirement in March 2019. VP of Exploration and Geosciences Technology James R. Courtier, VP of Reservoir Engineering Jason R. Greenwald and VP of Land Mark H. Elliott will jointly assume leadership

Laredo Petroleum 2017 Production Hits 21.3 Million Barrels

Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (ticker: LPI) released several new reports today, including estimated annual production, year-end reserve estimates and the company’s projected 2018 CapEx. Year-end 2017 reserves and operating results highlights 17% increase in production in 2017 to a company record of 21.3 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMBOE) 36% organic growth in proved developed reserves, an increase of 50 MMBOE