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US upstream in brief: first oil announced at Alaska Pikka field
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Report summary
The US week in brief report highlights the need-to-know events from US upstream. It is a rolling document, continuously updated with our own analysis and opinion on events impacting the sector. Coverage includes US onshore and Gulf of Mexico. Sources for the news stories include company press releases, industry events, press coverage, and our own modelling changes. The facts are presented, but more importantly we discuss implications for our modelling.
Table of contents
- First oil announced at Alaska Pikka field
- Lower 48 gas earnings roundup: Q1 2026
- ICYMI: Lower 48 supply outlook shifts as oil resilience and gas demand surge
- Kosmos and Oxy sanction Tiberius project in Gulf of America
- Western Haynesville update: hiccup or part of the derisking progress?
- Tracking price-related activity shifts in L48
- US onshore strength anchors Chevron and ExxonMobil results
- Another operator approaching the APEX of Haynesville benchmarks
- Kimmeridge pushes Devon to divest non-core assets post-Coterra merger
- Shale operator response will drive well costs higher
- Japex doubles down on international growth, including US assets
- Chevron leads oil and gas producers to big Supreme Court ruling in decade-long dispute with Louisiana
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Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
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Top gas operator resultsLower 48 oil supply
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US GoA producers capex budget as compared to historical (producers with yearly spend <$500 million)Western Haynesville wells online through Q1 2026Western Haynesville D&C cost since 2022Cost inflation scenariosYoY change in well cost componentRecent international upstream buyers in US (Dec 2023 - present)Shenandoah hub production and cash flow
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What's included
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