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US upstream in brief: smart completions, more opex and shallower base declines - the talk of the town in Midland
*Please note that this report only includes an Excel data file if this is indicated in "What's included" below
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
- Smarter completions, moreopexand shallower base declines – the talk of the town in Midland
- Chart of the week: Jurassic Spark - is the industry overlooking the Norphlet play?
- ABS across the aisle: notes from the Energy Capital Conference
- Stone Ridge’s US$8 billion Marcellus bid tests Devon’s post-merger strategy
- Shell’s Mars platform first in Gulf of America to produce one billion barrels
- PE-monetization continues as Bison IV looks to exit the DJ Basin
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Devon and Matador spotlight in record US$4 billion Permian lease sale
- Top bidders
- The next era of a Haynesville private
- PE-backed Permian exits pick up the pace
- 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
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Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
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Midland Wolfcamp vintage declines20k-psi and Norphlet field type curve comparison
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Mars platform well-level production rate vs cumulative productionMars platform well-level cumulative productionDJ Basin - Bison IV and Japex leaseholdNortheast subplay type curve - oilChalk Bluffs subplay type curve - oilTrinity Operating operated productionAcreage by operator and producing well by bench – Reeves County, TexasDisclosed Permian deal consideration per acreTop gas operator results
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What's included
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