Former Pioneer Natural Resources CEO Scott Sheffield told Hart Energy, “For now, I remain one of Exxon’s largest individual shareholders and as such will consider other options.” hartenergy.com/exclusives/sco…

It’s halftime in the epic U.S. shale game with roughly 25 more years of oil drilling left and 22 more years of gas targets, according to a Mizuho Securities USA analysis. hartenergy.com/exclusives/miz…

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) may continue clearing its gulag, now looking to free Wil VanLoh’s Quantum Capital Group over a $5.2 billion deal with EQT Corp. in 2023. hartenergy.com/exclusives/ftc…

An Aethon Energy far western Haynesville well’s output has hit more than 3 Bcf per 1,000 lateral ft in less than three years. And its production isn’t declining either, according to new Texas Railroad Commission data. hartenergy.com/exclusives/aet…

Continental Resources is bagging big Permian Barnett barrels at the Odessa, Texas, airport. hartenergy.com/ep/exclusives/…

Peak Resources formally canceled its IPO plan with the SEC on July 25. “The market moved away from us with crude oil. The market guys [at Peak] said, ‘It’s not the time,’” Peak founder and CEO Jack Vaughn told Hart Energy. hartenergy.com/exclusives/jac…

Comstock Resources is looking to sell some of its 302,000 net legacy Haynesville Shale acres to reduce debt, while it grows its new, 524,000-net-acre, mega-Bcf, far western Haynesville wildcat play. hartenergy.com/exclusives/com…

Stock-for-acres buyer Permian Resources has won investment-grade status on its long-term debt from Fitch Ratings, a gold stamp rare for E&Ps as their assets are in a perpetual state of diminishment. hartenergy.com/exclusives/big…

icymi. PDP consolidator Diversified Energy is getting top dollar for its non-PDP carve-outs and newly reduced prices for acquisitions, it said in an investor call. hartenergy.com/exclusives/div…

icymi. “It would have to be oil prices perhaps with a $50 handle that would make us make a meaningful shift,” Jeff Fisher, Ascent Resources chairman and CEO, said. hartenergy.com/exclusives/uti…

icymi. The “haves” are those that have invested in scale, data collection and infrastructure to lower their break-evens, EOG Resources Chairman and CEO Ezra Yacob told investors. hartenergy.com/exclusives/eog…

icymi. The energy value chain has seen too little investment in “the past several years, exacerbated by limited access to capital markets,” Charlie Leykum, Talon Capital Corp. chairman and CEO, said in an SEC filing for the SPAC. hartenergy.com/exclusives/ofs…

icymi. News of Prairie Operating’s production shortfall on Aug. 12 crushed its stock from $3.57 to as low as $2.18 as Ed Kovalik, chairman and CEO, began to address attendees Aug. 19 at the EnerCom Denver energy investment conference. hartenergy.com/exclusives/pra…

icymi. In the oily Barnett in the Permian Basin, “Double Eagle V is out there leasing,” Andrew Williamson, Epsilon Energy’s CFO, told EnerCom Denver investment symposium attendees Aug. 19. hartenergy.com/exclusives/dou…

icymi. The horizontal Yeso in New Mexico and San Andres in Texas break even in the low $30s, Riley Permian’s CFO told EnerCom Denver investment symposium attendees. hartenergy.com/exclusives/ril…

icymi. Combined, EOG Resources' and Encino Energy’s second quarter combined output from Ohio's oily Utica was more than 80,000 bbl/d or 64% of total Ohio horizontal oil output, according to newly released state data. hartenergy.com/exclusives/eog…

icymi. One of the Permian Basin’s largest private minerals owners wants all this “peak Permian” talk to stop. “In our view, this is a misguided conclusion,” Tyler Glover, Texas Pacific Land president and CEO, said. hartenergy.com/exclusives/min…

icymi. Delaware Basin-focused WaterBridge Infrastructure plans to IPO, following sibling LandBridge’s successful IPO in 2024. hartenergy.com/exclusives/del…

icymi. USEDC's Delaware Basin acquisition in March was the former Concho Resources' North Harpoon property from ConocoPhillips. The seller hadn’t been disclosed previously. hartenergy.com/exclusives/use…

icymi. Former Eagle Ford and Austin Chalk producer Craig Perry is planning a SPAC to what he expects will likely buy in energy, financial technology, real estate or general tech areas. hartenergy.com/exclusives/ex-…