Houston-based Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) delivered its customary pre-earnings operational and realizations snapshot on October 13, 2026, via an 8-K filing of “Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Considerations.” As Reese Energy Consulting noted in a LinkedIn post the same day, it functions as the trailer before the full movie—the formal Q3 results scheduled for after-market close […]
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Hurricane Isaias, the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season, made landfall near Destin in the Florida Panhandle on the evening of October 9 as a Category 2 storm. It prompted extensive precautionary shut-ins of offshore oil and natural gas production in the Gulf of America before tracking eastward and largely sparing major refining centers. […]
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As of mid-October 2026, U.S. drilling activity is firming. Baker Hughes reported its closely watched weekly rotary rig count at 603 for the week ending October 9 (up 5 week-over-week and up 56 year-over-year). WellDatabase’s operator-level U.S. Operator Rig Report dated 10.11.2026 showed 606 total rigs (down 5 week-over-week but up 32 year-over-year). Enverus’ daily […]
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A Kern County oilman briefed two Cabinet secretaries on a plan to store sunlight as heat in old California oil fields for weeks at a time. The physics is real, and a national lab study backs storage on a terawatt-hour scale. But the only funded test is a 100-kilowatt pilot, and some of the biggest […]
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Isaias had 110 mph winds at 7 a.m. CDT Friday, on the cusp of major-hurricane strength, and is expected to come ashore between Mississippi and the Florida Panhandle tonight or early Saturday. It has already shut in 62.9% of Gulf oil output. Here is what the next one to three weeks could mean at the […]
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After the $58 billion Coterra merger, a $4.2 billion South Texas sale buys time—not a full reset—in a $90-plus oil market. Hat tip to Reese Energy Consulting and Steve Reese for highlighting this, and we will be covering this on a podcast with him soon. Devon Energy’s February all-stock combination with Coterra Energy closed in […]
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The likely first hurricane of 2026 is forecast to cross deepwater fields that pump about 15% of U.S. crude and reach the coast late Friday. The latest NHC track has shifted east toward Alabama and the Florida Panhandle, which lowers the odds for the Mississippi River refining corridor. It does not take Pascagoula, the Colonial […]
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The Permian Basin remains the engine of U.S. oil growth, but it is steadily becoming gassier. Rising gas-to-oil ratios (GORs) mean every incremental barrel of crude now brings more associated natural gas. Without matching takeaway capacity, that gas depresses local prices, forces curtailments or flaring, and erodes the economics that keep oil drilling active. New […]
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Matador Resources closed its acquisition of EnCap-backed Paloma Permian on October 1, 2026, for $1.255 billion in cash, subject to customary post-closing adjustments. The deal, announced in July at a headline consideration of $1.275 billion, is already beating the company’s own underwriting on the producing wells, while adding a large block of high-quality undeveloped inventory […]
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President Donald Trump is set to unveil a major South Korean investment package that includes roughly $54 billion directed at Alaska’s long-planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, according to White House officials and multiple reports. The announcement, expected in the Oval Office, is the first major tranche from South Korea’s broader $200 billion in U.S. […]
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