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Memorial Day

With the school year behind us and new summer projects in front of us, HCS Energy Consulting pauses to appreciate the bravery of our...

Offshore Drilling in Oklahoma, Yes…Offshore !

It is a new day, so there must be a new leading bidder for Anadarko. As HCS Energy Consulting catches its breath during the intermission...

Permian is Still King !

With the bidding war for Anadarko continues heating up, HCS Energy Consulting has identified a number of interesting transaction metrics...

Lightning Strikes Permian Gas Again !

With the average natural gas price at the Waha hub in West Texas again trading below zero, HCS Energy Consulting is studying the annual...

Squeezing the Last Drop

As Scoop/Stack focused E&Ps continue to drill new oil wells that help America increase its energy independence, HCS Energy Consulting is...

The Value Premium of Being an Operator

For the data junkies at HCS Energy Consulting, there is a lot of data to feast on this time of year. While the drop in oil prices from...

Details Matter !

As we return from Spring Break travels with our families, the HCS Energy Consulting team continues analyzing market dynamics buried in...

Passing the Torch

As drilling activity in the Scoop-Stack-Merge continues to draw investor attention, HCS Energy Consulting acknowledges the retirement...

The Value of Flowing PDP & Net Acreage

As upstream companies start filing their annual reports for 2018, HCS Energy Consulting will begin analyzing them for basin comparable...

Top Down vs Bottoms Up Financial Analysis

Based on the high level of M&A activity in 2018, HCS Energy Consulting pauses to reflect on the differences between the acquisition...

Mardi Gras in the Oil Patch !

Having grown up in New Orleans, I pause to recognize Mardi Gras day which is treated as a national floating holiday in Nawlins, and also...

Riding Waves in Oil & Gas !

With the latest oil and gas drilling boom in full swing in the Permian and Midcontinent, I think the dynamics resemble a traditional wave...

Gathering Feeds the Beast !

With earnings release season in full swing, HCS Energy Consulting is tracking the growing production from the Oklahoma producing basins....

Comparing Apples & Oranges !

With the recent closing of Encana’s $5.5 billion acquisition of Newfield and Chesapeake’s $3.6 billion acquisition of Wildhorse, HCS...

Encana Completes Newfield Acquisition!

HCS Energy Consulting today is studying Encana’s (ECA) $5.5 billion acquisition of Newfield Exploration (NFX) which was announced on...

Oklahoma Seismic Activity Has Fallen !

Over the past week, HCS Energy Consulting has been reviewing seismic activity data from the Oklahoma Geological Survey across the Scoop...

Chesapeake Completes Wildhorse Acquisition !

HCS Energy Consulting today is studying Chesapeake’s (CHK) $3.6 billion acquisition of Wildhorse Resource Development (WRD) which was...

OGT's Ship is Coming In !

Though the natural gas produced across the Anadarko basin has grown by 37% from January 2017, the production increase has reduced...

The Anadarko Region Flexes Its Muscle !

If it is Good when production grows and commodity prices rise, and Great when the growth rate of production exceeds the growth rate of...

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