Following its analysis through the end of August, our friends at Rystad today reports U.S. oil and gas M&A this year could surpass the $155 billion chalked up in 2023. With $100 billion already on the books in 2024, and another $46 billion in assets currently up for sale, buyers and sellers still have one-third of a year to make their final selections and bring them to the checkout counter....

About 10 miles south of Tulsa, the city of Glenpool holds a most unique oil and gas legacy. If you were around in 1905 (and if you were, we want to hear from you), you might remember the Glen Pool discovery, which started on a rural farm with a single well drilled 1,400’ deep and gushing an initial 75 BPD. Within a few months, the Glen Pool was declared the world’s largest oilfield, and practically overnight Tulsa, Okla., would be declared the Oil Capital of the World. ...

Back in 2020, Houston-based Piñon Midstream set out to cure a massive headache for producers in Perm Town’s most prolific eastern flank of the Delaware in N.M., and Texas—namely, the lack of infrastructure to gather and treat pervasive sour gas. Solving that problem would no doubt be a grand introduction into the nation’s hottest play. Solving another would be even grander. ...