{"id":5752,"date":"2019-09-30T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umang.pk\/2019\/09\/drilling-down-new-identity-for-bp-in-the-shale-fields\/"},"modified":"2019-09-30T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T09:00:00","slug":"drilling-down-new-identity-for-bp-in-the-shale-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/en_us\/2019\/09\/30\/drilling-down-new-identity-for-bp-in-the-shale-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"Drilling Down: New identity for BP in the shale fields"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n        <!-- hearst\/article\/types\/story_body_r2.tpl --><\/p>\n<p><!-- gallery --><\/p>\n<div class=\"asset_gallery\" data-config-asset-position=\"1\" data-gid=\"gallery\"><!-- gallery float --><\/p>\n<p>                        <!-- hearst\/gallery\/main.tpl --><\/p>\n<div class=\"hst-resgallery-container non-grid three-wide\" data-id=\"article-gallery-14471152\" data-title=\"Drilling Down: New identity for BP in the shale fields\" data-gallery-mode=\"standard\">\n<div class=\"hst-resgallery-wedge\">\n<ul class=\"hst-resgallery non-grid\">\n<li class=\"hst-resgalleryitem \" data-item-id=\"photo-18329995\" data-frame-index=\"0\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap landscape\">\n        \n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"caption \">\n        <!-- design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption-full\">\n<p>BP Exploration The BP logo near the top of Alaska&#39;s head office. After acquiring shale assets from the Australian company BHP, BP launched BPX Energy as a new operating company to drill North American shale holdings.<\/p>\n<p> less<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption-truncated\">\n<p>BP Exploration The BP logo near the top of Alaska&#39;s head office. BP has launched BPX Energy as a new operating company to drill North American Shale Holdings.<\/p>\n<p> &#8230; more<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <!-- e design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><\/p>\n<p>        <!-- design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><br \/>\n                                                                <span class=\"credit\">                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Lance King, Stringer \/ Getty Images<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- e design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"hst-resgallerynav small hidden\">\n<div class=\"carousel\">\n<ul class=\"clearfix\">\n<li class=\"thumb selected\" data-frame-index=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/umang.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1569836524_708_Drilling-Down-New-identity-for-BP-in-the-shale-fields.jpg\" class=\"icon-thumb\" alt=\"Picture\" title=\"\"><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"control-panel\">\n\t\t<span id=\"gallerySection\" data-gallery-section=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"control-panel-inner\">\n<div class=\"control-bar\">\n<div class=\"control-bar-left\">\n<p>\n                                                    <!-- design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><br \/>\n                                                                <span class=\"credit\">                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Lance King, Stringer \/ Getty Images<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- e design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-remote\">\n                                            <!-- design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption-full\">\n<p>BP Exploration The BP logo near the top of Alaska&#39;s head office. After acquiring shale assets from the Australian company BHP, BP launched BPX Energy as a new operating company to drill North American shale holdings.<\/p>\n<p> less<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption-truncated\">\n<p>BP Exploration The BP logo near the top of Alaska&#39;s head office. BP has launched BPX Energy as a new operating company to drill North American Shale Holdings.<\/p>\n<p> &#8230; more<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <!-- e design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><br \/>\n<!-- design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><br \/>\n                                                                <span class=\"credit\">                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Lance King, Stringer \/ Getty Images<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- e design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <!-- hearst\/ads\/medium_rectangle_ad_gallery.tpl --><\/p>\n<p><!-- e hearst\/ads\/medium_rectangle_ad_gallery.tpl -->\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-overlay-outer gallery-overlay-outter lights-on hidden\">\n<div class=\"gallery-overlay-inner\">\n<div class=\"gallery-overlay-title-container\">\n<p>Drilldown: A New Identity for Shale Field BP<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- e hearst\/gallery\/main.tpl -->                                    <\/div>\n<p><!-- \/gallery float --><br \/>\n                                <!-- fixed --><\/p>\n<p>                        <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>UK major oil BPs are being drilled under new names in Texas and Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>BP started BPX Energy as a new operating company for complex drilling operations almost a year after acquiring $ 11 billion in land-based North American assets from Australian conglomerate BHP. With statewide footprints that include hundreds of leases in the Permian Basin, Eagle Ford Shale and Haynesville Shale, BPX Energy is headquartered in Denver and registered with the Texas Railroad Board in August.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>BP America has submitted more than 1,300 drilling permits throughout Texas since January 2002, and BHP has filed nearly 1,100 cases since July 2013.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- zone --><\/p>\n<p>                    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>In the past two months, BP has submitted 28 drilling permits to the Railroad Commission under the name BPX Energy for a project split between the Permian Basin and Eagle Ford Shale.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- fixed --><\/p>\n<p>            <!-- fixed --><br \/>\n                                <!-- hearst\/ads\/duplicatable.tpl --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/ hearst\/ads\/duplicatable.tpl -->            <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p class=\"mm_related\"><strong>From HoustonChronicle.com:<\/strong> Jerry Jones-owned company seeking natural gas in East Texas<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n                    <strong>Permian basin<\/strong><br \/>\n                  <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- factbox --><\/p>\n<div class=\"asset_factbox\"><!-- factbox float --><br \/>\n                    <!-- FACTBOX UX --><\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox_r sc-med-gradient-bar  business\">\n<div class=\"factbox_r_content\">\n<h2 class=\"box-shadow\">Teenage Texas Driller<\/h2>\n<p><strong>(Wednesday, September 18-September 24 (Tue))<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Exxon Mobile 26<\/p>\n<p>Effort Energy Resources 19<\/p>\n<p>Pioneer Natural Resources 8<\/p>\n<p>BPX Energy 7<\/p>\n<p>Western Oil 7<\/p>\n<p>Carrizo Oil &amp; Gas 6<\/p>\n<p>CrownQuest Operations 5<\/p>\n<p>Calon Oil Company 5<\/p>\n<p>Double eagle development 5<\/p>\n<p>Marathon oil 4<\/p>\n<p><factbox_label class=\"character\" displayname=\"factbox_label\" name=\"factbox_label\">Source: Texas Railway Commission<\/factbox_label><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <!-- \/FACTBOX UX -->\n            <\/div>\n<p><!-- \/factbox float --><br \/>\n                    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>Recently formed Titus Oil &amp; Gas plans to develop four horizontal wells in Reeves County. Located in the company&#39;s Nighthawk State lease, this well targets the Ford West field in the Wolfcamp Geological Formation to a total depth of 9,634 feet. Founded in May and based in Fort Worth, the company has filed 10 drilling permits by this year.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n                    <strong>Eagle Ford Shale<\/strong><br \/>\n                  <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>Houston-based Verdun Oil &amp; Gas sticks to the First World War theme. Named after the Western French Front, Verdun gives the World War I name to the oil lease. The company licenses the development of three horizontal wells for Eagle Ford Shale in a Teufel Hunden lease in McMullen County. Teufel Hunden or Devil Dogs was a nickname given to US Marines by German soldiers in the Battle of Belleau Wood.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- fixed --><\/p>\n<p>            <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p class=\"mm_related\"><strong>Fuel Modifications:<\/strong> Get energy news sent directly to your inbox<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n                    <strong>Haynes Bill Shale<\/strong><br \/>\n                  <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>Tyler oil and gas company Tanos Exploration plans to develop four wells in Harrison County. Three horizontal natural gas wells in the company&#39;s Mia Austin lease target the depths of up to 11,096 feet, targeting the Carthage field in Haynesville Shale. In the company&#39;s Jenkins A lease, the vertical gas definition reconstruction is aimed at the blocked area of \u200b\u200bthe geological layer to a depth of 10,800 feet.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- fixed --><br \/>\n                                <!-- hearst\/ads\/duplicatable.tpl --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/ hearst\/ads\/duplicatable.tpl -->            <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n                    <strong>Barnett Shale<\/strong><br \/>\n                  <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>Atmos Energy, a Dallas natural gas company, plans to complement a horizontal well for renting Dallas Dallas gas storage units near Lewisville Lake in Denton County. This reservoir targets a total of 2,933 feet of Dallas Dallas Lake in the Strawn Geologic Formation.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p class=\"mm_related\"><strong>more:<\/strong> Read the latest oil and gas news at HoustonChronicle.com<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n                    <strong>Existing<\/strong><br \/>\n                  <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>The Beeville wildcatter Dan A. Hughes Company is licensed to drill a new gas well at the West Santa Fe Ranch oil field in Brooks County, South Texas. 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