Most Prolific PRIVATE Oil And Gas Producers In The USA -- July 4, 2024

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The lede:

In a release sent to Rigzone recently, Enverus announced that it has released its annual list of “the most prolific 100 private oil and gas producers in the United States”.

According to the complete list, which was accessed by Rigzone, Continental Resources was ranked first, followed by Ascent Resources LLC, Aethon Energy, Mewbourne Oil, and Endeavor Energy. Enverus highlighted in its release that the ranking is based on gross operated production, well count, and rig movements across 2023.

Continental Resources produced 690,299 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) last year, with a 49 percent oil weighting, and had a well count of 5,102, the complete list revealed. Ascent Resources produced 424,689 boepd, with a five percent oil weighting, and had a well count of 862, Aethon Energy produced 420,857 boepd, with a zero percent oil weighting, and had a well count of 1,899, and Mewbourne Oil produced 408,754 boepd, with 59 percent oil weighting, and had a well count of 3,310, the ranking showed.

Rounding out the top five, Endeavor Energy produced 336,561 boepd, with a 65 percent oil weighting, and had a well count of 3,372.

In 2022:

In 2022, Continental ranked first, Ascent was second, Aethon was fourth, Mewbourne was third, and Endeavor was fifth, the list highlighted.

With regard to PUBLICLY owned Lower 48 producers:

Earlier this year, Enverus released a list of the top public Lower 48 producers of the first half of 2023. According to that list, which was seen by Rigzone, ExxonMobil ranked first with 1.16 million barrels of oil equivalent per day, followed by Chesapeake Energy, with 1.13 million barrels of oil equivalent per day, and EOG Resources, with 1.10 million barrels of oil equivalent per day.

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The PRIVATELY held companies of interest:

• #1: CLR
• #6: Hilcorp
• #13: Grayson Mill
• #38: Petro-Hunt
  
• #41: Kraken Resources
  
• #45: Silver Hill Energy Partners
• #57: KODA Resources
• #59: Lime Rock
• #97: Zavanna

Not listed, unless I missed them:

• Slawson