Conference Agenda

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Cradle To Grave: Strategies For Handling Water Over The Full Life Of The Well One must look below the surface to find water in the Permian Basin’s arid terrain. As the region’s activity continues to climb sky high, finding reliable sources of water to keep operations supplied can be a challenging task. As increased volumes of produced water flows to the surface, so to do the challenges of safely and responsibly managing that water over the life of the well. CLICK HERE to register. VIEW AGENDA Location: Education Building | Midland County Horseshoe Arena | 2514 Arena Trail, Midland, TX 79706

Get a jump start on your Executive Oil Conference and Exhibition experience! Pick your badge up early to avoid the lines. Then join us at the Opening Reception for networking and hors d'oeuvres with drinks on the exhibit hall floor. Location: Exhibit Hall - Pavillion | Midland County Horseshoe Arena | 2514 Arena Trail, Midland, TX 79706

Join the Executive Oil Conference and Exhibition speakers and prominent Midland-area energy executives celebrate standout players in the nation's top oil province. Location: Midland Country Club | 6101 N Highway 349, Midland TX 79705

This producer is leading the basin with world-class reserves and millions of effective acres. What is driving costs lower and EURs higher? And how does the Permian Basin continue to outperform some OPEC members?

Cushing has improved to more than $70/bbl, but WTI Midland has been fetching as much as $10/bbl less. Many Permian producers are using basis hedges to ride out the new-takeaway drought. Some have firm transport directly to export markets. How are Permian producers minding the gap?

Producers, shippers and analysts discuss whether there will be a new round of takeaway shortage after the current one is solved. And what will be the effect on demand for oilfield services? Also, how may flaring regulations combined with limited natgas takeaway further exacerbate this?

Immediate concern developed with the advancement of southern Delaware Basin oil activity on water resources—but also on the McDonald Observatory’s need for continued dark skies for its world-class research. Producers and astronomers gathered in the Dark Skies Initiative. Here’s how it’s been a win/win.

Here’s how acreage valuations broke down by area in the record BLM lease sale in New Mexico, along with insight into valuations in the Midland v. Delaware basins and the Permian v. the rest of the Lower 48.

Leaseholders are trading parcels, coring up their sections. Meanwhile, acquisitions are anticipated to be few while the Mid-Cush remains wide. What producers are most advantaged to be consolidators rather than consolidated? And with what transaction currency?

This leading drilling and completions analyst discusses challenges and achievements in producers’ overall advancements in landing laterals and best-in-class completions.

While OOIP is finite, increasing the amount of resource captured is the key to redefining the value of a Permian acre. What’s the latest on spacing? On the potential of each bench? Clusters? Sand? Water? Hear from these producers and service providers.

Interest in the Eagle Ford and elsewhere has renewed as Permian takeaway is constrained for now. With renewed oil price volatility and $3 natgas, there is new action in the Gulf of Mexico. Where does the Permian fit today in investors' portfolios?  

From the Delaware Basin this spring, Anadarko Petroleum reached 62,000 bbl/d of oil production, nearly twice that of Spring 2017, and has 12 extra-long laterals at its Silvertip-A pad in multiple Wolfcamp A intervals. Here are its findings and plans.

Technological innovation and increased digitalization will be keys to the future success of shales. iShale^TM is Shell’s R&D program that explores what the shale field of the future could look like – leveraging recent advances in automation, digitalization and advanced analytics to enhance well productivity while delivering significant decreases in costs and safety risks. Elements of the iShale^TM are already being tested across Shell’s shale assets, including Permian, and winning solutions are integrated into designs and operations.

Most forecasts in 2018 were that Permian producers would exceed 3.2 MMbbl by now. It seemed impossible. But it happened. What may be the next surprises in this new chapter of Permian history, if production growth continues on its current trajectory?