According to a Reuters report, Chevron is selling its Texas and New Mexico properties in the Permian Basin up for sale as it attempts to divest from the region.
The outlet wrote, “This month, it launched an auction for a parcel covering 2,134 net acres in New Mexico and a second covering 29,901 acres in the New Mexico and Texas, according to listings on the EnergyNet online auction site.”
“The combined value is about $100 million, according to a source familiar with shale asset values. Both bids are due on July 27, according to marketing brochures.”
Reuters noted, “Production at the larger parcel on offer was estimated at about 770,000 barrels of oil and gas net and the smaller parcel was estimated to be about 1,818 barrels of oil and gas equivalent (boe) per day, according to the documents.”
Last month, Chevron agreed to buy PDC Energy Inc. in a stock and debt deal worth $7.6 billion. It also recently acquired Noble Energy to boost its international holdings and U.S. shale positions.
Zacks Investment Research, which currently has the Chevron stock (CVX) as a “hold,” adds, “The dealmaking is presumably a move to sell lower-valued assets in the area and choose high-performance assets. This strategy is perfectly in line with Chevron’s long-term goals.”
If NM keeps treating the fossil fuel industry so shabbily, I hope they all pick up and move to somewhere that welcomes them. With half the State budget relying on oil and gas revenues, it would be just what they deserve. How can they be so stupid? Well, they are democrats.
You are so right and one just can’t fix “stupid” and that is what NM leaders are. Ungodly, evil and stupid people.
The oil business is so fun I worked for chevron 35 yrs I laugh all way too the bank god bless all the people that works
Not enough people realize these facts about NM so called leaders.
I guess Wuhan-Grisham will plan to make up the shortfall w/ abortion tourism & pot sales? Good luck w/ that
You forgot TAXES on everything too
Sounds better than fossil fuels that have completely destroyed planet earth, but like you said, can’t fix stupid
And will the Chinese be first in line to purchase. Nothing but traitors running our state government.
Bill Gates, probably first in line to bid on the land!
It’s called depletion. Same reason ConocoPhillips sold in the North.
Depletion? Did you read the story?
Depletion? Don’t you know that “fossil fuel” is a lie? Our petroleum is not made from dead dinosaurs. The earth replenishes the crude oil. The US has more crude than it can ever use up.
Southeast NM supports rest of state and receives the least benefit of tax royalty
for roads, etc. Northern NM is a welfare state within itself and has been this way for years. Combine this with environmental climate change nuts…
‘Nuf said. And, I grew up in NM, sad.
China is at the top of the list for “bidders” – but they won’t be putting out any money, only a promise that nmg* mlg will be appointed to fill Lil’ matty heinrich senate seat when himz resigns to become ambassador to China. Oh, and Hungturd Xidung gets a seat on the Chinese version of Burisma with a salary of $830,000 per month. After all, 10X the Burisma salary is reasonable, China is 10X bigger and his Chinese language skills are better than his knowledge of Ukrainian. Plus China has a vast population of very young girls – enough to last him and his pedophile daddy for their lifetimes.
All the comments here are right. The leadership in this state is stupid and moronic, starting right at the top with the wicked witch of the north, MLG. If the people are starting to realize this, then maybe there is hope for NM before the leadership destroys her. We need to vote them all out and start anew. I plan to vote for Yvette Herrell when the election comes and ANYONE but MLG and a democrat for Governor. Start vetting folks. This is the only way we are going to save this state.
I HAD A CHEVRON cc FOR YEARS AND LAST YEAR THEY CANCELLED IT WITHOUT REASON. THEN I STARTED TO SEE CHEVRON STATIONS CLOSE AROUND TOWN. THE ONE ON SAN ANTONIO NE, ALBUQUERQUE CLOSED RIGHT AFTER MY CHEVRON CC WAS CLOSED.
NOW THIS!!! FIRGURESENERGY COMANES HADING UT DUETO HSDMN BLUE STATE. SUCKS