What is Joint Interest Billing (JIB) in oil and gas accounting?
Joint Interest Billing, or JIB, is a form of accounting specific to the oil and gas industry. Because the industry can be high risk, high reward, it’s common for different parties to invest in a single drilling project. Shareholders within the joint venture have different responsibilities and privileges. A JIB statement divides the expenses and […]
Dipping an Analytical Toe Into the Deep Basin
The Alberta Deep Basin encompasses stacked hydrocarbon-bearing intervals, allowing many operator to target multiple intervals to boost economics. Unlike other similar plays such as the Montney or Midland Basin, the Deep Basin’s zones are more conventional, meaning they consist of discontinuous shorefaces and winding channels deposited millions of years ago. As a result, the regional […]
Touchless Invoice Processing for Oil and Gas – Benefits of Doing More with Less
Even before the pandemic destroyed demand in oil and gas, margins were shrinking, shareholders demanded proof of returns and there was a resounding cry to “Do More with less” across the energy industry. As oil prices fell to sub-zero levels, lay-offs were prevalent and reduced internal teams were left to shoulder the workload. Fast-forward to […]
Midstream Exposure to Federal Lands
With the U.S. presidential election less than two weeks away, a potential Joe Biden victory and his promise of restricting access to federal lands are top of mind for investors. While many oil and gas producers could lose inventory and long-term production potential, midstream companies who hold immobile, hard assets on federal lands and deliver […]
Innovation in Back-Office Efficiency Increases Profitability in Oil and Gas
SPARK Conference 2020 Highlights Each year, Enverus employees and industry experts convene with customers at the Business Automation User Conference. Cost control is a vital part of oil and gas profitability, so we look forward to this annual event because it brings together accounts payable, joint venture accounting and supply chain, and operations professionals […]
ConocoPhillips acquires Concho Resources for $13.3 billion in the largest pure shale deal since 2011
ConocoPhillips is acquiring Permian heavyweight Concho Resources in an all-stock deal for $49.30 per share (total equity value of $9.7 billion) and a total enterprise value of $13.3 billion. The acquisition adds 550,000 net acres in the Permian (350,000 Delaware acres and 200,000 Midland acres) plus 200,000 bbl/d oil output and 719 MMcf/d gas production […]
More Than Just a Stick on a Map
The Austin Chalk Formation continues to produce some of the most prolific horizontal wells across the Lower 48. In Karnes County, the core of the Eagle Ford play in South Texas, Austin Chalk oil recoveries since 2018 averaged 60% higher than those of the Lower Eagle Ford, another drilling target in the area. Despite the […]
Chum Salmon Operations, La Nina Bullish for 2020 BPA Hydro
The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) Columbia River System is most known for marketing the power in one of the world’s largest hydroelectric systems, but that’s not all. Since the passage of the 1980 Northwest Power Planning and Conservation Act, BPA is responsible for supporting fish and wildlife conservation programs. In early October water levels are […]
Eagle Ford Capital Allocation
The price collapse earlier this year forced players across the upstream industry to slash initial spending estimates and concentrate resources on a smaller core asset base. With this year’s budgets averaging roughly 60% of 2019 levels, capital efficiency and consistency of returns were key considerations as companies refreshed their 2020 guidance. Relative capital allocation provides […]
Woodside, Aker BP, CNRL and Suncor: Hungry for More in 2020
Sharks in the Water — Part Five In our previous blog on “Sharks in the Water” — companies with solid balance sheets, long-term growth strategies and cash to spend on acquisitions from stressed rivals — we offered our best guess as to where the remains of beleaguered Tullow Oil will wind up in the […]