Chesapeake to reduce rig count

Chesapeake currently operates nine rigs — five in Haynesville and four in Marcellus. Given “market dynamics,” the company plans to drop one rig and one frac crew in each play by midyear, according to its fourth-quarter earnings report. The company will also defer placing wells into production, though it still expects to drill 95 to 115 wells in 2024.

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Targa Resources Corp. Reports Record Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Financial Results and Provides Outlook for 2024 and Positioning in 2025

Targa commenced operations at its new 275 MMcf/d Wildcat II plant in Permian Delaware ahead of schedule and on-budget. Construction continues on its 275 MMcf/d Greenwood II plant in Permian Midland, and its 230 MMcf/d Roadrunner II and 275 MMcf/d Bull Moose plants in Permian Delaware. In its L&T segment, construction continues on Targa’s 120 thousand barrels per day (“MBbl/d”) Train 9 fractionator and its 120 MBbl/d Train 10 fractionator in Mont Belvieu, Texas, its Daytona NGL Pipeline and Targa continues to make progress on the reactivation of Gulf Coast Fractionators (“GCF”). Targa remains on-track to complete these expansions as previously disclosed.

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