Diamondback Energy revealed that it has quietly built a large Barnett Shale drilling inventory beneath its Midland Basin acreage and plans to begin scaling development in 2026. At the same time, new midstream infrastructure such as Energy Transfer’s Paloma Compressor Station and a large inventory of undrilled Barnett permits in Ector County indicate the region is preparing for increased gas production from deeper stacked formations.
The Barnett Beneath the Midland: Why Ector County Is Emerging as the Next Layer of Permian Development










