You are absolutely right about big companies locking up inventory and never drilling it. And never farming it out to the little companies. Very few individuals have the authority to say "yes" in a big company. But everybody in the organization has the authority to say NO! And I'll say this again; " If Chevron thought the Permian had a future it could have bought Permian assets or the entire companies from Mewbourne, Devon, EOG, Diamondback, Pioneer and Endeavor. Not to mention the numerous companies aggregating mineral/royalty interests under existing Chevron leasehold acreage. But . . . it chose not to. John

Mike, Here is novilabs flaring chart for the Delaware Basin sans Lea and Eddy Counties. Who the heck is Maple Energy Holdings LLC? Keeping royalty owners happy since 2013. And here is the Midland Basin novilabs flaring chart:

I can certainly understand why Israel would like to de-rail any normalization of relations within the Islamic world. The Levant is the land bridge between Asia and Africa. Hilaire Belloc, a French-English historian and writer (1870-1953) argued that the West has long underestimated the Islamic world as a culture backward and stagnant and that less than 100 years before the American Declaration in Independence, the Islamic world had better armies and weapons than the Western world and there was no reason why Islam could not reemerge as a great world power under the right leadership. Belt and Road Initiative?

Hi Anne, I think I was able to duplicate the chart you posted with novilabs based on the top 5 operators in SE NM: You may be correct about Lea and Eddy Counties flattening out. I noticed that you are in midstream. Would you happen to know where the produced dry gas in Lea and Eddy counties is used/consumed? Is it sent to the west coast and is the market hub for SE NM Waha? I think it is interesting that 4 of the top 5 producers in SE NM are ranked as the 2nd (XOM), 3rd (DVN), 4th (EOG) and 6th (COP) ranked gas flaring companies for the years 2018-2023 YTD. It appears to me anyway that less gas is flared in SE NM than the Midland basin which I suppose is attributable to the Federal and State leases in NM vis-a-vis Texas. John