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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/lipscomb-county-mobil-atlas-rig.jpg" rel="lightbox-0"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-6083" style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px 10px;" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/lipscomb-county-mobil-atlas-rig-300x225.jpg" alt="Horizontal Drilling Rig" width="300" height="225"/></a>Aresco LP acquires non-operated working interest position in 640-acre prospect in Leon County in the East Texas Basin; drilling on the first horizontal well targeting the Woodbine Sand due to commence early summer 2015</strong></p> <p>Aresco LP, a privately held Dallas-based exploration and production company, announced today the purchase of a significant working interest position in the Leona East Prospect in Leon County, Texas. The prospect acreage is approximately 640 contiguous acres, of which 480 acres is available for horizontal development. The first horizontal well, the Edwards Unit 1H, is targeted to commence drilling early summer 2015. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/arescos-1st-horizontal-well-targeting-woodbine-sand/#more-6073" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/permian-basin-drilling/">Permian Basin Drilling</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Thursday, March 19th, 2015 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/category/oil-and-gas-current-events/" rel="category tag">Oil and Gas Current Events</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/category/permian-basin-oil-news/" rel="category tag">Permian Basin Oil News</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/category/texas-oil-and-gas-investing/" rel="category tag">Texas Oil and Gas Investing</a></p> <h3>Aresco LP commences drilling on the Tannehill #1, a developmental well in the Midland Basin section of the Permian Basin in West Texas.<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/midland-basin-well.jpg" rel="lightbox-0"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-5833" style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px 10px;" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/midland-basin-well-300x200.jpg" alt="Midland Basin Well" width="300" height="200"/></a></h3> <p>(Dallas, Texas) –– Aresco LP, a privately held Dallas-based exploration and production company, announced today that drilling has commenced on the Tannehill #1, a developmental oil well testing the Stockwether limestone and Tannehill sandstone formations.</p> <p>The Tannehill #1 is the first of ten estimated well locations on a 1,400-acre Prospect situated in the Midland Basin section of the Permian Basin in West Texas. The Prospect extends an oil production trend discovered by the geologist of Aresco’s operating partner. The trend has produced almost 12 million barrels of oil and .75 billion cubic feet of natural gas to date. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/permian-basin-drilling/#more-5831" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/has-shale-disrupted-oil-investment-metrics/">Has Shale Disrupted Oil Investment Metrics?</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Monday, February 23rd, 2015 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/category/new-mexico-oil-and-gas-investing/" rel="category tag">New Mexico Oil and Gas Investing</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/category/oil-and-gas-current-events/" rel="category tag">Oil and Gas Current Events</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/category/permian-basin-oil-news/" rel="category tag">Permian Basin Oil News</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/category/texas-oil-and-gas-investing/" rel="category tag">Texas Oil and Gas Investing</a></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/oil-investments-600.jpg" rel="lightbox-0"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-5619" style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px 10px;" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/oil-investments-600-300x235.jpg" alt="Oil Investments in Permian Basin Shale" width="300" height="235"/></a>Oil price slide disruptions won’t last much longer. So says the <a title="International Energy Agency" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.wsj.com/articles/plunge-in-oil-prices-unlikely-to-last-much-longer-iea-says-1423530032" target="_blank">International Energy Agency</a>. Though oil production development in the U.S. is in the throes of a contraction—rigs are shutter down faster than expected—the IEA says prices should come back sharply by 2017 as production growth slows.</p> <p>Total U.S. rotary rig counts have plunged over the last several weeks: from a high of 1,931 for the week ending September 26, 2014 <a title="Oil Rig Counts Over View" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=79687&p=irol-rigcountsoverview" target="_blank">to just 1,358 by February 13, 2015</a> according to Baker Hughes. That’s a dive of 30 percent. The year over year figure saw totals shed 406 rigs, a drop of 23 percent. Recent week over week rig count declines have been the <a title="Oil Rig Count Declines" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-30/u-s-oil-rig-count-declines-for-eighth-consecutive-week" target="_blank">sharpest in decades</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/has-shale-disrupted-oil-investment-metrics/#more-5616" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/permian-basin-oil-well-photos/">Permian Basin Oil Well Photos</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Wednesday, November 12th, 2014 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/category/oil-and-gas-current-events/" rel="category tag">Oil and Gas Current Events</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/category/permian-basin-oil-news/" rel="category tag">Permian Basin Oil News</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/category/texas-oil-and-gas-investing/" rel="category tag">Texas Oil and Gas Investing</a></p> <p>Just in case you don’t know a lot about the oil rig setup and drilling process, it is quite an operation. It can take anywhere from fifteen to twenty semi-truck loads just to deliver all rig components to the location. Here are a few photos to give you an up-close look at our Permian Basin oil project at Noodle Canyon. This oil well is in Jones County which is on the eastern edge of the Permian Basin shale area. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/permian-basin-oil-well-photos/#more-4964" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/permian-basin-canyon-sandstone-project-begins/">Permian Basin Canyon Sandstone Project Begins</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Tuesday, October 7th, 2014 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/category/oil-and-gas-current-events/" rel="category tag">Oil and Gas Current Events</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/category/permian-basin-oil-news/" rel="category tag">Permian Basin Oil News</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/category/texas-oil-and-gas-investing/" rel="category tag">Texas Oil and Gas Investing</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a></p> <h3>Aresco LP begins Permian Basin field-extension project targeting the Canyon Sandstone</h3> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/permian-basin-canyon-sandstone-project-begins/permian-basin-canyon-sandstone/" target="_blank" rel="attachment wp-att-4699"><img class="alignleft wp-image-4699 size-medium" style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px 10px;" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/permian-basin-canyon-sandstone-225x300.jpg" alt="Permian Basin Canyon Sandstone Project" width="225" height="300"/></a>(Dallas, Texas) –– Aresco LP, a privately held exploration and production company, today announced drilling has begun on the Noodle Canyon #1-H in Jones County, Texas. The 4,500’ vertical development project targets the <a title="Canyon Sandstone" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/tag/canyon-sandstone/">Canyon Sandstone</a>, a conventional stacked play featuring five intervals along with three other potential pay zones.</p> <p>“The <a title="Noodle Canyon" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/tag/noodle-canyon/">Noodle Canyon</a> #1 is just one of several conventional projects underway for us in Texas,” said <a title="Brandon Laxton" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/tag/brandon-laxton/">Brandon Laxton</a>, President and CEO of Aresco LP. “While unconventional exploration may get all the headlines, we are finding success exploiting conventional fields with years of proven production, which helps manage the exploration risk for our operating and capital partners. We benefit from the decades of production and decline curve data available in the area and increase our overall potential with the addition of modern efficiencies in drilling and completion.” <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/permian-basin-canyon-sandstone-project-begins/#more-4696" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/fracking-boom-driving-massive-industrialization-in-louisiana/">Fracking Boom Driving Massive Industrialization in Louisiana</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/category/new-mexico-oil-and-gas-investing/" rel="category tag">New Mexico Oil and Gas Investing</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/category/oil-and-gas-current-events/" rel="category tag">Oil and Gas Current Events</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/category/permian-basin-oil-news/" rel="category tag">Permian Basin Oil News</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/category/texas-oil-and-gas-investing/" rel="category tag">Texas Oil and Gas Investing</a></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/fracking-boom-driving-massive-industrialization-in-louisiana/sasol-gas-to-liquids-plant-lake-charles/" rel="attachment wp-att-4535"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-4535" style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px 10px;" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/sasol-gas-to-liquids-plant-lake-charles-300x181.jpg" alt="Sasol Gas to Liquids Plant Lake Charles" width="300" height="181"/></a>Resource riches from Texas’ shale boom are <a title="Are we underestimating America's fracking boom?" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://online.wsj.com/articles/are-we-underestimating-americas-fracking-boom-1401234486" target="_blank">reverberating in massive, game-changing ways</a>. Here’s one: South African energy giant Sasol’s vast gas-to-liquids plant in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Enticed by the prospect of cheap, abundant natural gas, <a title="Sasol" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/tag/sasol/" target="_blank">Sasol</a> is sinking $21 billion into the largest manufacturing project in Louisiana history. Sasol’s venture may also end up as the largest single foreign investment project in U.S. history.</p> <p>Fed by gas harvested from the shale fields of Texas, the 3,034-acre energy complex—now breaking ground—will feature a $7 billion ethane cracker and a $14 billion <em><strong>gas to liquids plant</strong></em>. Operations are slated to begin in 2017 and once completed, the complex will produce 96,000 barrels of clean liquid fuels—primarily diesel—per day, and 1.5 million tons of ethylene annually. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/fracking-boom-driving-massive-industrialization-in-louisiana/#more-4534" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/7-reasons-to-invest-in-texas-oil/">7 Reasons to Invest in Texas Oil</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Thursday, August 21st, 2014 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/category/texas-oil-and-gas-investing/" rel="category tag">Texas Oil and Gas Investing</a></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/7-reasons-to-invest-in-texas-oil/reasons-to-invest-in-texas-oil-1/" target="_blank" rel="attachment wp-att-4429"><img class="alignleft wp-image-4429 size-medium" style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px 10px;" title="#1 Reason to Invest in Texas Oil" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/reasons-to-invest-in-texas-oil-1-300x300.gif" alt="reasons-to-invest-in-texas-oil-1" width="300" height="300"/></a>As investors grow restless in today’s economic turmoil and volatile stock market, many are more willing than ever to abandon the traditional investment mainstream in search of potential high return investment opportunities with ongoing return on investment.</p> <p><a title="Horizontal Drilling" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/tag/horizontal-drilling/" target="_blank">Horizontal drilling</a> and <a title="Hydraulic Fracturing" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/tag/hydraulic-fracturing/" target="_blank">hydraulic fracturing</a> (<a title="Fracking" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/tag/fracking/" target="_blank">fracking</a>) have been widely credited as the primary vehicle responsible for keeping the U.S. economy afloat during what has been dubbed “the great recession.” These technological advances have opened up shale plays in Texas that were previously considered unrecoverable because of economic considerations. Now, Texas is leading the way and is the number one oil producing state in the U.S.</p> <p>So, what does that mean for investors? To answer that, we’ve put together a list of 7 reasons to invest in Texas oil. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/7-reasons-to-invest-in-texas-oil/#more-4427" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/aresco-lp-begins-in-field-horizontal-drilling-project-in-texas-panhandles-anadarko-basin/">Aresco LP begins in-field, horizontal drilling project in Texas Panhandle’s Anadarko Basin</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Wednesday, July 9th, 2014 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/category/oil-and-gas-current-events/" rel="category tag">Oil and Gas Current Events</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/category/texas-oil-and-gas-investing/" rel="category tag">Texas Oil and Gas Investing</a></p> <p>(Dallas, Texas) –– Aresco LP, a privately held exploration and production company, today announced drilling has begun on the Perryton #1-H, a horizontal development project targeting the western Anadarko Basin’s Cleveland Formation. The Perryton #1-H is the first of three potential long-length horizontal <a title="Cleveland Formation" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/tag/cleveland-formation/">Cleveland Formation</a> wells on a ~640-acre Prospect, which is located in Ochiltree County, Texas. This area of the <a title="Anadarko Basin" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/tag/anadarko-basin/">Anadarko Basin</a> features de-risked, productive acreage that is either no longer available to lease or is held-by-production. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/aresco-lp-begins-in-field-horizontal-drilling-project-in-texas-panhandles-anadarko-basin/#more-4070" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/permian-basin-economic-powerhouse/">Permian Basin: Economic Powerhouse</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Tuesday, June 17th, 2014 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/category/oil-and-gas-current-events/" rel="category tag">Oil and Gas Current Events</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/category/texas-oil-and-gas-investing/" rel="category tag">Texas Oil and Gas Investing</a></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/permian-basin-economic-powerhouse/permian-basin-oil-rig/" target="_blank" rel="attachment wp-att-3932"><img class="alignleft wp-image-3932 size-full" style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px 10px;" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/permian-basin-oil-rig.jpg" alt="Permian Basin Oil Rig" width="175" height="236"/></a>Energy booms power people. Texas derives fully one-third of its economic might and approximately 2.1 million jobs from the oil and gas industry, according to recent data. Oil and gas firms <a title="Texas Oil and Gas Jobs" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.chron.com/jobs/article/Oil-and-gas-industry-looks-bright-for-Lone-Star-5235724.php" target="_blank">generated an estimated 389,000 high-quality, high-paying jobs</a> in the Lone Star State in 2012, <a title="Texas Oil & Gas Job Wages" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://keeptexasworking.org/texas-accounts-for-39-of-u-s-oil-and-gas-jobs-study-finds/" target="_blank">earning an average of $128,100 annually</a>. That compares to an average of $54,995 per year for the rest of the private sector workforce.</p> <p>But that’s just the beginning. As a result of large purchases—as well as the high pay—the industry triggers substantial economic multiplier effects. These indirect gains account for another 1.8 million Texas jobs in supporting industries and consumer sectors, resulting in <a title="Texas Energy Jobs" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.chron.com/jobs/article/Oil-and-gas-industry-looks-bright-for-Lone-Star-5235724.php" target="_blank">a total of over 2.1 million Texas jobs</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/permian-basin-economic-powerhouse/#more-3929" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/eagle-ford-shale-boom-may-soon-cross-mexican-border/">Eagle Ford Shale Boom May Soon Cross Mexican Border</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Tuesday, May 20th, 2014 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/category/oil-and-gas-current-events/" rel="category tag">Oil and Gas Current Events</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/category/texas-oil-and-gas-investing/" rel="category tag">Texas Oil and Gas Investing</a></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/mexicos-eagle-ford-gain-to-reap-texas-reward/mexico-eagle-ford-shale/" target="_blank" rel="attachment wp-att-3706"><img class="alignleft wp-image-3706 size-full" style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px 10px;" title="Mexico Eagle Ford Shale" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/mexico-eagle-ford-shale.jpg" alt="mexico-eagle-ford-shale" width="275" height="200"/></a>Back in the primordial times of 2010, the <a title="Eagle Ford Shale" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/tag/eagle-ford-shale/"><strong>Eagle Ford Shale</strong></a> formation had an output of 55,000 barrels per day of crude oil and condensate. That volume shot to 1.36 million barrels per day in April 2014 and will soon hit 1.5 million. That rapid production spike is reshaping the South Texas economy.</p> <p>It’s this kind of economic dynamism that is breeding optimism among Mexican officials. The Eagle Ford shale formation is believed to stretch hundreds of miles into Mexico. The nation’s shale gas reserves are estimated to be the world’s sixth largest after China, Argentina, Algeria, the U.S., and Canada. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/eagle-ford-shale-boom-may-soon-cross-mexican-border/#more-3860" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/category/texas-oil-and-gas-investing/page/2/">Next Page »</a></div> <div id="sidebar"> <div id="flags" class="size"><ul id="sortable" class="ui-sortable" style="float:left"><li id="English"><a title="English" class="notranslate flag en"></a></li></ul></div><div id="google_language_translator"></div> <p class="titles">Recent News</p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150404233806/http://www.arescotx.com/arescos-1st-horizontal-well-targeting-woodbine-sand/">Aresco’s 1st Horizontal Well Targeting Woodbine Sand</a> </li> <li> <a 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