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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/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/20150405034233im_/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/20150405034233/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/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/will-opec-fueled-price-crater-spell-permian-extinction-not-a-chance/">Will OPEC-Fueled Price Crater Spell Permian Extinction? Not a Chance</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Tuesday, December 9th, 2014 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/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/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/category/permian-basin-oil-news/" rel="category tag">Permian Basin Oil News</a></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/permian-oil-field-roughnecks.jpg" target="_blank" rel="lightbox-0"><img class="alignleft wp-image-5219 size-medium" style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px 10px;" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/permian-oil-field-roughnecks-300x242.jpg" alt="Permian Oil Field Roughnecks" width="300" height="242"/></a>Much has been made of the recent per barrel oil price plunge, currently hovering below $70. Some speculate OPEC’s recent decision to keep the crude spigot flowing is the cartel’s play to smother America’s great oil boom. Keeping prices low by steadily flushing the market with crude—the thinking goes—<a title="OPEC won't stop US oil production growth" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.cnbc.com/id/102234051#." target="_blank">makes production via fracking and horizontal drilling less viable</a>, triggering a cascade of capital pullback in the oilfield.</p> <p>Sure, there’s room for worry. Oil prices have plummeted more than 30 percent over the last several months. Add in the conventional wisdom that says “tight” oil production from shale ceases to be economical once the $80 per barrel price floor is breached. Question: How low can prices go before North American unconventional investment is throttled and projects start shutting down? Follow-up: Is the conventional wisdom on price even relevant? <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/will-opec-fueled-price-crater-spell-permian-extinction-not-a-chance/#more-5215" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/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/20150405034233/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/20150405034233/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/20150405034233im_/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/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/tag/horizontal-drilling/" target="_blank">Horizontal drilling</a> and <a title="Hydraulic Fracturing" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/tag/hydraulic-fracturing/" target="_blank">hydraulic fracturing</a> (<a title="Fracking" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/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/20150405034233/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/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/permian-basin-oil-news/">Permian Basin Oil News</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Tuesday, August 12th, 2014 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/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/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/category/permian-basin-oil-news/" rel="category tag">Permian Basin Oil News</a></p> <h2>Latest Permian Basin News</h2> <h3>Basin operators increase interest in shipping oil by rail</h3> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Billions of dollars have been pouring into the Permian Basin in recent years as pipelines rush to help producers move their crude and natural gas to market.<br/> Despite the investment in new pipelines and gathering lines and expansion of existing lines, takeaway capacity remains tight and producers are increasingly turning to the railroads for relief.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Using trains to move crude to market is nothing new, points out Bruce Carswell, West Texas operations manager for Iowa Pacific Holdings. “There has been, over time, crude oil moving by rail out of the <a title="Permian Basin" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/tag/permian-basin/" target="_blank">Permian Basin</a> almost since the beginning” of oil production, he said. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/permian-basin-oil-news/#more-4363" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/u-s-shale-success-fueled-by-one-thing-yankee-knowhow/">U.S. Shale Success Fueled by One Thing: Yankee Knowhow</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Monday, July 28th, 2014 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/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/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/category/oil-and-gas-interesting-facts/" rel="category tag">Oil and Gas Interesting Facts</a></p> <p>It’s been roiling at a vigorous boil since 2008. That’s when U.S. tight-oil (light crude trapped in geological formations of low permeability) production exploded: <a title="U.S. oil production increase" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21596553-benefits-shale-oil-are-bigger-many-americans-realise-policy-has-yet-catch" target="_blank">from 600,000 to 3.5 million barrels</a> per day at the start of 2014. Thanks to the deluge of hydrocarbon resources from shale formations, petroleum is once again turbocharging U.S. economic growth.</p> <p>Thank the innovative technologies of hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) and horizontal drilling for this success. The boom began in the 1990s, when the late oil and gas pioneer <a title="George P. Mitchell" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.forbes.com/profile/george-mitchell/" target="_blank">George P. Mitchell</a> perfected and deployed hydraulic fracking processes to crack open gas reserves in the <a title="Barnett Shale" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/tag/barnett-shale/">Barnett Shale</a> field outside Fort Worth, Texas. Since then, the technology has burst the door open to shale development worldwide.</p> <p>Only it hasn’t. These new technologies have dramatically increased the recovery of shale petroleum reserves in the United States, almost to the exclusion of the rest of the world. Why? <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/u-s-shale-success-fueled-by-one-thing-yankee-knowhow/#more-4213" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/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/20150405034233/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/20150405034233/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/20150405034233/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/20150405034233/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/20150405034233/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/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/boom-stresses-expose-rich-permian-opportunities/">Boom Stresses Expose Rich Permian Opportunities</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Wednesday, May 14th, 2014 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/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/20150405034233/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/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/category/texas-oil-and-gas-investing/" rel="category tag">Texas Oil and Gas Investing</a></p> <p><a title="Permian Basin Energy Production" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/permian-rising-booming-energy-production-driving-tx-nm-economies/permian-basin-energy-production/" target="_blank" rel="attachment wp-att-3586"><img class="alignleft wp-image-3586" style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px 10px;" alt="Permian Basin Energy Production" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/permian-basin-energy-production-300x225.jpg" width="240" height="180"/></a>Increasing oil and gas production from the Eagle Ford formation and the Permian Basin has propelled Texas passed yet another petroleum milestone. If it were its own “kingdom,” the Lone Star State would rank as the <a title="Oil and Gas Boom in Texas" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidblackmon/2014/01/09/oil-gas-boom-2014-a-great-time-to-be-a-texan/" target="_blank">9th largest oil-producing nation in the world</a>.</p> <p>Texas leapt passed oil giants like Nigeria, Mexico, Kuwait, Brazil and Venezuela moving solidly into the oil producing top ten in the twelve months preceding September 2013. Texas is on deck to surpass OPEC giants Iran, Iraq, and the United Arab Emirates if current production trends maintain their momentum.</p> <p>Much of this success is owing to the geologically opportune <strong><a title="Permian Basin" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/tag/permian-basin/">Permian Basin</a></strong>, where crude production is expanding rapidly. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/boom-stresses-expose-rich-permian-opportunities/#more-3803" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/unconventional-processes-are-driving-permian-basin-riches/">Unconventional Processes are Driving Permian Basin Riches</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Monday, April 21st, 2014 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/category/oil-and-gas-current-events/" rel="category tag">Oil and Gas Current Events</a></p> <p><a title="Permian Basin Shale Oil Unconventional Drilling" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/permian-basin-on-track-to-be-top-shale-oil-producer/permian-basin-shale-oil/" target="_blank" rel="attachment wp-att-3039"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3039" style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px 10px;" alt="Permian Basin Shale Oil Unconventional Drilling" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/permian-basin-shale-oil.jpg" width="225" height="225"/></a>Orthodoxy is slowly being jettisoned in the <a title="Permian Basin" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/tag/permian-basin/">Permian Basin</a>. As the oldest and most prolific hydrocarbon-producing region in the United States, the Permian is undergoing a surge in <a title="Unconventional Drilling" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/tag/unconventional-drilling/">unconventional drilling</a>. Traditional vertical rigs represented 80 percent of the regions rig count in February 2011. That figure plunged <a title="Permian Basin Overview" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.energyeconomist.com/a6257783p/exploration/detail/permian/Permian_Basin_Overview.html" target="_blank">to just 42 percent</a> by the end of the second week of April 2014.</p> <p>What’s driving the surge in unconventional production? Higher oil prices coupled with rich opportunities to significantly boost resource extraction are transforming the region, which began producing more than 90 years ago. To this add a cascade of technological breakthroughs that have dramatically shifted the production equation over the last half-decade. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/unconventional-processes-are-driving-permian-basin-riches/#more-3693" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/permian-rising-booming-energy-production-driving-tx-nm-economies/">Permian Rising ~ Booming Energy Production Driving TX & NM Economies</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Monday, March 17th, 2014 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/category/oil-and-gas-current-events/" rel="category tag">Oil and Gas Current Events</a></p> <p><a title="Permian Basin Energy Production" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/permian-rising-booming-energy-production-driving-tx-nm-economies/permian-basin-energy-production/" target="_blank" rel="attachment wp-att-3586"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3586" style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px 10px;" alt="Permian Basin Energy Production" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/permian-basin-energy-production-300x225.jpg" width="300" height="225"/></a>Booming energy production in the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico is driving one of the fastest growing regional economies in America. <a title="Midland and Odessa Texas Energy Production" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/02/01/america-growing-shrinking-economies/5089373/" target="_blank">Midland and Odessa Texas</a>—in the heart of the Permian Basin—are the two of the nation’s fastest growing economies. <a title="Permian Oil Production" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.eia.gov/petroleum/drilling/?src=home-b1#tabs-summary-2" target="_blank">Permian oil production</a> is surging so resoundingly that it is not only surpassing the <a title="Eagle Ford Shale" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/tag/eagle-ford-shale/">Eagle Ford Shale</a> formation in South-Central, Texas; it is eclipsing production in North Dakota’s Bakken formation as well.</p> <p>Permian crude oil production is expected to hit a record <a title="Permian crude oil production expected to hit a record 1.41 million barrels per day" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-03-07/oil-rigs-rise-to-highest-level-in-26-years-of-baker-hughes-data" target="_blank">1.41 million barrels a day in March</a>, up from 1.3 million a year earlier according to the Energy Information Administration. In addition, the <a title="US oil rig count surged to 1,443" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://gis.bakerhughesdirect.com/Reports/StandardReport.aspx" target="_blank">U.S. Oil rig count surged in early March to 1,443</a>—the highest total since the industry began tracking the counts in 1987 (<a title="Texas marked 755 oil rigs" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://gis.bakerhughesdirect.com/Reports/StandardReport.aspx" target="_blank">Texas marked 755 oil rigs</a>, for a total of 864 oil and gas rigs). <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/permian-rising-booming-energy-production-driving-tx-nm-economies/#more-3584" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/eagle-ford-is-turning-texas-into-global-petroleum-powerhouse/">Eagle Ford is Turning Texas into Global Petroleum Powerhouse</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Wednesday, March 5th, 2014 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/category/oil-and-gas-current-events/" rel="category tag">Oil and Gas Current Events</a></p> <p>In the realm of <a title="Texas Oil Production" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/tag/texas-oil-production/" target="_blank">Texas oil and gas production</a> the year 2013 was a big. Very big. According to the <a title="Texas Petro Index" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://texasalliance.org/texas-petro-index-sets-record/" target="_blank">Texas Petro Index</a>, the Lone Star State churned out $110 billion in oil and gas production. The index, a composite measure based on several exploration and production economic indicators, hit 295.0 in December 2013, up 6.7 percent from the previous year and shattering the previous high of 287.6 set in October 2008.</p> <p>Just about all of that growth was driven by crude oil, which totaled 856.8 million barrels for all of 2013— 31 percent of all U.S. oil production and the highest statewide total since 1985. But that bottom line figure enjoyed a boost from higher wellhead prices for natural gas as well. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/eagle-ford-is-turning-texas-into-global-petroleum-powerhouse/#more-3543" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>  </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/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/arescos-1st-horizontal-well-targeting-woodbine-sand/">Aresco’s 1st Horizontal Well Targeting Woodbine Sand</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034233/http://www.arescotx.com/our-office-will-be-closed-friday-april-3rd/">Our office will be closed Friday, April 3rd</a> </li> <li> <a 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