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Coterra lifts natural gas output guidance

  • Märkte: Electricity, Natural gas
  • 05.08.25

Coterra Energy has raised its forecast for natural gas production this year because of unexpectedly productive wells in the mammoth Marcellus shale of Pennsylvania and the surrounding states.

The Houston-based oil and gas producer expects to produce 2.88-2.95 Bcf/d (82mn-84mn m³/d) of gas in 2025, up by 5pc at the midpoint from its February guidance. Its crude output guidance was unchanged at 160,000 b/d, with its full production guidance of 755,000-780,000 b/d of oil equivalent (boe) up by 4pc at the midpoint.

"When we look at our forecast [at] current pricing, our Marcellus program [offers] our best returns right now," Coterra chief executive Tom Jorden said Tuesday. "And that's because of the quality of these wells."

Coterra in the second half of this year expects to run nine drilling rigs in the crude-weighted Permian basin of west Texas and southeast New Mexico, two rigs in the Marcellus and one to two rigs in the Anadarko basin of Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle.

Coterra's total output in the second quarter exceeded the high end of the company's May guidance, with total production of 784,000 boe/d up by 7pc from the midpoint of that prior guidance. Its gas output in the second quarter averaged 3 Bcf/d, up by 8pc from the midpoint of prior guidance, while its crude output of 155,000 b/d was up by 2pc from the midpoint of prior guidance.

Coterra's average sales price for gas, excluding hedges, was $2.20/1,000 cf, dragged down by the 88¢/1,000 cf average sales price for which it sold its 670mn cf/d of gas output in the Permian. The company realized $2.57/1,000 cf before hedges for the 2.06 Bcf/d of gas it produced in the Marcellus and $2.66/1,000 cf for the 267mn cf/d it produced in the Anadarko. Including hedges, the company realized $2.27/mmBtu for its gas and $64.01/bl for its crude.

Coterra also announced it had agreed to sell the planned 1,350MW CPV Basin Ranch Energy Center gas-fired power plant in west Texas 50mn cf/d of gas for seven years with an expected start date of 2028. The agreement will be indexed to ERCOT West power pricing, which executives touted as advantageous relative to selling gas into the heavily discounted Permian gas market.

"The Permian has a disadvantaged gas price and strong power demand," Jorden said. "It's a great place to build power plants."


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